Our Sports & Recreation programme recently completed a water sports training camp in beautiful Castlegregory in County Kerry. We are posting a series of photos this week to show you the activity in and on the water.

Would you love to work in Retail? Get a great career in a shop, supermarket, or High Street business? The Retail Skills course at #NLN #Hollyhill is free, open to new Learners at any time, and is a supportive programme where you do a mix of study and work experience placements in retail businesses around #Cork. We work with companies like #Supervalu, Marks & Spencers, #Debenhams and many more. On the course, you learn all about the #retail environment, how it works and how to get a good job. You also find out how tills work (why they're not scary!) and how to relax and be great at customer service. If you'd like to know more, and have a no-obligation chat, call Veronica Fitzgibbon, Instructor, on 0214300144. By the way, here's Catherine and Tony at NLN Hollyhill running the Centre shop, using the new electronic till.

Our Sports & Recreation programme recently completed a water sports training camp in beautiful Castlegregory in County Kerry. We are posing a series of photos this week to show you the activity in and on the water.

Our Sports & Recreation programme recently completed a water sports training camp in beautiful Castlegregory in County Kerry. We will post a series of photos this week to show you the activity in and on the water.

Summertime and the eating is easy! At NLN Hollyhill, our Catering Programme (QQI Level 4) is enjoying learning all about the world's cuisines. And making great dishes to satisfy everyone's appetite. This week it was Spanish food (Hola Paella!), and next week it will be Italian. The staff and Learners are REALLY appreciating their hard work, lol. If you'd like to take part, call Instructors Virginia or Mairead on 0214300144 for a friendly chat.

An excellent day today for NLN Hollyhill Learners, who took part in the HSE's Health Action Zone, Men's Mental Health Day, at the Parochial Hall in Gurranabraher. Lawn bowls, a concert with Eason's Hill Men's Shed (which included Learners), chat and making new friends helped everyone improve their community participation and social skills. Many thanks to HSE Community Development Workers Martin Aherne and Stephen Murphy, as well - especially when they told 5 learners they had won spending vouchers from Singleton's Supervalu, Knocknaheeny. If you'd like to know more about - or join - our free personal development and mental health programmes, call us on 0214300144.

Fantastic work by the Directions Programme at NLN Hollyhill, with their great new anti-tobacco short film - Butt Wars ! - for the Irish Cancer Society. Led by Instructor Adrian Brady (who won funding from the Irish Cancer Society to make the film), the short was created by a very active group of Learners who planned, wrote, filmed, costumed, soundscaped and produced the film over a period of three weeks (with editing by Learners on the IT Systems programme). A lovely 2.30 minutes long (and filmed at St Peter's Exhibition venue, North Main St, Cork), Butt Wars is a fun StarWars take on not getting yourself involved with tobacco and its evils. Click below to see the film on Youtube - to help the Learners get votes for the film, please watch it for at least 15 seconds, and like and share this message so everyone sees the message and the Learners' hard work. https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=xhale+buttwars

Students from our Hospitality Skills programme successfully completed a Barista skills course recently. Pictured here with their trainers from the Cork Barista School.

The Pathways Programme has been running in Mallow since 2000 and is currently taking applications for its next programme. It has a range of modules including computer skills, personal development, healthy lifestyle, occupational exploration, community integration and much more. Based in Market Square Mallow. Contact No: 087 6677002

Roslan treacy pictured at the NLN stand at the DSP Training & Employment exhibition at the Hanover Street INTREO offices yesterday.

Marian Ward of the National Learning Network Pathways programme in Mallow, was interviewed yesterday by Patricia Messinger on 103fm about the Tunnel Vision community horticultural project. She was accompanied by Michael Broderick of COPE Foundation and Connie Philpott, a volunteer with Tunnel Vision since 2014. Tunnel Vision will have a stall at the Easter Racing Home Festival at Mallow Castle on Easter Sunday, selling plants. All are welcome to visit and all proceeds go towards the running of the project. Tunnel Vision is a one day Social Gardening option on the NLN Pathways Programme in Mallow. Pathways also has a range of modules on personal development, healthy lifestyle, occupational exploration, community integration and much more. It is currently taking applications for its next programme, commencing in August. Contact 0876677002.