Newsletter 8th June 2011

Well what a fantastic first Pride of 2011. Cork did us proud yet again! It was bigger and better than ever. There was such a Mardi Gras feeling in our city by the Lee. Thank you sincerely from all at LINC to the Pride Committee for all their hard work. There was a great turnout for the BBQ and the Brunch in LINC over the weekend, the place was buzzing with our LGBTS communities, families and friends. The monetary contributions over the weekend were greatly appreciated. Phoenix Youth Group were amazing with their hip hop dance performance at the end of the parade. We look forward to further performances from them. Thanks so much to everyone that helped with LINCs first float! We will start the creation of the float earlier next year. Check out Cork Pride Facebook and Website for all the pics.

Social Networking
FACEBOOK TWITTER GOOGLE DATING SITES! We are having some fun in LINC on the 28th of June with one of our community members who are coming along to help people navigate the World Wide Web. Perhaps youre not too sure about safety issues when you go onto various sites, perhaps you want to ensure your safety when going on to dating sites. Could you share your experiences with others? Please come along on the night we really want this to be a couple of hours of fun! fun! fun!

Womens Camp 2011

Come to Camp! This year it's in Macroom. 6th to 27th July 2011 For many years, women and children from Ireland and elsewhere have been gathering at the Irish Women's Summer Camp. The camp is primarily lesbian, and all women respecting this are welcome. Each year some women undertake to find land and set up camp. After that, the camp is run by all the women who come to it, in a spirit of autonomy and selfsufficiency. Every woman is part of the daily running of camp & takes on tasks or shares a job. On the last Thursday of camp, a Big Meeting is held to plan for the next year. Camp is an opportunity for us to live without our usual routines but in comfort and the company of women. The facilities on site are aimed at providing us with all the comfort that camping allows! Showers, sweats, trench latrines & drainage are all part of the camp experience. We rely on each other to keep camp comfortable and well-organised, and it is very important for every woman to regularly participate in the Camp jobs. There are regular tasks, such as woodchopping, cooking, recycling, digging you can share your skills or learn a new one by working with someone elseit's a good way for us to get to know each other, and keeps camp running well! For more information, please email womenscamp2011@gmail.com

Camp News
Childcare is nearly sorted. Lorraine and Jo are doing the first week and Ronnie is doing the second week, so we're just looking for one more woman to do childcare with Ronnie on the second week. Childcare is provided on weekdays from 11am until 2pm. This year childcare will be provided from Monday 11th until Friday 22nd weekends excluded. The women who provide the childcare get camp free for the week they work plus 100 each. And they get the rest of camp half price. We're still looking for 2 kitchen queens. To oversee the kitchen, stock rotation and food orders. Also advises cooking crews on recipes and whats available in the kitchen. The Kitchen queens get camp free for the week they are working. And they get the rest of camp half-price. So don't be shy women, if you'd like to take on this vital role for camp, please let us know.

Acupuncture
We will be offering Auricular Acupuncture to LINC community members and The Other Place community members in the coming weeks. We have a limited number of places available so it would be wise to book your place asap. The cost will be 10 euro per session. These treatments will take place in The Other Place by a trained Acupuncture Therapist beginning on 21st June 2011. For further details please contact Tina in LINC 021 4808600 or tina@linc.ie

Gallery Space
There is a space in LINC to exhibit peoples art/craft work. If anyone is interested in exhibiting in this space then please contact the office. This may be of interest to people who would like to sell their work. For the past few months we have been exhibiting some lovely paintings by a community member so dont forget to take a look the next time you are around

OMG they were just brilliant at their very first performance in The Other Place last Thursday night. It was so good to see the support which the girls had from friends and family. I guess there will be a Queue outside LINC next Wednesday night with new members wanting to join! We would also like to say Thanks to the group for helping prior to the BBQ on Friday night. It was so good to have you around!

PHOENIX YOUTH

This group are still meeting each week. There is a break on the 13th June but the group will resume on the 20th of June.

CREATIVE WRITING

LATE LINC
Late LINC is an opportunity for people to come in and chill out together so feel free. Over the weekend we met lots of women who didnt realise we had a casual drop in Community space. Remember this is Your Centre your space and open to you to use as you wish. If you have an idea and want to share LINCs space then if we can accommodate you we will. In most communities the summer time is fairly quiet but in LINC we hope it might be a time to get together. We have a gorgeous little garden sun on the way and plenty of free tea and coffee so make it happen! MEET AND GREET If you couldnt make the Meet and Greet last time then dont worry it will be a regular feature dependent on numbers so look out on the newsletter for the next one.

NEWSLETTER
The newsletter is the easiest way to get all LINCs info. Even though you are reading it now it might be an idea to mention to friends about signing up through our website to receive the newsletter each week. It appears lots of people are out of the LINC loop so we want to ensure they get in! Follow us on FACEBOOK make us a friend to get all the latest news.

CHOIR
AS always the Mna Mna Choir performed to their usual brilliant standard in St. Annes church last Thursday night. The choir are one of the most consistent groups and as we have said before a lovely way to meet people each week.

Knickerbocker Glories
This is a new group meeting monthly for various activities. The next activity will be Thursday June 16th. The group will meet here in LINC at 6pm. There will be a car pool to Blackrock Castle and a leisurely walk on the Blackrock to Rochestown walk. This takes about 45 minutes each way. The nice thing about it is the fact that on one end you have Blackrock castle for coffee and on the other end Rochestown Inn for more coffee or even something stronger. Of course the women have planned a beautiful sunny summers evening so bring along the children and the dogs if you want a nice evening out and about. For more details ring Ann on 087 2920060

Women In Recovery
Every Friday 6-8pm in LINC

Parents Group
Are you Gay and a parent? Do you think it might be a good idea to have a Parents Group as support and to organise various activities throughout the summer for you and your children? We have had some interest from both male and female parents from outside of the LINC community, but we would like to hear of LINC community members who may want to get involved. If you think this could be you then please contact Tina in LINC and we can have an informal conversation to see where we can go to from here. 021 4808600 or e-mail tina@linc.ie

Sports

Badminton Every Tuesday in Carrigtwohill from 8 until 10. For more details on Badminton please give Nicky a call on 086 8479051

Tennis (Venue to be confirmed) For more details on Tennis please ring Sheila on 087 6129040

Football every Monday in Garryduff contact LINC or Helen on 087 9861037 for directions.

Room To let Ensuite Double Room for Summer Let ( long term potential) in a beautiful 4 bedroom house opposite Fitzgeralds Park. All Mod Cons. 320 per month. Contact Caroline @ 085-1304343

Feminist Film Night

Hannas House would like to invite you to a film and networking event in FilmBase, Curved Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 1 on Thursday 16th June 2011. 710PM Pray the Devil back to Hell is a powerful anti-war documentary about the Liberian womens peace movement and the pressure they brought to bear on the creation of peace in Liberia. The film will be followed by a Question & Answer session and a wine reception. Please invite family and friends and RSVP to hannashouse@nwci.ie by 14thth June.

LINC is Open Mon, Tues, Weds 11am until 3pm Thurs 11am until 8pm