Louisburgh Foróige - members only, events page

POSSIBLE OUTINGS:

Here you will find a list of over 350 events covered by Foroige. Pick one, bring it to club and lets arrange it. For a full list of already planned events please visit our events page.

Below is a list of events covered by Foróige:

Some finer details must be observed on certain events, always check with a leader before arranging anything, with anyone.

 Abseiling (see under Outdoor Pursuits, page 15)

 Achievements / Focus Days – planning / organising / taking part in etc.

 Aerobics

 Amenity Areas – visits to

 Amenity Areas – development of

 Animal Rearing

 Aquarium (Building & stocking, for domestic use)

 Archery (see under Outdoor Pursuits, page 15)

 Art Competition – organising / running / participating in

 Arts Festival – organising / running / participating in

 Arts and Crafts – some examples include:

 Artificial Flowers – making / selling of

 Badges – marking selling / of

 Batique / Batik – making / selling

 Bean Bags

 Block Mounting – (mounting photos and cards on wood)

 Bottle Cutting – making / selling

 Candle Making

 Christmas Decorations – making / selling

 Christmas Logs – making / selling

 Clothes Peg Holders – making / selling

 Cushions – making / selling

 Dress Making

 Face Painting

 Glass Engraving

 Jewellery – making / engraving / selling

 Knitted Goods

 Leatherwork

 Model Making – wood / cardboard (see also section dealing with the use of

 Mask Making

 Nail and Thread Pictures

 Pin Cushions – making / selling

 Pottery

 Puppet Making

 Picture Framing

 Pictures on tiles / chipboard – production, selling of (see also section dealing

 Sculpturing

 Sewing

 Silk Screen Printing

 Soft Toys

 Souvenir – making / selling

 Toy making / repairing old toys

 Tie Dying

 Varnishing Stones and all craft type activities similar to the above.

 Assault Courses ( see under Outdoor Pursuits)

 Assisting children with homework (If in child’s home, parent must be present).

 Award Functions – planning / organising / running / participating in.

 Barbecues – planning / organising / running / participating in.

 Basketball

 Bands – playing in, running for hire

 Bee-Keeping

 Bedding Plants – Growing / selling

 Boxing

 Break dancing

 Beauty / Make-up Classes / demonstrations

 Bed Push – organising / participating in.

 Bicycle repairs / maintenance

 Bird Watches

 Biscuit / Bread making / selling

 Board Games

 Boats – Barge Trips (Provided in a licensed passenger carrying vessels)

 Boating in pedal, canoes, sail and row boats (but not in power boats) (Please note that participants must wear life jackets or approved buoyancy aids

 Booklets – publishing & selling

 Bouldering – (see under Outdoor Pursuits)

 Bowling

 Box Making

 Busking

 Breeding Birds, Fish, Dogs etc.

 Building Work / Property Maintenance.

 Cakes, making / selling

 Calendars (manufacture & sale of same)

 Camping

 Camps Abroad

 Canoeing (see under Outdoor Pursuits, page 15)

 Caravan / Private Holiday Homes - visits to

 Carol Singing

 Catering

 Camogie

 Car – washing – for funding raising purposes only

 Cards – making and playing

 Careers seminar – organising of / participating in

 Carpentry – using hand held tools (note that in general power tools must not be used).

 Ceilí and Set-Dancing

 Chair Games

 Children’s / Kiddies parties

 Christmas Wreaths / Stocking – making / selling

 Christmas Trees – erection of indoors and outdoors up to a maximum height of 10ft. Lights must be erected by a qualified electrician and by nobody else.

 Circus Skills

 Cinema – visits to

 Clean-ups:

(a) Beaches and Parks

(b) Riverbanks, rivers, canals, etc.

 Club Meetings / Business – coming to/from

 Club Exchanges – including overnight stay in private homes

 Club Outings e.g. Trips to the Theatre

 Coffee Shop Services

 Collections – Church-gate

 Collections – door-to-door / street

 Community Investigation projects

 Computers – use of

 Computer Programmes: designing

 Confectionery – making / selling

 Concerts – Indoor

 Concerts – Outdoor (not to exceed 500 attendance unless cleared by insurers)

 Cookery Classes

 Crafts – (see arts and crafts)

 Cratestacking

 Crazy Sports Day (provided that activities undertaken are covered by the policy)

 Crop Production

 Cycling Tours

 Cycling & Cycle Races

 Darts – playing, organising

 Decorating - e.g. old person’s home /community hall (please note that work above 15ft. is not permitted).

 Diaries – making / selling

 Directory of local services – production / distribution of

 Disco Lights – erection of (internal only)

 Discos – running of (Foróige interclub discos only – no public discos)

 Disco – hire of equipment

 Disco Dancing

 Discussion Groups

 Dog Walking

 Donating equipment / funds to Charity

 Donkey rides on beach (not for commercial purposes)

 Drama

 Drama Co-Op – organising / running / participating in

 Drama Festival – organising / running / participating in

 Drugs Awareness Seminar – organising / participating in

 District Council Meetings

 Day Trips – organising of.

