04 Mar2022
Rural Social Scheme participant Teresa Doyle keeps community group active in Collinstown during the Covid pandemic.
Teresa Doyle, one of Westmeath Community Development’s Rural Social Scheme (RSS) participants, facilitates the PLACE group at the Lough Lene Gaels Park. This group was formed three years ago as part of the Lough Lene Gaels Healthy Club Initiative.
There are fourteen members in the group. Between them they came up with the name ‘PLACE’, which stands for and represents what it is we strive to do - Positive, Learning, Art, Culture, and Exercise. Teresa explains “We were meeting every Wednesday morning, partaking in an arts and craft programme, enjoying a mid-morning cup of tea, and finishing with a walk around the pitch.
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