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The annual general meeting of the Waterford Alzheimer Society will take place at the Pine Grove Centre, Passage Road, on Monday, October 20th. at 7pm.

Mass for deceased Glass workers

The 11am Mass at the Church of the Sacred Heart, The Folly, Waterford, on Sunday, October 12th. will be offered for all deceased employees of Waterford Crystal.

Annual Pilgrimage Trust Collection

The Annual Collection for the Irish Pilgrimage Trust will take place at church gates and shopping centres in Waterford city this weekend, October 11th and 12. People are asked to be as generous as they can afford and application forms for future trips are now available.

2nd City Wide Youth Conference

The Waterford City Comhairle na nOg (Voice of the Young) held its 2nd City Wide Youth Conference at the Tower Hotel on Saturday, October 4th. Over 20 young people from all over the City attended and raised issues ranging from affordable facilities for young people to mental health and drug & alcohol abuse. 15 of the delegates went on to form the new Comhairle and will work at this youth democracy project until its end of term in June 2009. They hope to repeat the very successful and interesting ‘Political Speed Dating’ with the elected members of the City Council. In addition they will be devising new methods of linking in with decision makers to make sure their voices are heard in representing young people in the City. The 15 young people to form the new Comhairle are: Orla Kavanagh, Woodlawn Grove, Cliodhna Ryan, Ursuline Court, Colm Carew, Ballybeg, Stephen O’Brien, Ashley Court, Geena O’Keefe, Slieverue, Ciara Finnan, Dunmore Road, Elaine Stone, Hillview, Mia Hutchinson, Passage East, Annabel Higgins, Connolly Place, Martina Collender, Kilmacthomas, Tammy & Tucker Conroy, Bigwood, Avril Kenny, Ballybeg, Ciara Buckley, Norwood & Sarah Reid, Kilmacow.

Breastfeeding Support

La Leche League, Waterford Group will meet next Thursday 9th October at 11.30am at Ardkeen Community Rooms (beside Supermacs, Dunmore Rd.) The aim of the meeting is to give information and support to all mothers in the Waterford area who wish to breastfeed their babies. This months meeting is about Nutrition & Weaning. Pregnant women & mothers with babies/toddlers are welcome. Phone Angelica @ 051-345494 or Maura @051-396881 for directions and/or breastfeeding information.

Cuidiú and HSE Host Public Coffee Morning to Launch Service

Services for breastfeeding mothers in the Waterford area are to be expanded as five new breastfeeding counsellors complete their training with Cuidiú-The Irish Childbirth Trust. The launch will be marked by a public coffee morning jointly hosted by Cuidiú and the HSE on Friday, October 10 at the Farronshoneen Youth & Community Centre, Ardkeen, Waterford (adjacent to Waterford Credit Union).

Breastfeeding is the best and most natural form of infant nourishment, but it is not without its challenges. Most mothers need some level of support to get breastfeeding off to a good start and for as long as they continue to breastfeed their babies.

The five Cuidiú-trained counsellors, all breastfeeding mothers themselves, have completed a year-long course of study. Starting from October 16, they will be involved in running a fortnightly support group aimed at pregnant and breastfeeding mothers and taking phone calls from mothers seeking help.

Cuidiú, meaning “caring support,” is a national organisation, providing parent-to-parent support through pregnancy, birth, and parenthood. The coffee morning on October 10 runs from 11 a.m. to 12. 30 p.m. and will include a brief address, followed by tea/coffee and finger food. Admission is free and all are welcome to attend. For more information, contact Marie Keating, Branch Co-ordinator, Cuidiú Waterford Branch, tel. 051-380669 or 086-3299206.

Bodytone

Bodytone class every Tuesday and Thursday nights, 7 to 8pm, at St Saviour’s Parish Center Gym for all levels. Contact Sylvia 0862121992

Children’s Book Festival – Art Competition

The Children’s Book Festival 2008 takes place over the month of October and to celebrate Waterford City Council Library Service is running an Art Competition, ‘Pixels & Pages – Design a fictional character inspired by comic books, graphic novels or computer games!’ Pick up an entry form at any branch of Waterford City Council Library Service.  

National Stammering Awareness Day will take place in Wynn’s Hotel, Abbey Street, Dublin, on Saturday, October 18th, from 9.30am to 5.30pm. Keynote speakers will be Anita Blom (representing the European League of Stuttering Associations, Patrick Kelly, Senior Speech and Language Therapist and Chair of the Irish Stammering Association, and Michael O’Shea, author of “Why I Call My Sister Harry”. All are welcome and admission is free.

Art Exhibition

An exhibition of artworks by lecturers in the Department of Creative and Performing Arts in WIT will take place on Thursday, October 16th, in Waterford Regional Hospital. The exhibition will be opened by Dr Rachel Finnegan, Head of Department of Creative and Performing Arts. The exhibition will run until November 5th. All are welcome.

Staff management lecture

A lecture titled How to Manage and Retain Your Staff has been organised by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants for the Ramada Viking Hotel in Waterford next Wednesday, October 15, starting at 6 pm. It will be delivered by Sancha Mulcahy, Human Resources Business Partner with Deloitte and formerly of Dell and IBM.

The session promises to provide “an overview of how to develop, maintain and evaluate effective people management practices, as well as insights into best practice HR strategies and talent management thinking”.

To register a place contact Mary Doolan at 051-351180 or email acca@swiss-financial.ie

Registration on the evening is at 5.45 and the cost to ACCA members is €30. For non members it is €35.