Community

Community Airtime is supported by the Department of Rural and Community Development through the Louth Local Community & Development Committee (LCDC). Dundalk FM is inviting Community and Sports Groups to promote themselves on air. Community Airtime promos are one-minute infomercials that we broadcast daily and are aired free of charge. We will help you to write your script and to record the voiceover. Groups are welcome to email in a recorded promo to info@dundalkfm.ie. For further information, or to request assistance in how to script and record a promo, please email info@dundalkfm.ie or phone 042-9395100.   Carlingford Heritage Louth Mavericks American Football Club Louth Volunteer Centre Did you know that volunteering can be very beneficial for your physical and mental well being? Research shows that volunteers report increases in confidence and interpersonal skills, increased sense of belonging to their communities, better life satisfaction, reduction in depression symptoms and that volunteers even live longer! At Louth Volunteer Centre, we offer a support and guidance service to individuals and Volunteer Involving Organisations to reach their individual and collective goals. As our communities re-open, there are lots of volunteering options available at www.volunteerlouth.ie. We also run monthly Exploring Volunteering sessions via Zoom on the last Saturday of each month. Find out more about these sessions and other Louth Volunteer Services at www.volunteerlouth.ie, email us at info@volunteerlouth.ie or search Volunteer Louth on social media. SOSAD Dundalk Here in SOSAD Dundalk we are working to support you and your mental health. We offer free professional counselling, crisis interventions, a 24 hour helpline, online messaging support service. All of our services are delivered from our office at 42 Jocelyn Street, Dundalk. You can contact us on 042-932 7311 or find out more on our website SOSADIreland.ie. During Lockdown we made sure to keep in contact with all our volunteers and staff. We organised TeaTime Chats, where we opened Zoom rooms to everyone in the organization to join us for a cuppa and a chat about how we all were. The support was brilliant for all of us. Women’s Aid Dundalk Women’s Aid Dundalk would like to thank the wider Dundalk community for their ongoing support throughout these uncertain times, including our wonderful staff team and volunteers. We would also like to remind you that we are still here to offer support and information to women and their children who are experiencing domestic violence. Phone our 24-hour confidential helpline today to speak with our team on 042-933 3244. We understand that it is not always possible to speak on the phone, so help is also available at info@womensaiddlk.net. If you need support in applying for domestic violence court orders, pop into our drop-in clinic in the Dundalk courthouse between 9:30am and 1pm, Monday to Thursday. We are also offering support groups to any woman who is currently or who has previously experienced domestic violence – visit the Women’s Aid Dundalk Facebook page or call our helpline to register your interest.  Dundalk Youth Centre Simon Community Dundalk Since 1973 Dundalk Simon Community have been working with people who are currently experiencing homelessness, or who through no fault of their own are at risk of becoming homeless. We have been providing a wide range of services and unfortunately, the demand for our services is growing daily. Our services include: A 30-bed emergency hostel for adults 10 transitional housing units with supports for 21 individuals 7 long term houses for residents who have moved on successfully We also have a day centre; unfortunately due to COVID-19 our day centre will remain closed until further notice. The Simon charity shop in Yorke Street is the main fundraiser for the Dundalk Simon Community. Anyone wishing to donate to the Dundalk Simon Community can do so by contacting us at 0429339583 or Online – https://dundalksimon.ie/get-involved/donate/ At the moment we have clients moving on, we are appealing for good quality TV’s & DVD players. Call us at 0429339283 Dundalk Simon Community would like to thank the local community for your continued support. MAD Youth Centre St Patrick’s Soup Kitchen St Patrick’s Soup Kitchen and Food Parcels has been in operation for approximately 24 years in Dundalk. During that time the soup kitchen has been open 7 days a week for a hot meal, a sandwich or for simply a bit of company. We ask no questions about peoples circumstances. Unfortunately the soup kitchen is closed at the minute due to the covid restrictions but the food parcels are still operating. The Food parcels are in operation about 5 years every Friday morning from 10.30am to 11.30am with one food parcel per family available in the grounds of St Patrick’s Church If you would like to receive a food parcel just turn up on Friday morning during that time. If you are interested in volunteering, please leave you’re contact details in St Patrick’s parochial house or phone 042-9334648. Garda vetting will be done with each volunteer before they start. St Patrick’s Soup Kitchen and Food Parcels is a registered charity.   Zoom Training Sessions Dates: Wednesday 28th April 2021 3.00 pm to 4.15 pm. Wednesday 30th  June 2021 3.00 pm to 4.15 pm. You will learn how to Check audio and video settings for your device – whether it is a Laptop, PC, mobile phone or tablet/iPad. How to use the chat function, share a screen and play music in the background. And we will discuss the equipment choices that will make it easier for others to hear you such as Lapel Microphones USB Microphones Headsets or audio kits that come with a microphone, a mic windshield, a set of headphones and an External USB Sound Card. This Community Media Project is called ‘Community Airtime’ and is supported by the Department of Rural and Community Development through the Louth Local Community & Development Committee (LCDC). A-Z Conference Calling for Community Groups Content. The Conference Call Screen Join a meeting. New Meeting. How to Schedule a Meeting. How to send an invite to participants. How

