*Shannon Community Partnership Board
SHANNON Community Partnership are holding their first Network Meeting of 2026 this Tuesday, February 3rd.
This event, welcomed by Wassim Derguech of Future Mobility Ireland, will celebrate the group’s 2025 achievements while also learning about upcoming projects and finding out how you can get involved.
Part of the panel event will be discussing the progress of Shannon Community Partnership’s ‘Task Teams’, a project bringing different groups of people together to improve the various areas of the community: From arts/culture to community and housing.
Set up last year, each Task Team have their own list of projects and events that they are working on, such as the Clare Mela and St Patrick’s Day Parade. “They’re very, very active volunteer groups,” Don O’Sullivan, Vice Chairperson of Shannon Community Partnership, explained.
The event will be opened by the Chairperson of Shannon Community Partnership, Siobhán Boyd, before representatives of each of the teams talk about their impact, otherwise known by the group as the ‘Impact Card’, answering how many people were involved, how many hours of volunteering were completed, and what they achieved. Attendees will hear from guest speaker Martina Minogue, Social Enterprise Development Officer of Clare Care, while they enjoy refreshments from Smitz Café.
Tuesday’s event will be teams’ first time meeting in 9 months, and their first meeting of 2026. “It’s a way of announcing to the people of Shannon that it is up and running, there have been quite a few successes in it, and there’s lots more to go.” Attendees will see what the groups achieved in 2025 as well as what projects they have planned for 2026.
One of Shannon Community Partnership’s goals is to invite more people to join their Task Teams. O’Sullivan encouraged, “If there’s something that you think we’re doing that you like and you want to do more of it, or if there’s something we’re not doing but you have some good ideas, more volunteers are always needed.” Your voice and participation can make a real difference to help create a stronger, more vibrant Shannon.
“If you’re not already in a Task Team, then maybe it’s something to consider.”
The first meeting the group had was last year when the teams were initially formed. O’Sullivan told The Clare Echo, “People came together and said they were interested in being part of the groups. Since then, we’ve been trying to encourage those groups to also bring other people on board.”
Shannon Community Partnership provide a formal community development structure for Shannon Town, advocating for improved services and facilities, facilitating a representative voice for the people of Shannon, and supporting the promotion of Shannon as a great place to live, work and visit.
The Network Meeting takes place on Tuesday, February 3rd, from 6:30pm-8:30pm at the Future Mobility Campus Ireland in Shannon (V14 WV82). RSVP by visiting the Shannon Community Partnership’s website (www.shannoncp.ie) and clicking the ‘RSVP’ button under the Network Meeting page.
