Recreate Ireland

Light up your life with creative reuse for Culture Night 2023. Pimp up your bikes, helmets and outfits with our curious components at the Recreate Ireland bike decoration station from 7pm. We have 150 free disco bike packs to give away, so saddle up and fly the flag for creative sustainabilty with us in the Phoenix Park tonight. We can't wait to see you! Thanks to click to book now.

Bike Disco • Culture Night "Come along to the Phoenix Park on Friday 22nd September for a bike disco to celebrate both Car Free Day and Culture Night! This free 5km cycle is open to all ages, abilities and bike types! The route will be completely car-free so is a great opportunity for anyone with a bike to take part. Particip...

We had such a blast at the Luke Kelly Festival last weekend.
The challenge: Create a giant Luke Kelly head and wigs from reuse materials.
Thanks to artist Vera Klute for creating the fabulous mould, Archetype for inviting us to be part of the festivities and to our suppliers for the reuse materials. This is creative reuse in action. Zero waste fun. Check out the Lord Mayor of Dublin Daithí de Róiste getting in on the action.
Dublin City Council Lord Mayor of Dublin

https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dublin/2023/08/13/luke-kelly-epitomised-the-heart-and-soul-of-ireland-dublin-festival-hears/

We're hiring: Chief Executive Officer
We're on the search for a dynamic new CEO to drive our strategic goals around Creativity, Environmental Sustainability + Social Inclusion. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a well loved and established social enterprise.

Deadline: 5.30pm on 31st August

https://www.activelink.ie/vacancies/interest-groups/102072-recreate-ireland-chief-executive-officer

**AUGUST WEEKEND OPENING TIMES**

Catch the ReCreate team at Mountjoy Square all weekend (Sat + Sun 12 - 6pm) for DCC's Funtropolis free family festival. https://dublin.ie/whats-on/listings/funtropolis/ Our sustainable games quarter is fast becoming a real hit on the summer festival scene, introducing families to the idea of 'creative reuse' and showing all the fabulous outdoor games that can be made when you add a dollop of inspiration into the mix.

**Warehouse: Weekend Opening Hours for the rest of August**
Meanwhile back in Ballymount, our shop will be open tomorrow for a few hours from 12.30 - 4pm

Saturday 19th (Tomorrow): 12.30pm - 4pm
Saturday 26th August: Closed
Saturday 2nd September: Back to normal (10 - 4pm)

Dublin City Council Funtropolis FREE FAMILY FUN IN THE HEART OF DUBLIN CITY Dublin City Council's Funtropolis returns to Mountjoy Square Park on Saturday and Sunday, August 19th &

There are still places available for our early years Port Play workshop which starts tomorrow morning in the Pumphouse. To book a spot please click on the link in bio

2023 marks ReCreate's 10th Anniversary and as part of these 10th year celebrations ReCreate proudly takes up residence in Dublin Port's new cultural space the Pumphouse, as part of Dublin Port's Art and Community Engagement Programme 2023. This is ReCreate's first residency and two-month long presence outside of our Headquarters in Ballymount. We are excited to creatively engage local communities in our reuse practices and to also link local suppliers to the communities. Our ambition is to be of service in the support and development of Dublin Port and City's circular economy. Please join us during our two month residency to pick up materials, to engage in our projects, to ask us questions and collaborate. For more information on our Pumphouse workshops please see the link in bio.

Happy Saturday. We're open till 3.30pm today, so pop in and stock up on materials for the week ahead.

Thanks to Community Resources Network Ireland CRNI for awarding us with a ReMark Quality Mark for our commitment to circular practices alongside 6 other fantastic organisations. The assessment looked at key areas like Social + Environmental, Governance, HR, Health & Safety, Circular Services Management and Physical Premises. The whole team at ReCreate was involved (including all our new staff members) in preparing for this assessment over the past few months, so its a proud moment for everyone
Check us out featured in RTE.
https://www.rte.ie/lifestyle/living/2023/0614/1389185-7-irish-organisations-applauded-for-sustainable-practices/

**REMINDER: CLOSED TODAY FROM 9-3PM**
We'll be back open for 2 hours from 3-5pm for anyone who needs to pop in to us.
The ReCreate team is heading to an awards ceremony this morning. We recently achieved the new ReMark Quality Mark, and are one of seven organisations from across the country to be awarded today for our commitment to sustainability and circular practices.

We're delighted to achieve this mark and look forward to celebrating with all our circular peers later later today.

ReMark Quality Mark is an initiative of CRNI (community reuse network ireland)