  This series of five programmes introduces the listener to the organisers, trainees and instructors of Water Safety Ireland – Louth. The locations were in the Aura Centre Dundalk, the Co Louth beaches and the Regional, National and European Surf Life Saving Competitions. The series highlights the character building activities and friendships that start on the Irish beaches and continue throughout life. Water Safety is not an expensive sport but does demand that the participants commit a large amount of time. Parents tell us that there is a lot of planning to do to get the children to the beaches and that this has created a reliance on each other to car share and look out for each other’s children. They describe how their children have been brought up through Water Safety Ireland – Louth events and training. We hear about how they bring along the equipment each week to the training – the mannequins and the defibrillator. They also tell us how the sport brings out the teacher in teenagers because they learn to coach and mentor the younger trainees. It teaches them communication skills and how to handle responsibility and it gives them confidence so that they can carry themselves in an interview assured that their knowledge and skills have been certified by Water Safety Ireland. Some of the parents help out at the competitions. They measure out the space for the Flag events and put down the flags. Other jobs include taking the fins from the surf board, helping to transport the equipment for competitions and organising refreshments and snacks for instructors.              

The Community Foundation for Ireland is supporting Dundalk FM’s Community Call Radio Series. Open for streets/residents associations/community and voluntary organisations/sports groups to record a show as part of our Summer Community Call Series. Community Call will be broadcast each Sunday at 5.00 pm. See the listing below for the series schedule. Liz Carville has been in contact with over 100 local community groups, 30 of which have agreed to take part in the series. The recordings are underway and the series will be broadcast starting in December 2020 – times and dates will be announced shortly.   Community Group and Broadcast Date – all shows are on Sunday at 5pm. Fatima Residents Association 13/12/20 Dundalk Musical Society 20/12/20 Tuites Lane 27/12/20 An Grupa na Leabharlanna 03/01/21 Family Addiction Support Network 10/01/20 Carlingford Lough Heritage Trust 17/01/21 Louth Mavericks American Football Club 24/01/21 Dundalk Railway Heritage Society 31/01/21 Carlingford Tidy Towns 07/02/20 Dundalk Muslim Community 14/02/20 Russian Bridge Club 21/02/20 Redemptorist Church 28/02/21 Dundalk Toastmasters 07/03/21 Dundalk Outcomers 14/03/21 Dundalk Youth Centre 21/03/21 disAbility Louth 28/03/21 Louth Film Makers Society 04/04/21 Here is the 1st programme in our Community Call series….Tuites Lane hosted by Daniel Deery, Sound Engineer John Englishby… https://www.mixcloud.com/DundalkFMMixcloud/community-call-1-tuites-lane-part/ Fatima Community Call Programme In this programme, Maryrose Muckian talks with three long-time residents of Fatima, Dundalk.  Paddy McCourt, Pearse Campbell and Kevin Maguire share memories of their lives and times in the estate, of growing up and raising their families in the area.  They also share some of their favourite songs as they remind us what it was like living in Dundalk in those bygone days. This programme is hosted by Maryrose Muckian and was recorded under social distancing rules in Fatima at the clubhouse of Dundalk Northend Pigeon Club on 7th July, 2020.  The recording and editing were carried out by Philip O’Brien with the help of Cathal McCooey.   https://www.mixcloud.com/DundalkFMMixcloud/community-call-fatima-dundalk-part/   Carlingford Lough Heritage Trust This programme was hosted by Seamus Murphy and Kieran McCourt and they chat to John Woods, Patricia Morrissey, Gerry McAlinden, Harry McCarthy, Lorena Rafferty and Linda Stevens about what it was like growing up in Carlingford and how the village has developed, the achievements of the Carlingford Lough Heritage Trust, the Thosel and Station House, what its like to be a tour guide, how the Carlingford Heritage Centre promotes arts, music, history, festivals and events and plans to engage more families to take a day trip or stay over.     https://www.mixcloud.com/DundalkFMMixcloud/community-call-carlingford-lough-heritage-trust-part/ Louth Mavericks American Football Club This programme was hosted by Alex Simms Pro and Player and he chats to Declan Mulvihill – Club Secretary & Player,  Robbie Caldwell – Flag Football Coach & Player, Meg King – Flag football defensive captain and David Lynch – Player.   