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RISE: A Ballina 2023 Legacy Programme

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RISE, our Ballina 2023 Legacy Programme aims to upskill, empower and build capacity within the community, creating a strong legacy that will keep delivering long after 2023 has passed.

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Ballina 2023 Youth Programme

A year-long partnership project, offering young people aged 17-24 an opportunity to gain experience and training in a participant-led programme to include events, music programming, radio and digital broadcast media, sports training, the arts, community leadership, health, social media, community development and youth voice.

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Community Sports Programme

A year-long community-based sports programme with partners the Celtic FC Foundation and their partners Sport and Social Change Network Ireland and Ballina Town FC including free community football sessions, coaching and education in schools, league competitions, summer camps and tournaments and celebratory events with special guests.

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Volunteer Programme

Ballina 2023 has partnered with Mayo Volunteer Centre and Telus International to build our volunteer team for the year, with opportunities in areas like event planning, marketing, PR & social media, fundraising, customer service and stewarding, with comprehensive training provided by Stuart Garland of Volunteer Ireland that will benefit the community into the future.

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Blue Bus Broadcaster

A partnership with Ballina Community Radio BCRFM, bringing an offsite broadcaster to the people and places of Ballina and the surrounding regions throughout 2023. Ballina 2023 will broadcast weekly on BCRFM and online and will also be used to record a Ballina 2023 podcast series, featuring interesting people with links to Ballina.

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Communities Creating Change 

Ballina 2023, together with The Mary Robinson Centre, Mayo County Council and the University of Galway, will hold a week-long international sustainability assembly in July 2023, supported by a broad group of national and regional stakeholders and focusing on the themes of sustainable development and enabling grassroots community climate action.

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Macnas Community Street Parade

The internationally acclaimed spectacle and street theatre company Macnas’ work is renowned for its unique hybrid of professional artists and volunteers collaborating on an event. In 2023, the company will work with Ballina 2023, Ballina Salmon Festival and community members to develop and deliver one of its renowned parades on the streets of Ballina.

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