NWCDP's Gardening and Knitting clubs go digital!

Knit and Sew meeting no 1

‘Go Digital!’, our new outreach project, is up and running.  Thanks to the Community Foundation for Ireland we’ve bought seven Acorn tablets to bring our gardening and knitting club members together online.  This is a trial project.  Our community friends will learn new digital skills as they use the tablets for weekly gardening workshops, yoga and dance classes and a ‘Knit & Sew’ group where they can swap stories as they work. All using Zoom.

The ladies also have great apps at their fingertips. These include RTE Player, RTE News, Met Éireann, Google Maps and Duolingo, a free language learning tool. How cool is that! 

Before Lockdown No. 1, in March 2020, our knitting club used to meet in our Boardroom on Friday mornings. We loved hearing the ladies laugh and chat over tea and biscuits, all the while clacking away quietly on their knitting needles. 

Now we’ll get to see our friends online.  We have received further support from Forza trade union, DCC Councillor's Discretionary Fund, the NEIC and Dublin City Community Co-Op. 

It’s ‘Go Digital!’ at NWCDP.