Off-road Trail Building Programme

[Steveb]

Tyrone Training Services in partnership with
The Countryside Access & Activities Network (CAAN)
is seeking 4 motivated and hard working individuals to take part in an
OFF-ROAD TRAIL BUILDING PROGRAMME
The programme includes practical trail design & construction methods and training & assessment in Manual Handling, Brushcutter, Track Digger and Chainsaw use.
Applicants must be over 18 and should be resident of Omagh District Council area. Women are encouraged to apply.
For an application form contact Shirley on 028 9030 3930
Closing date for completed applications is
4.30pm on 18th November 2005
Training will take place on a part time basis from January 2006 until April 2006.
This programme is funded through the Peace & Reconciliation Fund.

[Mr Black]

Bah, omagh :(

Think it would be worth ringing up and asking about it anyway? If they don't get enough applicants I'd happily fill in the numbers :)

[AndyL]

Trail building methods? To actually build Trails? where will this madness end, dont they know there's no demand for this sort of thing, and certainly nowhere to build them.

Unless of course they have a forward thinking district council or other public body that could use some funding secured by CAAN to actually build some trails. No thats just silly, no one in good old (fashioned) Norn Irn would want to do that would they?

[Conor]

"Applicants must be over 18 and should be resident of Omagh District Council area. Women are encouraged to apply."

ageist, district areaist and sexist!

[thetrailbuilder]

district areaist - legend lol

[baz]

That's it, I'm moving to Omagh. From now on, just call me Barbara.

[Steveb]

At last, Baz is outta the closet.

[Bern]

Omagh is just one of 26 District Partnerships charged with dispersing EU Peace II funds. There is no reason why any one of the other 26 Partnerships in existence (eg the Belfast Partnership Board re Belvoir or Newry and Mourne Partnership re Moneyscalp/Rostrevor) could not be approached with a similiar proposal (if CAAN are in agreement) to train trail builders and/or develop trails in certain other areas. The EU Peace initiative covers the six NI counties and 3 ROI border counties and has just been extended for a further two years past 2006 so they are currently looking for various projects to support - it would be a shame to miss out.

[marko]

as this is the first programme of its kind you would think that they would open it up to everyone in Northern Ireland and not just limit it to one area??I know for sure that there are people from outside of omagh district who are busting to get involved in something like that.

[AndyB]

as this is the first programme of its kind you would think that they would open it up to everyone in Northern Ireland and not just limit it to one area??I know for sure that there are people from outside of omagh district who are busting to get involved in something like that. the money to pay for it was given by Omagh district council for residents of their council area, and was part of the plan to develop trail in Gortin Forest. CAAN are looking at ways to organise a trailbuilding course open to more people but that money has to be spent in that area and on people who live in that area, it's a shame but that's the way it is.
A.

[marko]

i thought it came direct from the Government,guess it is only fair that the people of Omagh get to use their own money for projects that will benefit them!Although we will all benefit from it in the long term!

[Bern]

In actual fact 60% is EU funds and 40% comes from central government. The Local Strategy Partnership that are allocating the funds (based on applications) are independent of the council although they will have some cross community council representation on their LSP Board. If a copy of the actual application is made available to other MTBer's/clubs then there is no reason why others could not 'top and tail' the thrust of the application to meet their bespoke local needs and then use it to apply for assistance in their particular area. The EU Partnership initiative is part of the wider EU PEACE II Programme and is available throughout the 6 counties in NI and the border counties in the ROI - it is not confined to Omagh. For example there is no reason why the MTBrider club committee (or anyother club) could not draft a similiar application and submit it to the Belfast Local Strategy Partnership Board for assistance to develop Belvior (or anywhere else - with landowner permission) in the Belfast City Council area. Hope this clarifies the situation.