Fit Farmer Programme in Carnew Mart

The first Fit Farmer Programme is running every Thursday in County Wicklow in Carnew Mart from Thursday, 29^th June until Thursday 27^th July.

Under the Healthy Ireland Fund Round 4, Healthy Wicklow and Wicklow Sports & Recreation Partnership have held a number of consultations with the farmers and have designed a health and wellbeing programme which will contain a different workshop each week.

The farming community is a cohort we have never targeted before and a creative approach was used where we worked collaboratively with a number of different partners to boost resilience and support their physical, mental and social wellbeing.

Emer O’Gorman, Chief Executive, Wicklow County Council, stated:     “It is great to see initiatives like the Fit Farmer programme delivered at a local level in partnership with a number of organisations.”

Michael Nicholson, Director of Service, Wicklow County Council, commented:  “We are delighted to support the implementation of health and wellbeing programmes and projects in a variety of settings.”

Cathaoirleach of Wicklow County Cllr Aoife Flynn-Kennedy, added: “We welcome projects like this that will have a real impact on the health and wellbeing of the communities across County Wicklow.”