TRALEE Chamber Alliance will get €1,000 towards activities to take place in a marquee in the Tralee Town Square on Saturday May 4 after securing the allocation from ‘The Big Hello!’ Healthy Kerry Community Weekend fund.

The marquee will be erected to coincide with the Tralee Food Festival taking place over the weekend and activities to be held in it will include kids aerobics class, set dancing in the Square and live music and dancing for all ages.

Funding of €10,000 has been allocated to community and voluntary groups around the county as part of ‘The Big Hello!’ Healthy Kerry Community Weekend 2019 which takes places on the May Bank Holiday Weekend.

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The nationwide initiative, which is funded by the Department of Rural and Community Development, offers a chance for organisations and community groups to host an event which will help people to get know all members of their community, to reconnect with neighbours and have a community celebration that is open and inclusive.

The purpose of the event is to strengthen community ties and tackle social isolation.  Events are to be centred around food, environment, wellbeing or culture.

Among the other groups receiving allocations were Kerry Public Participation Network (€1,000), Tarbert Development Association (€1,000) and Lixnaw Men’s Shed (€400),