https://www.mixcloud.com/DundalkFMMixcloud/community-call-louth-mavericks-part/   Carlingford Tidy Towns Committee In this programme we hear from Joanne Redpath – Secretary, Stephen Callan – Treasurer, Gerry Mc Garitty- liaison with Louth County Council. member of Carlingford Community Forum and Denise Creggan-member of Carlingford Community Forum. Dundalk Muslim Community In this programme we heard from Imam Nuh, Saheed Yusuf and Amina Mayo from the Dundalk Muslim Community. We heard about the daily devotions, Ramadan, giving to charity, counselling others and helping member sin need, language interpretation, celebrations, cross border programmes, cultural and sports programmes cross community projects. The plans for 2021 will be to continue to provide these services, collect donations to complete the Muslim Centre, to create a fund for people in need, improve the education facilities, strengthen the interactions with community and statutory agencies and to engage with Dundalk’s community radio station service for the development of their members.   Russian Bridge Anastasia McCabe, Tatiana Zaiceva, Ina Vanickin and Andrey Soldatkin took part in this programme explaining how the community group was founded after a Round Table Discussion with Sarah Smith, a lecturer in Russian and Slavonic Studies from Trinity College Dublin in 2007. They tell us about the Russian Film School and Summer Camps in Carlingford, their hiking club, the Pushkin Festival, Charity Ball, the International John Field Piano and Vocal Competition and the dramatisation of Blue Bird in a Táin Arts Centre Dundalk.           Community Call Radio Promo Script Have you ever been on Dundalk FM? What was it for? – to promote your community group, or a fundraiser, a sports event on behalf of your school or maybe it was to record a music programme. Have you ever called us on nine three, nine five, one hundred or texted us on oh eight seven, zero nine, zero nine, seven nine one to send in a request or dedication for a favourite song. We are here for you when you need us. Your radio is so powerful that a song can bring back memories of a person, or of a place or of a time. The thing is right now, during this time, we need you to help us with a new programme – Community Call. A one off show for every street and estate in the town. Join us on a Video Chat, like Zoom, to remember the old times, growing up on the street and in the fields behind the streets! It will be pre- recorded during June and aired in July and August. And it is dedicated to raising the spirits of our friends and neighbours. We need to get back to sharing the treasures of life. To join in the video chat for your street phone nine three, nine five, one hundred email talk@dundalkfm.ie or look at the notice on our Facebook Page. This is a Community Foundation for Ireland Covid19 Response Project in support of Dundalk FM. C’mon Dundalk FM listeners – we want you to do the talking!     Community Call will be a twice weekly programme dedicated to raising the spirits of our friends and neighbours in Dundalk. We need to get back to sharing the treasures of life. The aim is to ask old friends and neighbours to reminisce for the listening pleasure of our mainly middle aged and elderly audience.

    October 2020 Level 3 Precaution and Control Measures We are reducing social contact at the station. The Main Studio can accommodate 1 person at a time instead of 3. A second presenter could contribute from the Production Studio (Evenings & Weekends only). Daytime, Evening and Weekend Self Operated Music Shows can continue as normal or a presenter can send in a pre-record/broadcast live remotely. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD ANYONE ENTER THE STATION IF THEY (OR ANYONE THEY LIVE WITH OR HAVE CLOSE CONTACT WITH) HAVE COLD, COUGH, FLU SYMPTOMS OR ARE WAITING ON RESULTS FOR COVID-19 TEST.   Covid-19 Prevention and Control reminders for our presenters. Please take in your own Headphones. Please sign in and out and record your temperature Please wash your hands regularly and use the Hand Sanitizer. Mic Foam Covers are available from any member of staff. Please wipe down the sound desk, phone, mouse, keyboard, CD buttons and trays, the general desk surface and chair before and after use. Guests may come into the Main Studio – make sure that they sign in, take a temp reading and observe the 2m social distancing restriction. Only 1 person can be in the Production Room. Thank you. Stay Safe. Alan Byrne Manager 30/06/20     Pre-return to Work Form 20200605 Pre-return to Work Form 20200605   Covid-19 Compliance Officer, Alan Byrne 086 792 5171. HSE 1850 24 1850.   Dundalk FM Return to Work Safely Protocol – Managing the Risk of Covid-19. 3rd June 2020 Dundalk FM will carry out a Risk Assessment and update our Safety Statement in line with the 2005 Safety Act and HSE guidance on the prevention the spread of Covid-19. We must not have a Covid-19 case in the offices or studio even if a person is being tested. If there is a case in the station the HSE might send everyone home for 2 weeks. From June 8th, presenters are can broadcast live under the following conditions. 