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THE URBAN
CO-OP NEWS

"Communication leads to community, that is, to understanding,
intimacy & mutual valuing" - Rollo May

Your Co-Op News 23rd June 2015

23/6/2015

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Progress Report
Progress with depot renovation sees news floors in store.click to enlarge image
Take a look at your co-op's new floor! Thanks to everybody who's putting in the hard work that's transforming the depot! Next up are the shelving and other installations...

Current Opening Hours

During renovations, the co-operative's opening hours are:
Thursday - closed
Friday 12 to 4
Saturday 12 to 3

Reminder - Website Update

The Urban Co-Op new website coming soon
As mentioned in last week's newsletter, feedback is welcome on the draft updated website. Ailis is LCG's social media co-op student and is working on LCG's media side of things. She has overhauled the website - you can see a draft version here. Remember, this is your co-op's website - we'd greatly value your feedback and comments - please email Ailis at ailisnichofaigh@gmail.com.
Co-Housing
Co-housing
Co-housing is a way of living which brings individuals and families together in groups to share common aims and activities while also enjoying their own self-contained accommodation and personal space. A worldwide movement, you can learn about the UK's co-housing movement here.

 Climate Change Encyclical
Climate Change - Encyclical

Pope Frances' encyclical on Climate Change - Laudato Si - issued last week, is an important step in opening up the 'dialogue with all people about our common home.' You can read the text here, or summary points here.
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Your Co-Op News 15 June 2015

15/6/2015

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We're Back in the Depot!

You'll be glad to know that trading is taking place once again in the depot (not the portacabin). All the heavy renovation work is done - some light work still outstanding but it's good to be back! Do come and see the developments.
 

Current Opening Hours:

During renovations, the co-operative's opening hours are:

Thursday - closed
Friday 12 to 4
Saturday 12 to 3

Website Update

As you know, Ailís is working on LCG's media side of things. She has overhauled the website - you can see a draft version here. This is your co-op's website - we'd greatly value your feedback and comments - please email Ailís at ailisnichofaigh@gmail.com.
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BeSPOKE - Cycling Festival
Limerick's BeSPOKE cycling festival is on between the 13th to the 21st of June 2015. A a variety of FREE bicycle themed events are taking place across the city and county. There really is going to be something for everyone, so come along, bring your friends and family and celebrate all things bicycle!
Ever Wondered what the 'Commons' Is?

If you've ever wondered what the 'Commons' is, here is a great little primer.
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Strawberries and Balsamic Vinegar

Balsamic vinegar brings out the berries' beautiful color and truly enhances their flavor.

View Recipe
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Application to The Growing Livelihoods Fund

10/6/2015

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LCG are currently preparing an application for the Growing Livelihoods fund. Growing Livelihoods is a two year (2014/2015) development partnership project between the Carnegie UK Trust, Plunkett Foundation and the Land Settlement Association Charitable Trust. It aims to create, test and promote new opportunities in smaller-scale food growing. The initiative has a particular focus on the use of co-operation and innovation to help create viable livelihoods in this sector.
 
The Plunkett Foundation was founded in 1919 by Sir Horace Plunkett, the pioneer of rural co-operation in Ireland. The Foundation focuses on the development of co-operatives in the areas of Rural Community Enterprises, Community Shops, Co-operative Pubs, and Community Food Enterprises.
 
The first creamery co-op in Ireland was in Drumcollogher in 1889. It would a great honour to bring some of the Growing Livelihoods fund back to Limerick where Plunkett started etc.  LCG will be using a community garden to grow food and act as a learning hub for food-growing and livelihood creation.
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Limerick Community Grocery features in Eco Eye

9/6/2015

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February 2015
Many thanks to Duncan Stuart and his Eco Eye team for their coverage of Limerick Community Grocery and other co-operatives around Ireland. This episode is part of a great series on the challenges facing us regarding climate change, and the solutions possible and being realised. In this particular episode of the series, Duncan meets people and communities who are fighting back,  taking their cue from the past, drawing on the notion of 'meitheal' to rebuild their communities, forming co-ops and building a more robust future for Ireland.

Click here to see this episode and the Co-operative (LCG coverage starts at 19.12).
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Limerick Community Grocery takes first place and €5,000 bursary at Get Involved Awards

28/2/2015

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Limerick Community Grocery takes first place and €5,000 bursary at Get Involved Awards
We are delighted to announce that, on 26 February 2015, Limerick Community Grocery was awarded the overall winning place in the national  Get Involved  competition at the ceremony in Athlone.

In May 2014, Limerick Community Grocery was selected by the Limerick Leader, under the Get Involved initiative, to be the local voluntary sustainability project that it would champion in 2014.  The Get Involved Initiative was established by two local newspaper associations - NNI Local and Local Ireland - and is sponsored by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) to lead and promote sustainability projects 'with the ultimate aim of creating local jobs and ensuring that local communities all over Ireland become much more resilient to the many challenges they face.'

In November 2014, we - along with five other projects - were selected as the national finalists in the  competition.   

You can find out all about the initiative here.
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