Gurranabraher & Churchfield Health Action Zone

Welcome to The Gurranabraher & Churchfield Health Action Zone

Hi I’m Ailish Mc Donald, the Community Health Worker for Gurranabraher and Churchfield. I am extremely passionate about the work that I do and feel fortunate to have a role that can really impact people’s lives for the better.

My day to day job involves meeting with individuals and groups in the community and responding to their health needs.

My aim is to provide a safe and welcoming environment, where people can have fun and feel connected to their community.

Some of the activities that I run are:

Walking groups
Gardening
Stone Carving Workshop
Chair Yoga
Flower Arranging
Minding your wellbeing
Health Check ups
Auricular Acupuncture and Meditation
Collaborative Events such as our famous Northside Seniors Olympic Games

If you are interested in getting involved in any group or event, or you want to hear more about what’s happening in Gurranbraher and Churchfield please contact me on 087 097 9707 or Ailish.mcdonald@hse.ie. I would love to hear from you!

Mens Club

The Gurranbraher and Churchfield men’s club was started by Martin Ahearn Rip and is a strong group who meet weekly at the Parochial hall in Churchfield listen to music have the craic and play pool. There is a strong folklore theme and the groups regularly reminisces over photographs of corks golden days.

Men’s swim at Leisureworld

Contact Community Health Worker Ailish for details – time slot is Wednesdays 1pm to 2pm at Leisureworld

Shandon haz band

The Shandon HAZ Music group practices weekly at the Hut and contribute to local entertainment scene. The band play monthly regular dates across the citys Northside community centres, health centres and nursing homes. The band facilitates a group of men to focus on songs that improve their health and wellbeing while also providing community music at local events.

The Hut Rooftop Garden

Weekly drop in to volunteer and maintain the rooftop garden –

The Hut Rooftop project – on the terrace on top of one of the Northside’s most distinctive buildings – is a place for local community volunteers and local gardeners to plant, hang out and meet-up. as part of the green spine initiative the space provides an expansive space for groups to be creative.

The garden is maturing and as well as providing a great space to grow, is available for one-to-one chats for people availing of the community support resources available in The Hut.

It is a great place that is available for workshops and outdoor meetings

The Wellness Walk and Memory Trail in St Marys Primary HealthCare Campus, Cork.

The walk measures 1.25km and approximately 2000 steps and offers staff, surrounding communities and service users opportunity to add to their daily exercise and sense of overall wellbeing on St Marys Health Campus. A big part of the walking signage includes a memory trail element with extracts from interviews taken as part of the ‘Memories of the Orthopeadic’ project with Cork Folklore Project displayed on each panel along the walkway.

These are memories of past staff of the Orthopaedic Hospital as well as service users and local people who have memories of the Orthopaedic Hospital of the past and can now enjoy these memories as part of a new and developing primary care facility in St Marys Health Campus. The broader signage scheme includes many health messages including #Littlethings National Positive Mental Health messaging which speaks to things we can all do to promote our own and others positive mental health.

Welcome to The Gurranabraher & Churchfield Health Action Zone

Mens Club

Men’s swim at Leisureworld

Shandon haz band

The Hut Rooftop Garden

The Wellness Walk and Memory Trail in St Marys Primary HealthCare Campus, Cork.

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