 Easter Eggs – making / selling

 Electrical work Demonstration only to

 Electrical Circuits Foróige/Group members (Please note that in general power tools must not be used)

 Electronics – Low Voltage. Manufacture of:

(a) Crystal Radios

(b) Transistor Radios

(d) Remote Control Units

(e) Damp Locators

(f) Door Bells

 Envelope filling on contract

 Environment projects – including litter clean ups and waste ground development and/or landscaping, No power tools

 Equipment provision for hall e.g. basketball nets & boards

 Exhibitions / displays

 Face Painting

 Farm Visits

 Field Trips

 Film Developing

 Films / Slides – showing of

 First Aid – administration of, classes in

 Fishing (excluding sea fishing from a boat)

 Fish Keeping / Farming / Breeding / selling

 Fishing Flies, floats, weights – making / selling

 Flag Selling

 Flower growing / selling

 Food Parcels assembling / distributing

 Football

 Fun Parks – visits to

 Fun Runs

 Function Room – hire for use

 Funderland – carnival rides etc.

 Games – workshop

 Gardening / landscaping / plant growing / rockery building and maintenance.

 Golf

 Gorge walking

 Grass Cutting (Please note that in general power tools must not be used)

 Grass Sledging

 Graveyard – clean up

 Guitars – acoustic /electric – playing

 Grymastics

 Gymnasium - visits to – (Please note: Must be age appropriate. Weight equipment/muscle building not covered)

 Hairdressing

 Hall – renovation (Please note that work above 15ft. is not permitted and power tools must not be used).

 Handball

 Hanging Doors

 Health Services Guide – production, distribution of

 Hedge Cutting (manually only) (Please note that in general power tools must not be used).

 Helping the Elderly

 Helping other organisations, e.g. hall committee, hospice, St. Vincent de Paul etc.

 Herb growing / selling (Please note that pesticides must not be used).

 Heritage Trail – planning and setting out of trail

 Hill-walking (see under Outdoor Pursuits)

 Host visitors in members homes

 Hostelling

 Hurling

 House Cleaning (Domestic)

 Hockey

 Hiring mini buses & coaches. Ensure that buses and coaches are hired only from a reputable company and that such buses and coaches are fully insured

 Indoor Games, such as, hats & scarves and table soccer

 Indoor Plants – growing / selling (Please note that pesticides must not be used).

 Inflatables – e.g. Human Table Football; Derby Hopper; Bungy Run. (Please note that Bouncy Castles are not covered)

 Information on drugs / related topics – giving of (see also item (f) Page 20)

 Information on voluntary work – giving of

 Inter club events (Provided activities undertaken are covered by foroige insurance).

 Interior decorating (Please note that work above 15ft. is not permitted).

 Irish Dancing

 Jam Making

 Job Interviews (mock) – conducting of

 Judo

 Jumble Sales

 Karate

 Keep Fit – exercises, classes

 Kung Fu

 Kick Boxing

 Laser Guns - Provided the activity is undertaken in a facility where the owners carry public liability insurance

 Lending Service e. g. books

 Lessons - organising of (e.g. swimming / life saving, drama, music, introduction to computers)

 Leadership – training courses

 Local History booklet – production, distribution of

 Magazines – production, distribution, lending of

 Marathons – e.g. basketball, stay-awake, organising and running

 Marches / Parades – on foot only

 Market Gardening – growing / selling (Please note that pesticides must not be used).

 Meals on Wheels – organising of service

 Messenger Service

 Metal Work including:

(a) Cattle Troughs

(b) Chairs

(d) Draught Excluders

(e) Flower Holders

(f) Garden Furniture

(g) Garden Gates

(h) Hanging Baskets

(i) Litter Bins

(j) Medals / Plaques

(k) Signposts

(l) T-Squares

(m) Tables

(n) Tea-pot Stands

(Please note that in general power tools must not be used )

 Mussel farming (refer to “boats and boating”, page 6)

 Mechanics – car – training / learning purposes only

 Mountain Biking (provided appropriate protective equipment is worn)

 Mural Painting (Please note that work above 15ft. is not permitted)

 Nature Tours / Walks / Surveys of Habitats – organising of, participating in

 Netball

 Neighbourhood Watch – initiating / setting up of

 Night hikes( see under Outdoor Pursuits, page 15)

 Newsletter for community – production, distribution of

 North / South Exchanges – organising and promotion of

 Odd Jobs – doing of - (Please note that work above 15ft. is not permitted and in general power tools must not be used).

