* A special family day goes ahead in the Lough Boora Parklands, Co Offaly from noon to 5pm on Sunday.
Children can participate in games, dances, workshops. Also fishing on Loch an Dochais and bike tours.
Admission is €5 for parking, all of which will be donated to Barretstown Camp.
For more details, see Loughbooraparklands.
* National Heritage Week runs from August 18th-26th with walks, talks, workshops and visits to local heritage sites, parks and woodlands throughout Ireland. For more information, see heritageweek.ieor pick up a guide in your local library.
* Ener-Chi Walks are new weekly walks on Thursdays at 10.30am and 7pm in Bushy Park, Terenure, Dublin (start point at the pedestrian entrance to the park opposite Terenure College), led by Kai Helmich.
“The idea is to come together in openness and acceptance to talk about what matters in life,” explains Helmich, who is training to become a life coach.
For more details, tel: 086 3272732 or email enerchiwalks@gmail.com. See also facebook.com/enerchiwalks
* Childhood development expert David Sobel, and director of UK’s Sensory Trust, Jane Stoneham, are among the speakers at From Apathy to Empathy – Reconnecting People and Place in the Burrenbeo Trust in Kinvara, Co Galway from August 22nd-24th.
Talks and themed field trips will explore the mental and physical benefits of place-based learning for children and adults.
Email trust@burrenbeo.com or tel: 091 638 096. See also burrenbeo.comfor full programme details
