Athlone Family Resource Centre

13/06/2026

Beautiful day for Westmeath-Athlone Traveller Pride at .kierans community centre in Tormey Villas today

Some beautiful heritage pieces on display including the this traditional barrell top wagon and tent.
Music, food, tea and coffee and kids activities/face painting.

Come down and celebrate Traveller Pride ☀️

11/06/2026

FOOD AND NUTRITION WORKSHOP FOR TODDLERS AND PRESCHOOLERS

June 19th, 10am-11.30am
Athlone family Resource Centre Units at:
Room 15, A.T.C Centre, Ballalley lane, Athlone

Register with Marie through details on the poster.

10/06/2026

HELP NOMINATE THE AFRC WIN THE AIB COMMUNITY FUND AWARD.

The Athlone FRC works tirelessly to deliver sustainable and environmentally conscious projects and programmes across the board, for the wellbeing and good of our community. This happens with very little little funding and a whole lot of community spirit. There is SO much much we want to achieve, to further the development of our community spaces. Help Athlone FRC receive the AIB Community Fund Award for sustainability to support our work in transforming disused urban spaces into biodiversity gardens, replacing graffiti with pollinator‑friendly murals, and building a free circular clothing and resources economy that strengthens community resilience and environmental stewardship.
Follow the link below to nominate us, it only takes 3mins of your time.
https://aib.ie/personal-forms/community-fund
OUR CHARITY NUMBER: 20067397

Thank you so much, every nomination counts.
AFRC TEAM ❤

Longford Westmeath CYPSC

https://aib.ie/personal-forms/community-fund

Personal Banking with AIB, offering a great range of financial products and services. Contact us and avail the benefits now.

10/06/2026

*TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF BUILDING*
In order to carry out essential drainage repairs our building at 14 O'Connell Street will be CLOSED to the public tomorrow, Thursday 11th and Friday 12th.
Apologies for the inconvenience.
Staff are still available online and on the phone for order of business.

Thank you for your patience.

AFRC Team.

10/06/2026

COMMUNITY APPEAL FOR NOMINATION.

The Athlone FRC works tirelessly to deliver sustainable and environmentally conscious projects and programmes across the board, for the wellbeing and good of our community. This happens with very little little funding and a whole lot of community spirit. There is SO much much we want to achieve, to further the development of our community spaces. Help Athlone FRC receive the AIB Community Fund Award for sustainability to support our work in transforming disused urban spaces into biodiversity gardens, replacing graffiti with pollinator‑friendly murals, and building a free circular clothing and resources economy that strengthens community resilience and environmental stewardship.

Follow the link below to nominate us, it only takes 3mins of your time.

https://aib.ie/personal-forms/community-fund
OUR CHARITY NUMBER: 20067397

Thank you so much, every nomination counts.

AFRC TEAM

HELP THE AFRC - COMMUNITY APPEAL FOR NOMINATION for AIB COMMUNITY FUND - LINK BELOW

OUR CHARITY NUMBER: 20067397

The Athlone FRC works tirelessly to deliver sustainable and environmentally conscious projects and programmes across the board, for the wellbeing and good of our community. This happens with very little little funding and a whole lot of community spirit.

There is SO much much we want to achieve, to further the development of our community spaces. Help Athlone FRC receive the AIB Community Fund Award for sustainability to support our work in transforming disused urban spaces into biodiversity gardens, replacing graffiti with pollinator‑friendly murals, and building a free circular clothing and resources economy that strengthens community resilience and environmental stewardship.
Follow the link below to nominate us, it only takes 3mins of your time.

OUR CHARITY NUMBER: 20067397

Thank you so much, every nomination counts.
AFRC TEAM ❤

Please Click on the link and nominate us . https://aib.ie/community-fund

Every vote counts so please think of us!!

Longford Westmeath CYPSC

10/06/2026

SMART Recovery meetings take place every Wednesday in Monksland Community Centre at Cushla. 1pm.
There is an additional meeting in Ballinasloe on Wednesday also at 1.30pm.

SMART recovery is a space that promotes a life beyond addiction, through managing and maintaining motivation, coping with urges, managing thoughts, feelings, behaviours and living a balanced lifestyle.

email: info@smartrecovery for more information.

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10/06/2026

📢 Have your say!

The Minister for Children, Disability & Equality has launched a public consultation to inform the review of the Disability Act 2005.

They want to hear from disabled people, their families and carers, their representative groups, and Disabled Persons Organisations (DPOs).

The purpose of this consultation process is to inform the review of the Disability Act in its entirety.

Submissions are invited via email, post, audio/video, online form, Braille and Irish Sign Language.

A template has been created to support submission making and guidance documentation is available on the consultation website in PDF, Word Format, Easy Read and Irish Sign Language.

🔗 All details here - https://www.gov.ie/en/department-of-children-disability-and-equality/consultations/public-consultation-to-inform-the-review-of-the-disability-act-2005/

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09/06/2026

While we're on the subject of Pride🌈

Apprection post for on an incredible first summer festival. The parade was magical and the events over the entire week echo huge work behind the scenes from the committee.

funded making of this gorgeous parade float 'Sile Na Gig', which was delivered through a series of open workshops over 6 weeks, aimed at providing a creative voice for the LGBTQ+ community here in the Midlands.

The float was designed and workshops delivered by Community Arts Inclusion worker at the FRC, Aoife Doolan. And the workshop space was provided by the AFRC

'Misneach', the Irish word for Courage, was chosen to commemorate the LGBTQ trailblazers that came before to make progress like this parade possible. Most noteably we kept the late Michael Woods in our thoughts. Anam Cara 🙏

We can't wait for next year. Congratulations Heartlands Pride.
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09/06/2026

*PRISM* and *PRIDE* project, Cruinniú na nÓg.
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We were delighted to be asked by to collaborate on delivering this wonderful project with the Prism Youth group over at , for this years Cruinnu Na nOg, funded by Westmeath.

Aoife worked with the Youth Group over a 4/5 week period on designing and styling parade pieces for Heartlands Pride debut summer parade, the weekend just gone.

Massive thanks to the Prism group for their amazing contribution and to Shelly and the staff at for facilitating the collaberation with the FRC.

The Prism group have just finalised their group logo, designed by one of the youth group members, and Aoife will be returning to Gateway later in the summer to work on a mural project to bring it to life.

Again huge thanks to Christine from Heartlands Pride for including the LGBTQ+ Youth demographic in this inclusive festival.

08/06/2026

What a week it's been for the Athlone Family Resource centre. Last Friday evening Aoife and Darren had the pleasure of attending the Westmeath Cathaoirleach awards at , where they received reward recognition for the Creative Hub community inclusion program.

Through this programme, the AFRC has opened many opportunities for the community to get involved in creative development projects that promote community inclusion, wellbeing through creative expression. It is responsible for so much of what you see though our annual summer street parades, Halloween activities, arts events, community gardening and much more. We love what we do and so it is so heartwarming to be recognised for the work.

Not only that, but we were surrounded by our peers who were also nominated and winners on the night. The , , , Athlone Canal Heritage group, Dean Kelly National School, Westmeath Community Development, and many more.
Athlone community groups ar thriving.

The cheque was presented to us by and Cathaoirleach Aoife Davitt.
Thank you to the judges and those at . It goes a long way.