We’re proud to be working with
The Happiness Programme at Roscommon County Council Library
Support with community outreach
We’re passionate about the role that libraries play in reaching people and providing a vital service to those with care needs living out in the community.
We’re working with Limerick City Council, Waterford Council, South Dublin County Council and many others to support libraries in offering a totally different type of activity, enabling them to offer a more diverse range of services for their communities.
At Balham Library
The team at Balham Library have been running a weekly Dementia Cafe for almost 2 years, where the interactive light projector plays a key part in bringing together community members who may otherwise be isolated.
The group of between 6-11 every week, enjoy the different activities available as part of the Happiness Programme, including Football, Balloon Pop and Piggy Bank. The Football game gets very competitive, and one attendee gets much more vocal and active whilst playing.
“For the group it is a boon. I’ve attempted other activities like painting, but the interactive projector is almost always demanded at some point.” – Rob Hayes, Senior Library Assistant.
At Cashel Library
The staff at Cashel library have used the Happiness Programme to offer after school activities for the traveller community.
Gemma, the manager, says: “Many of the children coming to us couldn’t read or write and many hadn’t visited a library before. For us to offer these types of activities was a huge string to our bow.
From the moment we showed them the Interactive Projector, they loved it. Their engagement levels and social interactions went up as soon as they started playing on it.
It allows us to offer something different and, once Covid-19 restrictions ease, we plan to use this on our day centre visits, and with other groups that visit the library. We also have children with learning disabilities and autism who visit – we can’t wait to use it with them too”
Gemma Larkin, Librarian, Cashel library
