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EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of the Holywell Trust Podcast we get an update on the work of 3 organisations - Foyle Down Syndrome Trust, Foyle Obon and Social Farms and Gardens.

We also get an update on the reimagined Fingerpost - see fingerpost.ie for more information.

EPISODE SUMMARY

This episode features updates from Extern, Foyle Women's Information Network and REACH Across on how they are continuing their work during the lockdown period caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. There is also an update from Holywell on our Forward Together Podcast, The Tea Room and Fingerpost.

Holywell Trust receives core funding support from the Community Relations Council for Northern Ireland.

Gerard Deane is joined by Roisin McLaughlin from North West Community Network, Muareen Hetherington from The Junction and Fionnuala Deane from Dog Ears to share updates on each organisation's plans during the lockdown period of the Covid-19 pandemic and to discus the impact that it is having on each organisation. Gerard also provides an update on Holywell Trust's own plans over the next couple of months.

The Holywell Trust will be hosting its Second Holywell Stew on Wednesday June 14th. Before you rush off to purchase your tickets for that event Roisin and Gerard present the proceedings from the inaugural event back in May. Listen to the pitches from four community action groups in the city; Pink Ladies Derry, La Dolce Vita, LegoDerry and Extern. We get the viewpoints of some of our investors on the night and a winner will take away the prize of over £500 to kick start their community action project. You can listen to the winner's story on how they prepared for the event and how the money will be used in our Holywell Podcast Episode 3.

Podcast was recorded in St. Augustine's Church in Derry on October 25th as part of a Holywell Trust Tea Time Event. Dr. Martin Stern as a 5 year old living in Holland was arrested with his one year old sister Erica and transported to Westerbork transit camp. From there he was transported to Theresienstadt. Listen to him describe some of his personal memories and the remarkable people he encountered who aided his survival in these camps.

This Special Podcast is the recording of Holywell Trust's Teatime Event titled "Brexit & Ireland: an Evening with Tony Connelly" held on November 21st. RTE's long-time Brussels correspondent Tony Connelly has been helping the public make sense of the implications of Brexit for Ireland. Now, in Brexit and Ireland, he tells the inside story of the Irish response and explores the many ways in which this political and economic earthquake is likely to play out.