Hi all,

Bruree GAA are kicking off a couple of initiatives this year to help the club become a healthier place for everyone to enjoy

If you are interested in helping out please reach out to our Well Being Officer for this year Monica Quealey (087 9587426) for more details.

This is open to anyone in the community who may be interested.

For more details on the different areas that the GAA receommend focusing on please click on link and the further details below.

https://www.gaa.ie/my-gaa/community-and-health/

Club mapping and Community consultation:

Club and community mapping will help your healthy club project team select topics or priority areas on which to focus as outlined above. This leads to a more connected and better functioning community.

v Healthy club action plan

v Smoke free policy in club

v Healthy eating guidelines for juveniles

v Drug and alcohol policy in place

Partners:

v Fundraise for local charities

v Provide active age group with meeting room

v Host health check with local GP/Pharmacy

Activities:

v Coaches run training sessions for people with special needs

v Weekly community walk

v Nutritional talks for players

v Offer safe talk training

v Display posters of local health providers

v Little things/5 ways to well being posters

v Promote Go Games & Respect imitative

v Smoke free signage

Surveys: Survey monkey

v List four healthy related areas our club should focus on?

v List the three most important groups/people we should focus on

v How would you like to receive health related messages from the club?

v How can our club better engage with the community?

Develop and activate Action plan: Planning is essential – simple document the primary areas of focus for club during its journey:

v Highlight resources necessary

v Partnerships required

Local launch of Health Club Project:

v La na gClubanna

v Let all club and community members know that the club is involved in HCP

v What it is about and what we hope to achieve

v Highlight chosen area and focus and recruit participants and volunteers that might help

v Know what we will be focused on

v Give people a taste of what is happening

v Invite local press – publicise your involvement in local and national press