ICA members who competed in the Dublin Heat of the ICA Pitch and Putt Competition and Congratulations to two of the Lusk Guild members Mary Shortall and Teresa Kilmurray. Also our Lusk ICA President Rosanna Darby attended the official opening of the Cultural Centre with Heather Humphries, Minister for Protection, Rural and Community Development.
Trojan work around the village is ongoing and the committee deserve great praise despite all the current building work, laying of pipes and road works. Thank you to everyone who put out hanging baskets and window boxes and presented their premises in the best possible manner. Delighted to note the new sign for “Balrothery Union Graveyard” has been replaced. Also Lusk Heritage Group have issued a reminder that on Friday 8th September Lusk Heritage Group are hosting another “Story Telling Night” in Murrays on the Square. It promises to be a great night of stories, poetry and reminisces as well as a chance to meet old friends and get together. It all starts at 8.00 pm. Get there on time because we expect a full house
The Black Raven Pipe Band Lusk recently competed in the World Pipe Band Championships in Glasgow. The Lusk based Band have had a very successful season so far this year with second places in both the UK Championships and All Ireland Championships. The band are always open to accept new members both learners and experienced who are made most welcome. Si if you want to give it a go….why not contact them ? The band practices on Mondays and Wednesdays in the Old School.
Most organisations shy away from grant applications as they can be very time consuming. With a few simple steps, they can be made easier. Set up a sub-committee dedicated to grant applications, made up of two to work together and the treasurer to provide all the necessary financial information. The full committee should set out plans, that include both capital and revenue expenditure. Capital expenditure is money spent on acquiring or maintaining fixed assets, such as buildings, fixtures, fittings, machinery or office equipment. Revenue expenditure is money spent on expenses, usually within one year, such as electricity, insurance, small repairs, etc. Capital expenditure will, in almost all cases, involve getting quotations from different firms, with a minimum of two quotations required for each item of expenditure. If different specifications have a bearing on the cost, get two quotations for the top specification and two for the lower specification. Store all quotes received and copies of previous years’ expenses in pdf format, using Dropbox or similar, which is accessible by the sub-committee members. Have a bank of pre-prepared information saved, such as a paragraph which gives details of when your organisation was formed, the purpose of the organisation and committee members as to their work experience and their volunteering history.
Only proceed to applying if all of the conditions of the terms of the grant can be met. Most applications are now completed online. Agree a log-in user name and password between the sub-committee members. Take a note of the closing date for receipt of applications and set your closing date to 2 days prior to that date. Read all the questions and complete as many questions that you can as you read. Some questions may need the input from both committee members. If the form says that there is a maximum word count, make sure your paragraph is below that word count. If you think two questions have the same answer, re-read both questions as it is unlikely that the reader wants to read the same information twice. Double check that you have uploaded all requested documents and answered every question before submitting. Print a copy of your application, in most cases this is only available after you have submitted it. Don’t take it personally if you are not successful. Dust yourself off and apply for the next one.
Cllr Rob O’Donoghue has welcomed the appointment of the consultants who will carry out the research to feed into the Lusk Town Centre First Plan. The consultants were appointed in mid-August to carry out further research on the needs for drawing together the disparate parts of Lusk into a vibrant social, cultural and recreational core for the local community. The research will build on the bedrock Lusk for Life document, produced by the Community Council to form a Town Plan for Lusk. Following on from the first meetings of the Community Pillar and the Business Pillar at the end of July, the researchers will liaise the Pillar Groups to look at the communities needs, and seek to aid in the development of Lusk in the coming years. Commenting on the appointment of the consultancy team, Cllr O’Donoghue stated, “this is an important step in the progressing of the town centre first scheme for Lusk. Lusk is the only town in Fingal that was selected for the Town Centre First scheme in no small part due to work carried out with the Lusk for Life document.
The Town Plan will give us a roadmap that will allow the town to apply for funding to carry out projects which will be guided by the Pillar Groups. My hope, is that it will draw the town centre together and augment the new commercial units that have opened up in the past month on Ashe Street in the Station Road Development.”
While the summer rolls on training and competing still continues. While the beginner and intermediate groups are taking a short break the advanced group will keep training. At Junsa we believe that certain age groups need to rest and recover from a busy schedule our older students need their Taekwondo ambitions fulfilled, so that’s what we do.
