27 Feb 2025
The highly successful National Day of Creativity for Children and Young People, Cruinniú na nÓg takes place this year on Saturday 7 June 2025. Here in Donegal, we’re very proud of the activities, events and partners who have in previous years made Cruinniú na nÓg in Donegal one of the very best in the Country, with events activities right through the County. To build upon this Donegal County Council’s Culture and Creativity Team are seeking new proposals from practitioners, community groups and organisations for creative events and activities that will provide opportunities for children and young people to make, do, try or see in their own locality.
Cruinniu na nÓg 2025, get involved !
The highly successful National Day of Creativity for Children and Young People, Cruinniú na nÓg takes place this year on Saturday 7 June 2025. Here in Donegal, we’re very proud of the activities, events and partners who have in previous years made Cruinniú na nÓg in Donegal one of the very best in the Country, with events activities right through the County.
To build upon this Donegal County Council’s Culture and Creativity Team are seeking new proposals from practitioners, community groups and organisations for creative events and activities that will provide opportunities for children and young people to make, do, try or see in their own locality.
The ‘Voice of the Child’ Survey which asked children across the county for their ideas for the day should be central to the proposals put forward. These can be viewed at donegalculture.ie from Monday 3rd March.
Expression of interest – open call
The emphasis of Cruinniú na nÓg is on doing, making, creating. The open call is seeking practitioners, venues, organisations or community groups to make a proposal for an event to take place within your own community.
Creative practitioners in any medium or art form are encouraged to submit a proposal, in the areas of, but not limited to, theatre, dance, music, opera, film, circus, performance, fashion, photography, visual arts, digital arts, literature and storytelling, street art or spectacle.
Also, traditional skills practitioners or others with expertise in areas such as flora & fauna/biodiversity, folklife, archaeology, built heritage, history, vernacular architecture or any related field are also encouraged to put forward how they might run a project for Cruinniú na nÓg.
Submissions are welcome from communities in every location in the County, and projects or events must take place or culminate on Saturday 7th June 2025.
Cruinniú na nÓg is funded through the Creative Ireland Team, Donegal. Event proposers are encouraged to make realistic submissions in terms of scale and costs and funding will be allocated to those events which best meet the objectives of Cruinniú na nÓg as outlined in the application form.
Cruinniú na nÓg proposal forms can be downloaded at www.donegalculture.ie. Completed forms should be emailed to CreativeIreland@donegalcoco.ie by Sunday 23rd March 2025.
Cruinniú na nÓg is an initiative of the Creative Ireland Programme at the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media and is presented in partnership with RTÉ and Local Authorities.
Glac páirt i gCruinniu na nÓg 2025!
Beidh Lá Náisiúnta na Cruthaitheachta do Pháistí agus do Dhaoine Óga, ar éirigh thar cionn leis, ar siúl i mbliana Dé Sathairn, 7 Meitheamh 2025. Anseo i nDún na nGall, tá muid iontach bródúil as na gníomhaíochtaí, as na himeachtaí agus as na comhpháirtithe agus Cruinniú na nÓg i nDún na nGall ar cheann de na cinn is fearr sa tír le blianta beaga anuas, le himeachtaí ar fud an chontae.
Chun cur leis seo, tá Foireann Cultúir agus Cruthaitheachta Chomhairle Contae Dhún na nGall ag lorg moltaí nua ó chleachtóirí, ó ghrúpaí pobail agus ó eagraíochtaí le haghaidh imeachtaí agus gníomhaíochtaí cruthaitheacha a chuirfidh deiseanna ar fáil do pháistí agus do dhaoine óga rudaí éagsúla a dhéanamh, a thriail nó a fheiceáil ina gceantar féin.
Ba cheart go mbeadh an Suirbhé 'Guth an Pháiste', a d'iarr ar pháistí ar fud an chontae a gcuid smaointe don lá a roinnt, a bheith lárnach sna moltaí a chuirtear chun cinn. Is féidir iad seo a fheiceáil ag donegalculture.ie.
Léiriú spéise – gairm oscailte
Tá béim á leagan ag Cruinniú na nÓg ar rudaí a dhéanamh agus a chruthú. Tá an ghairm oscailte seo ag lorg cleachtóirí, ionaid, eagraíochtaí nó grúpaí pobail chun moladh a dhéanamh go mbeadh imeacht ar siúl laistigh de do phobal féin.
Moltar do chleachtóirí cruthaitheacha a bhíonn ag plé le foirm mheán nó ealaíne ar bith togra a chur isteach, i réimsí na hamharclannaíochta, an damhsa, an cheoil, na ceoldrámaíochta, na scannánaíochta, an tsorcais, an taibhithe, an fhaisin, na grianghrafadóireachta, na n-amharcealaíon, na n-ealaíon digiteach, na litríochta agus na scéalaíochta, na healaíne sráide nó an taispeántais, ach gan a bheith teoranta dóibh sin.
Chomh maith leis sin, moltar do chleachtóirí le scileanna traidisiúnta nó do dhaoine eile a bhfuil saineolas acu ar réimsí amhail fána/bithéagsúlacht, saol na tuaithe, seandálaíocht, oidhreacht thógtha, stair, ailtireacht dhúchasach nó aon réimse gaolmhar a chur chun cinn le taispeáint cad é mar a thiocfadh leo tionscadal a reáchtáil do Chruinniú na nÓg.
Cuirtear fáilte roimh aighneachtaí ó phobail i ngach cearn den chontae, agus caithfear tionscadail nó imeachtaí a reáchtáil nó a chur i gcrích Dé Sathairn, 7 Meitheamh 2025.
Tá Cruinniú na nÓg maoinithe ag Foireann Éire Ildánach, Dún na nGall. Moltar do mholtóirí imeachtaí aighneachtaí réadúla a dhéanamh maidir le scála agus costais agus leithdháilfear maoiniú ar na himeachtaí sin is fearr a chomhlíonann cuspóirí Chruinniú na nÓg mar atá leagtha amach san fhoirm iarratais.
Is féidir foirmeacha togra Chruinniú na nÓg a íoslódáil ag www.donegalculture.ie. Ba cheart foirmeacha comhlánaithe a sheoladh ar ríomhphost chuig CreativeIreland@donegalcoco.ie faoin Domhnach, 23 Márta 2025.
Is tionscnamh de chuid Chlár Éire Ildánach sa Roinn Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán é Cruinniú na nÓg agus cuirtear i láthair é i gcomhpháirtíocht le RTÉ agus le hÚdaráis Áitiúla.