Our Irish partner, Momentum, successfully introduced the NatAlli project at this year’s Street Feast celebrations in Ireland. The annual day of street parties and community celebrations was held on Saturday, May 25th, 2024, at the Market Yard Centre in Carrick on Shannon, Leitrim, Ireland. It encourages people to get together to share food and enjoy some conversation and camaraderie at the start of summer.
Organised locally by the Leitrim International Community Group, this year’s Street Feast saw incredible support from Ukrainian women who volunteered to prepare and organise activities which included food tasting, kids’ games, performers, raffles and more.
Lola Gonzalez, Momentum’s Inclusion & EU Programme Specialist who attended the feast, said: “Street Feast is a wonderful event that unites people, offering a chance to meet neighbours, have fun, and celebrate community spirit. It was the perfect occasion to share the community-building element of NatAlli and its aim to empower Ukrainian women with the volunteers”.
Street Feast is an initiative of Neighbourhood Network, an Irish not-for-profit organisation which aims to promote social inclusion, tackle loneliness and build supportive and resilient neighbourhoods around Ireland. The Neighbourhood Network team runs Street Feast annually as a flagship national community development project. Celebrating its 14th year, the 2024 event connected over 1,250 communities across Ireland.