Junsa will be actively recruiting new and old students come the end of August. If you have ambitions to keep fit, become an athlete or just want to join a taekwondo club that can offer you all the dynamics of our wonderful club. Please come and see us.
The Lusk AC club were delighted to hold a very successful inaugural Lusk Summer Festival 5k at Rogerstown Park recently. It was a challenging route but the stunning views at the top made it worthwhile. Our next race is the 7k Man O’War Round at 7pm on Thursday 17th August. Register at myrunresults.com. Congratulations to our young athletes who competed at the Nationals in July. They now get to take a well deserved break in August. The Dublin Marathon race series is now well underway. Well done to all who have taken part in the first two races and thanks to all club members who have volunteered at those events. The Frank Duffy 10 mile is next in the series on Saturday 19th August in Phoenix Park. These races are a great way to build up your distances in the lead up to the Dublin Marathon.
Lusk Heritage Group are planning a Storytelling night in Murrays, the Square, Lusk for Friday 8 th
September. The format will be similar to their previous very successful evening, with a range of well known people, stories, memories and local history. We will give more details of speakers and topics in the September issue of Lusk Local. A big turnout is expected if their last storytelling night is anything to go by, so mark Friday 8th September into your diary and watch out for further details. You can also keep up with Lusk Heritage news by checking out their Lusk Heritage Group Facebook page. They recently reported on the funeral ceremony of Sir Reginald Barnewall and his wife Maureen whose last wish was to be transported all the way from Australia to be buried in Curraha, a little graveyard in County Meath. The Tombstone of his ancestor, Christopher Barnewall, is in the tower of Lusk Church since 1575. At the memorial ceremony in Curraha Aidan Arnold, chairman of the Lusk Heritage Group, presented Joseph Barnewall, the present head of the Barnewall family worldwide, with a copy of his forthcoming book Barnewall de Berneval, 800 Years a Norman-Irish Family. No date is fixed yet for publication but it is the final stages of checking before going to print.
Lusk AFT were delighted to be chosen along with AsIAm as a beneficiary of some of the monies raised by Lusk United during their fantastic 24-hour football fundraiser in June. Lusk AFT committee and Friends of Lusk AFT were there to raise awareness and provide information to the many club members and supporters who stopped by. It was great to see supports for our autistic members at the event with the club providing a lovely Quiet Area. After welcoming Adam Harris of AsIAm to Lusk, Lusk United Chairperson Niall McGuirk signed the Autism Champions commitment making Lusk United the latest club in Lusk to join the journey to become Autism Champions. Adam then headed over to The Twisted Clipper to be interviewed by hosts Pierce Keegan and Stephen Daly for a (Between Cuts) podcast on Autism – available on Spotify. A massive thank you to the Lusk United 24-hour fundraising committee and club for their generosity and welcome. Lusk Summer Festival proved to be another fabulous day out and Lusk AFT
were there again this year to provide a social story, information stand and a Quiet Area. We were delighted to be able to offer kids and teens a quiet space to relax away from all the excitement and stimulation of the festival. The committee are grateful to Lusk Bridge Club for their very generous donation in May which will be used to buy a gazebo for events like the Summer Festival. A big shout out to Rush and Lusk Educate Together PGTA who gave a presentation at the incoming Junior infants’ parents evening on becoming an autism-friendly association and the importance of making those small changes that can make a big difference to autistic pupils, staff and parents/guardians. Finally, please help us to raise awareness of autism by following us on our new FB page Lusk Autism Friendly Town. For more information on Lusk AFT email Lusk Community Network at info@lovelusk.ie . LCN are kindly facilitating us until we set up our new email address. We will keep you posted!
The Lusk ladies attended the ICA annual garden Party which was held in An Grianan an on the 7th July. It was a wonderful day with lots of beautiful style, a scrumptious lunch, fine music, a stylish fashion show,and to top it all, Teresa Killoran from Lusk was presented with first prize when she was voted best dressed lady of the day. Recently also Lusk ICA participated in the Flavours of Fingal Horticultural competitions, We are delighted to say we were awarded prizes for our scones and tarts and displayed centrepieces for the picnic table
