Ireland Introduction Laragh Sports Partnership (LSP) invested €281,000 in developing a 580m x 2m walking track, incorporating 24 different Biodiversity Zones around the new community park in Laragh. The track follows the contour of the new grass pitch on the south and follows the contour of the Laragh River on Read more…
Ireland Introduction Cavan County Local Development (CCLD) are committed to helping transition Cavan to a low carbon, climate resilient and environmentally sustainable county. To achieve this, they set out to deliver free climate action training programmes to Cavan communities and local enterprises. The need to support training which raised awareness Read more…
Ireland Introduction In the late 1990s, a team of dedicated local volunteers recognised the unique potential of the disused exhausted slate quarry for transformation as a unique outdoor performance space. The quarry in the townsland of Ballykeffe, had been for many, at best- a base for occasional rock climbers using Read more…
a. Shelter Spilios Agapitos-2.060 m. b. Christos Kakkalos-2.648 m. c. Ioannis Chasiotis, 1.050 m. Greece Introduction The rural area of Pieria is characterized by the existence of 2 major mountainous massifs: Olympus Mountain and Pieria Mountains. On these mountains there are several huts and shelters, constructed at several periods and Read more…
Greece Introduction The solidarity common meals center, named “Our Daily Bread”, is one of the most important services that the local Holy Diocese is carrying out, offering to the needy fellow human beings around 300 portions of food every day (with a possibility to extent to 500), with the decisive Read more…
Germany Introduction Access to fresh and regional food and beverages is now a round-the-clock convenience, 365 days a year, in Saxon Switzerland in eastern Saxony, Germany, a region previously lacking in basic amenities. Supported by the LAG Saxon Switzerland and LEADER project funding, a young startup from the area has Read more…
Germany Introduction It all began in the small German village of Deifeld-Wissinghausen. One of its 270 inhabitants was afflicted with a highly aggressive form of lymphoid cancer, and his prognosis allowed for only a scant few weeks. This sparked an enormous grassroots effort for help and support in the village Read more…
Germany Introduction CoLabora was an European cooperation project dealing with coworking in rural areas and gathered seven Local Action Groups across the EU, all located in rural areas. The partners were convinced that coworking spaces can contribute to rural areas’ development. This new model of places designed for professionals offers Read more…
France Introduction The DITEP (Institut Thérapeutique Éducatif et Pédagogique) cares for young people aged 4 to 18 with behavioural and conduct disorders that seriously disrupt socialisation and access to learning. Demonstrating a keen interest in activities based on the forest ecosystem, the young people at the DITEP Moyembrie have invested Read more…
France Introduction Nicknamed the Land of a Thousand Clays and Sandstone, the Parc du Gâtinais français has been working since 1999 to preserve this rural territory, with landscapes contrasted by forests, agricultural lands, sandstone outcrops and valleys criss-crossed by rivers, some sixty kilometers south of Paris. All these elements have Read more…