 Old Folks Parties – planning, organising of

 Olympic Handball

 Orienteering

 Outdoor Pursuits Activities:

Abseiling/Rock climbing – may be undertaken only in Vocational Education

Committee operated Outdoor Pursuits/Education/Activity centres. An exception may

be made to this rule only with the express permission of Foróige Senior Management

at Headquarters*

Archery – may be undertaken only in Vocational Education Committee operated

Outdoor Pursuits/Education/Activity centres. An exception may be made to this rule

only with the express permission of Foróige Senior Management at Headquarters*

Assault Courses / Obstacle Courses

(“Mini”) Courses (as distinct from “Army” type) provided the courses relate to

the following or similar or less hazardous activities;

1. Climbing through a drain pipe

2. Climbing over an obstacle not more than 9ft. high using a rope

3. Climbing a net suspended at a height not exceeding 9ft.

4. Walking on a beam similar to one used in gymnastics.

5. Hand walking through parallel bars.

Blowkarting/Land Yatching - may be undertaken only in Vocational Education

Committee (VEC) operated Outdoor Pursuits/Education/Activity centres.

Orienteering

Rowing

Sailing

Slippery Pole – crawling / walking on (at a height not exceeding 9 feet).

Surfing – may be undertaken in approved centres

Wave Ski (please note that participants must wear life jackets or approved buoyancy aids).

Wind Surfing - may be undertaken only in Vocational Education Committee (VEC) operated Outdoor Pursuits/Education/Activity centres.

ZIP Wires – may be undertaken only in Vocational Education Committee (VEC)

 Painting / Decorating (up to 15 feet in height only).

 Paint Balling

 Paper Briquettes: making / selling

 Paper Chase – organising of, participation in

 Parades (on foot only)

 Parents Nights – organising of

 Parties (including street parties) – organising and running of

 Photography

 Pitch and Put

 Playground – construction of

 Pollution testing – rivers / lake / sea

 Printing

 Pool

 Publicity Posters – design / produce

 Pyrography (Suitable safety precautions must be taken)

 Quasar

 Quizzes – organising, running of / participation in

 Radio – community – broadcasting on

 Raffles – organising, conducting.

 Research Projects – Know your area, Job availability etc.

 Replacing broken windows (ground level only)

 Road Traffic / public lighting survey

 Rockclimbing (see under Outdoor Pursuits, page 15)

 Reflector materials for Cyclists / Pedestrians – making / selling

 Reconstruction of Old Engine (for learning purposes only in classroom/workshop circumstances)

 Rollerskating

 Rollerblading

 Rowing ( see under Outdoor Pursuits)

 Rugby

 Rush Work

 Rounders

 Rings – games

 Sack Races - organising of, participating in

 Safety Campaigns

 Sailing ( see under Outdoor Pursuits, page 15 )

 Sales of work – organising, running of

 Sandwiches – making / selling / providing

 Scrap Book (keeping)

 Self-Defence Classes – with a qualified instructor

 Seminars – organising of

 Shanty House Building

 Shops at functions – running of

 Shopping Bag Packing

 Shopping for household

 Signposting

 Slippery Pole – crawling / walking on (at a height not exceeding 9 feet).

 Snooker / Pool

 Snorkelling (see under Outdoor Pursuits, page 15)

 Soccer (including indoor)

 Soft Drinks – making / selling / providing

 Sponsored Activities e.g. walks, runs, cycles, races, jails (in suitable safe conditions.

 Sports Complex – hire for use for events (Remember do not sign any hiring agreement without first having it checked by Foróige Headquarters).

 Staff carrying leaders / members in car

 Stationery – marketing / presenting

 Surfing (see under Outdoor Pursuits, page 15)

 Summer Gatherings

 Superstars – planning / organising of

 Sweets – making and selling of

 Swimming

 Swing Ball (Soft ball must be used)

 Symposia – organising of, participating in

 Street Parties

 Street Theatre

 Sports – organising, running of, participating in (provided activities undertaken are covered by foroige)

 Tag Rugby

 Taekwon-do

 Telephone Directories – production, distribution of

 Tennis

 Tennis Court – construction of

 Touchball

 Tourist Guide – compiling / selling

 Tours – guided – organising, conducting (walking tours only)

 Track & Field Events (provided activities undertaken are covered by the policy)

 Training Sessions

 Treasure Hunts

 Tree planting (please note pesticides must not be used).

 Trips Abroad including study trips and visits

 Trips on Power Boats not exceeding 16 ft. in length and/or having a maximum speed of 10 knots.

 Trips to Cinema & Theatre

 Tug o’War (including on slippery pole, see page 15)

 Turf Cutting

 Unicycles

 Urban / Rural Exchange

 Vegetable growing / selling (please note pesticides must not be used).

 Videos – making / showing

 Volleyball

 Visits to farms / fire stations / factories / housebound / hospital patients / army barracks

 Waste collection – toys, bottles, paper etc.

 Wind Surfing (see under Outdoor Pursuits, page 15)

 Wood Work / Wood Turning

 Wrestling

 Water Polo

 Wind Generator (building a small wind generator not exceeding 15ft. in height)

 Year Planners – making / selling

 Y.C.E. (Youth Co-Operative Education)

 Yoga

 Yoghurt – making / selling

Zoo / Wildlife Parks – visits to

The above is not a comprehensive list. Activities similar to those listed above are also covered. If your club/group is planning an activity which is not listed above or is not similar to any of the above activities contact Foróige Headquarters to check if the particular activity is covered.