November News Bulletin

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Best Family Housing Scheme Award

TORC Sustainable Housing was shortlisted in the ‘Best Family Housing Scheme’ category in the prestigious ICSH Allianz Community Housing Awards 2023. These awards showcase projects that promote innovation and sustainability in social housing while also emphasising community-building and engagement.

It was announced on October 20th that TORC had won the award for Best Family Housing Scheme (large). The award was received by Tuath Housing Director Alison O’Gorman and Breeda Murphy of Cork County Council at the award ceremony held in Wexford.

Mid- Term Cinema Trips

Galway 

Residents of Clairin attended the screening of ‘Trolls Band Together’ on a sunny Halloween afternoon at Galway Omniplex. The TEO and HSCO attended to meet and greet the tenants and hand them the tickets. As it was a private booking, the tenants had the whole screening to themselves.

Macroom

Pairc Ui Mhuirite residents and their children attended also attended a screening  Trolls Band Together at The Reel in Ballincollig on the 1st of November.

Children enjoyed their munchies as a treat for their mid-term break. And, as the Galway residents, they had the whole screen to themselves!

Halloween Costume Competition Results

The winners of this year’s Halloween Costume Competition were announced on 6th November.

The competition was fierce as the photos were just fabulous, and very spooky.

The winners of 2023 are:

Jenny (3) James (6) Clonakilty

Riley (2) Hannah (6) Dolly (7) Peter (11) Skibbereen

Mikey (6) Daniel (4) Galway

Milana Waterford

Ava (4) Roscommon

Blake (5) Holly (11) Kayleigh (12) Macroom

Ayola Grace (3) Arianna- Belle (5) Layla- Rose (7) Jack (14) Shannon

Congratulations to our competition winners!

The €30 One4All vouchers were posted to all the winners..

Thank you to everyone who submitted entries- we appreciate the effort.

First Waterford Resident Association Event

Presentation Gardens Residents Association enjoyed the first event: Emergency Services Day on the 22nd October 2023.  The residents enjoyed the day and the children learned about our emergency services, first aid response, work of the civil defence and the gardai. It was a lovely opportunity for residents to get to know their neighbours & build on the amazing community spirit in Presentation Gardens. The Association thanked Community Garda David Browne, Waterford City Civil Defence, Jessica O’Shea from Order of Malta Ireland, Eamon Quinlan, Joanne Bailey and TORC Sustainable Housing.

Upcoming Events

1/ Christmas Card Design Competition

The TORC Christmas Card Design competition is back this year! Young residents aged 12 years and under, have 2 weeks to submit a ‘Christmassy design’ that will be used for the TORC seasonal card. The card will be sent out to all of our residents with our office opening hours for the holiday season.

If your child would like to enter, please take note of the competition guidelines in the poster above. Either post the original copy of the design to the Cork office or send a good quality photo/scan of the design to: info@torcsustainablehousing.ie

2/ Christmas Craft Packs

Look at these beautiful, filled with lots of creativity and imagination craft packs! You can enjoy some art with your children or have fun being creative yourself! Make sure you register for the pack of your choice before Friday 24th November, so the packs can reach you on time before the holiday rush!

The registration link below:

https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=hjLyj2C4FkK2h8I5WLLzHF7EzntB6Z1LmyAU4d7cZQ5UNUgzNFBIVVBZOEpGSkFDNVlCVjYwTFJWSC4u

3/Christmas Bingo

Christmas Bingo

Join Us for Some Festive Fun on 12th December at 11am.

Register for the free online event by 3rd December by sending an email to info@torcsustainablehousing.ie

You will receive your bingo pack in the post.

4/On Site Scheme Seasonal Events

Preparations are ongoing for a number of winter events in our schemes over the Christmas period, Our new TEO will be in touch in due course regarding the events with the updates. If you have any queries, please contact TEO via email info@torcsustainablehousing.ie. Watch this space!!!

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