ARD Family Resource Centre ( Ardaun, Roscam and Doughiska.)

29/05/2026

🌊Dips for Health with Mental Health Ireland

Everyone is welcome, whether you’re a first time dipper or a seasoned sea lover.

📅 Friday 5th June
⏰ 12:30–13:30
📍 Crabpool Beach, Salthill
🟡 Meet at the Yellow Shelter on the promenade

Eventbrite register here: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/dips-for-health-tickets-1988891558190?aff=oddtdtcreator

📧 For more information contact: Sarah Fahy | [email protected]

29/05/2026

🚨 Big News for Sports Clubs! 🚨
The Sports Capital Programme has been rebranded as the Community Sports Facilities Fund — and to help you get ready, Galway Sports Partnership and 2into3 are hosting a FREE online “Getting Grant Ready” webinar!

🗓 Wednesday, 10th June 2026
⏰ 7–8pm
💻 Online via Zoom
🔗 Register now:
https://2into3.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_M-JYlndbRuWrTCqtmBSOgg
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This session is ideal for club committee members preparing grant applications, especially those planning to apply to the newly named Community Sports Facilities Fund.

🎤 Led by Patricia Keenan, Director of Funding at 2into3, who brings extensive experience supporting clubs to shape strong project ideas and submit high‑quality applications.

📌 What you’ll learn:
• What qualifies for funding
• Who can apply
• How to prepare a strong application
• How the scoring works
• Tips to maximize your score and boost your chances of success

🎯 After the webinar, you will:
• Know how to build a compelling, grant‑ready project
• Feel confident navigating the application process
• Understand how to position your club for the best outcome

Don’t miss this chance to get ahead and set your club up for success. Spread the word! 💪🏽🏅

28/05/2026

24/05/2026

Celebrating Another Great Sports Day 🎉

What a brilliant afternoon for everyone who took part in Tribal Running Athletics Sports Day today 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️. Great to see so many young people and adults out and active.

Huge well done to all the participants, volunteers, families, and supporters who made it such an enjoyable community event 👏 Congratulations to all involved on another great DRA Athletic Sports Day in Doughiska!!

21/05/2026

Tribal Running Athletics Sports Day this Sunday at 12 noon - come along and join the fun! All Welocme!!

DOUGHISKA/ROSCAM/ARDAUN SPORTS DAY RETURNS with Tribal Running – Sunday 24th May @12 noon
Lots of Athletics fun on the day for all ages 🏃🏻‍♀️🏃🏻‍♂️🏃🏻‍♀️

21/05/2026

Many thanks to Creative Ireland, Adam Stone Man , filmmaker Donal Haughey and the participants of this film , Helen , Peter and Grace "Eastside, a Bit of Us", for sharing the importance of community ...& Thank you to Helen Flynn for her lovely feedback:
" Massive congratulations to The Eastside , 🙌🏼a wonderful little taste of the life and colour we have up here🫶🏼 and no matter how heavy the weight of your life story can be,you'll find your way to a feeling of HOME up here.💪🏼..well done, a great sense of pride in the Eastside

With thanks to Galway City Council for funding this project through Ireland

Hawkeye Films Productions ©

21/05/2026

Merlin Woods Sports Club are looking for volunteers for their Sports Club in Doughiska, click on the link below to sign up,
Looking for one hour weekly on Sunday mornings with new park run club in Doughiska

18/05/2026

📸 Snapshot of our 𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐂𝐲𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭 last Friday. It was a wonderful afternoon full of activity, fun, and community spirit as we celebrated everything that’s great about bikes and the joy of cycling 🚴‍♂️🚴‍♂️🥳 Thanks to all the families and neighbours who joined us and brought the event to life

A big thank you to our Community Garda, Joseph Hirst, for his continued support again this year with An Garda Síochána Galway, his commitment to our community makes a real difference 🤝

A special shout out to Stephen McGinley Juggle.ie for bringing fantastic entertainment and smiles to the crowd, to BMX’er Ivan Rajkov for his brilliant demonstrations and hands on workshops and to the dedicated team at An Mheitheal Rothar, We were also delighted to have local artists Debbie and Caroline from Friends of Merlin Woods with us.👏🏻

Thank you to our wonderful community groups, community members and our amazing volunteers-your energy and support made the afternoon truly special 🙌

We also want to extend a special word of thanks to Lidl Store Doughiska and their wonderful team for their generous donation towards our Community CycleFest. Your support helped fuel our riders and volunteers throughout the day and we deeply appreciate Lidl Ireland’s commitment to supporting community initiatives like ours.

This event was kindly supported by Galway City Council, Active Cities Galway, and Galway Sports Partnership, through funding from the National Transport Authority with TFI - Transport for Ireland, as part of the

Galway Bike Festival

14/05/2026

A snapshot of our Eastside Arts Festival from last weekend! Our 3rd year of the festival and it was a huge success... onwards and upwards for next year!
Thank you to all our amazing volunteers , students and all who made this festival happen- ARD, GCP, Ballybane library, Foróige, Corlann, Ballybane community resource centre and to our Funders in Galway City Council, Arts Office & Cairde funding and Bons Secours and Lidl for your donations, much appreciated!