Cork Greenmap

Monday March 30^th

3-5pm Hosted conversation: Audience for the Arts in Cork

– Who benefits most from Cork’s arts and culture scene? How might we develop the arts audience in Cork? Arts producers, community group leaders and representatives especially welcome.

Tuesday March 31st

1-2pm Cork Jazz Festival presents… “If it’s anything, jazz is a verb”  - Jazz is a very broad description and Bill Johnson provides a gentle introduction to some jazz that might surprise you.  A presentation with lots of music and special reference to artists who have played Cork in the past.

3-5pm Corcadorca presents… An Introduction to Acting

- Workshop with Corcadorca’s Artistic Director Pat Kiernan.  A participatory workshop on standing up to perform and improvising on themes.

Wednesday April 1st

11-1pm Hosted conversation: Heritage Buildings - Maintaining the Past, Building the Future.  The responsibilities and challenges of running heritage buildings in contemporary Ireland - with TKB Southgate Associates.  This conversation will be of special interest to anyone involved in conservation and management of preserved buildings.

4-5.30pm Tigh Filí presents… Never too old, never too young – poetry workshop and reading with writers from Cork Literary Review and Eurochild.

Thursday April 2nd

2-4pm Cork Film Centre presents… A workshop exploring work created with the support of Cork Film Centre, ranging from youth projects to short films produced under the Cork Film Centre / RTE Short Script Award scheme as well as video art. This an ideal event for anyone interested in getting started with filmmaking.   

Friday April 3rd

1-2pm Cork Folk Festival presents: A workshop to learn some Cork songs, with festival Artistic Director William Hammond

Please book ahead for all events as space is extremely limited.

Bookings and enquiries:

Nicki ffrench Davis / 021 4215 100 / info@civictrusthouse.ie

On 1 January 2009 a new government scheme to encourage people to cycle to work came into force. Cycling keeps you fit, it’s fast, cheap and reliable – and it’s good for the environment.

The new bike scheme covers bicycles and accessories up to a maximum cost of €1,000. The bicycle must be purchased by your employer but the scheme can then operate either with your employer bearing the full cost of the bicycle, or by way of a salary sacrifice agreement (like the existing travel card scheme) in which you pay for it, tax free, over 12 months.

Participating in the bicycle scheme is easy. If your employer decides to take part, they simply buy the bike and equipment on your behalf and off you go. Its is up to you and your employer to decided whether they buy the bike outright for you or whether you pay for it via ‘salary sacrifice’. Either way you save on tax.

The scheme is flexible in its application in that your employer doesn’t have to specifically notify the Revenue Commissioners that you’re availing of the scheme and there are no Government forms to fill out. However, your employer does have to maintain the normal records such as invoices and payment details associated with buying the bike.

More info on: http://www.bikescheme.ie/