1. The completion of a Pre-Return to Work Form. 2. They can demonstrate an understanding of how to prevent Covid-19 from spreading i.e. cleaning using wipes, hand sanitizer, personal headphones, mic covers, maintaining social distance. 3. They can demonstrate an understanding of the control measures that Dundalk FM have in place i.e the Contact Log, what to do if there is a suspected case. Name 3 symptoms of Covid-19. Fever – 38 degrees Celsius and above – any type of cough, not just a dry one – shortness of breath or breathing difficulties, loss of taste or sense of smell. The Board of Directors are responsible for the following: Appoint a Covid-19 response management team. Have regular engagement with staff about Covid-19 and preventative measures in the workplace. Appoint one lead worker representative who must receive the necessary training – Alan Byrne is the Covid-19 Compliance Officer and completed iSafe/Dundalk Chamber Training and Certification in May 2020. Update the Covid-19 Response Plan. Update the Risk Assessment and Safety Statement and address the risks. Have contingency plans in the case of worker absenteeism sick leave and changing work patterns. Keep a Contact Log. Provide induction Covid-19 training for all workers and volunteers. They have to complete this before they get back on air. Create and issue a pre-return to work form. Identify a designated isolation area – Fire Assembly Point. Review the role of the Safety Representative and Health and Safety Policy. Update the Work From Home Policy. Update the Sick Leave Policy. Enable workers to work from home where possible. There may be a member who has a vulnerable family member. Support workers and volunteers who may be suffering from anxiety or stress.   Covid-19 Response Plan Prevention All staff and volunteers must sign and date a Return to Work Form and complete Induction training at least 3 days in advance of returning to work. Staff will receive induction training in the use of cleaning materials, contact log, and what to do if there is a suspected case of Covid-19. Communications/Signage The Notice board at the lobby contain up to date advice and the phone number of the Covid-19 Compliance Officer, HSE posters, anyone who has a cough is not to come in – signs and symptoms. Instructions – what to do if a case is suspected. Bathroom Facilities Poster – how to wash your hands correctly. Email and SMS to members with a link to a webpage. Update the response plan at staff meetings. Regular meeting with board/staff. Everyone should have their own personal headphones, own mic foam covers and pens. You can collect your mic foam cover at the station. PPE There is a shelf with gloves, masks, wipes, hand sanitizer, spray, a bin for clinical waste and bags. We need sneeze guards at reception. At the lobby there is hand sanitizer, a waste bin with a lid and paper towels. The lobby door is kept closed. Air Conditioning The Units will be serviced in September and February each year. We may use a Rota if necessary so that the offices and studios can ensure social distancing requirements. We should be working remotely as much as is reasonably possible. Temperature Testing is required and a log will be maintained. Cleaning Regime – the first and last person in the station is responsible for performing a general clean down. We have UV Light in the Main Studio for use when it is vacant. You may wear a face covering if you wish. It will not protect you against airborne infectious agents but will help stop the spread if you have Covid-19. You may wear gloves if you wish. Everyone is responsible for cleaning up. Risk Assessment – reviewed at monthly staff meetings and discussed at board meetings. How/Where could people be exposed to Covid-19? Where are the high risk areas? Office Surfaces Door Handles Telephone Mouse/ Keyboard Handrail Light Switches Radio Fridge Microwave Kettle Bin Bags Toilet Wash basin These are cleaned using an anti bacterial wipe by the first

Your contribution will pay for new equipment for Dundalk’s community radio studio and on location broadcasting service. The equipment list is two digital sounds desks – one for the main studio and one for the production studio 5 x sound processing and studio PC’s 6 x Mic Arms a studio digital link for outside broadcasts a portable outside broadcast sound desk two OB headsets a studio clock In October we secured 75% funding from Louth Leader Partnership and to purchase this amazing equipment we need to raise €5,681.00 on our own and hope to achieve this before December 31st 2018. Having brand new studio equipment will be a wonderful way to begin our 10-year licence in 2019. One out of every 250 people in Dundalk have been part of making radio since we started in 2002. This is a great opportunity for us to invest in for the next 15 years. It will be of enormous benefit for our community radio volunteers of all ages and especially for live match commentaries OB’s from community halls and events studio panel discussions providing certified radio training courses and summer camps recording radio documentaries and radio dramas In addition to continuing the wonderful rage of programming you hear the new studio equipment will bring Dundalk’s non-profit public service station up to national broadcast standard. Thank you for helping along the way.   To make a contribution to Dundalk FM click 97.7 Dundalk FM GoFundMe Page