Energia's Positive Picks is all about sharing the kind, wonderful, caring things Irish people and businesses are doing during this uncertain time. The COVID-19 crisis has impacted us all, but with your help Energia can continue to help spread positive energy across the country.
It has been incredible seeing Irish people come together in their communities to support each other and we want to shine a light on them each week. This could be across anything from health, wellbeing, community action, sport, art, culture, kids, animals - whatever it may be we want to help spread the positive news! Simply tag Energia wherever you see someone local doing something positive and we will feature them as part of Energia's Positive Picks.
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❓ BINGO LOCO:
The QUARANTINE QUIZ 2.0. Tricky Trivia, comedy and lots of giveaways. This Friday 24th April.
Purchase tickets here.
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🎵 Bressie:
Niall Breslin - Musician, podcaster, health & wellness advocate.
#thelockdownukulelerockdown - Bressie is sending out ukuleles for people cocooning at home.
“If there is someone in your life who is struggling with this crisis and you feel learning an instrument may help then mail me on www.niallbreslin.com and leave name , address and number and will try get one out to your loved one. “
Link: https://www.facebook.com/whereismymindpodcast/videos/222708992328144/
- Kids meditation class - Monday, Wednesday & Friday at 5pm on Instagram live
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🍴 Roz Purcell:
- Natural Born Feeder: Roz Purcell, author of Natural Born feeder has an instagram account of the same name - and she’s doing live cook alongs. All you have to do is take note of what recipe, grab the ingredients and join the cookery demo!
Live cook alongs every Friday at 7pm and Saturday at 8pm on
her Instagram live.
- Roz has also launched the
FÉASTA downloadable cookbook in aid of the Mater & Mercy Hospital. With lots of delicious recipes, and the money going to a good cause it’s a great initiative to get behind.
Illustration by: @aoife_dooley Contributors:@donalskehan @jamesalankavanagh @williamurrayart @sarahkimw @saltwaterstories.me @daveynutrition @susanjanekitchen @jrryall @thelittlegreenspoon @trishas.transformation @thehappypear @bread41dublin @thefatfoxofficial_
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📚 Chris Haughton:
Irish artist & author Chris Haughton, is providing stay-at-home readings and art classes everyday on Facebook at 5PM.
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🍔 @Foodoppi:
Experts in family feeding. The account is run by the amazing @aisling_larkin_ & Louise Lennox.
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🏉 Energia AIL – Match Showcase:
This week, the IRFU are streaming the match of Highfield v Old Wesley (Division 1B of the Energia AIL). Relive the highlights of an amazing season of domestic rugby.
Check out their social channels for links to the stream.
https://www.irishrugby.ie/2020/04/17/energia-all-ireland-league-rewind-dublin-university-v-ballynahinch/
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🏉 Energia Rugby Quiz:
Checkout the Energia Rugby Quiz on our instagram story - how knowledgeable are you about all things Rugby?
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🔬 Explorium:
Who is your hero of the moment? Explorium is supporting all our heroes on the frontline. They are our Superheroes wearing masks! 👩⚕️👨⚕️🚑
They will be rewarding these heroes and with your help, other heroes of the moment, with a Superheroes VIP Family Day in Explorium.
Head to their Facebook page and tell them who your hero is and why! ⭐
It could be your neighbour or a friend, we all have our heroes! Make sure your heroes don't mind you sharing their name or story with Explorium.
They will pick an #ExploriumHero every week to join our Superheroes VIP Family Day. More details here http://ow.ly/xyWA50z7mit
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🐟 Tablefish Quiz:
Tablefish quiz is a new online quiz begun by a group of friends who love a good quiz - and it has grown massively in a few short weeks. The quiz group now have a regular crowd which comprise over 140 teams!
While it’s free to play, donations are welcome. Donations go to select charities every quiz, and also pays the people who spend their time composing the questions and correcting the answers. The quizzes are on Tuesdays and Fridays – they update their instagram page on these days with the newest link.
Grab your family or skype your friends and play along.
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🎨 Create Aid:
The creative community are teaming up and helping to raise funds for those on the frontline around the world. Basically – they’re having an amazing art sale!
How it works : artists donate artwork, the buyer makes a donation to their frontline charity of choice and then the artist mails the work on. Create aid don’t handle the money or the art – they just facilitate the connection between charitable artists and art lovers. Check out their instagram for some of the amazing art they have available.
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🎤 Club Scene Podcast:
The Club Scene Podcast will host a free LIVE Energia AIL quiz this Thursday night, April 9th via Zoom to help lift the spirits during the COVID-19 pandemic. Daragh Frawley, Maurice Hartery & Ger Burke will present several rounds of near impossible questions that will be sure to frustrate you further during the lockdown. Make sure to get to your local off license good and early tomorrow and grab one of your mother or fathers shirts or blouses as the theme is 'dodgy shirts night'.
We have over 50 people confirmed for tomorrow night's quiz, so if you would like to enter please follow @TheClubScenePod on Twitter and DM them your email address for the code & instructions regarding the quiz. There might be prizes on the night and we can guarantee cheap laughs and plenty of entertainment.
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🐰 Super Troopers Easter Treasure Hunt with Johnny Sexton:
f you’re looking for a fun activity for kids this weekend, get involved in Laya’s Super Troopers Easter Treasure Hunt with Johnny Sexton and have some fun at home with your little ones! Register at the link below and they will email out the treasure hunt clues in advance so that you can get a head start in hiding the treats before your little people find them.
All the clues will relate to general items found at home so everyone can take part.
Johnny will then reveal the clues to your kids through the Laya healthcare social media channels on Saturday April 11th so that everyone can join in on the fun together.
Register at www.supertroopers.ie
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🏉 Shannon RFC:
Shannon RFC are helping the elderly in their community by picking and delivering from Garvey’s Supervalu Corbally. If you live localy and want to volunteer, head to their twitter for more information https://twitter.com/Shannon_RFC?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
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🎵 RTÉ 2FM:
Their second week of gigs has been announced and among some great names is Niall Horan, so head on over to their account to see the live gig. It’s all in aid of @ispcc_childline so be sure to text 'CHILDHOOD' and donate to 50300.
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⚠️ QSafe:
QSafe have an existing range for retail / pharmacy and hospitals but are in the process of creating QSafe small business and larger industrial packs as the onus is now being put on employers to ensure their employees and customers are safe distancing in the work environment. Even businesses that are currently closed will have to plan to re-open safely, so if you have a small, medium or large business, be sure to check out their many options available.
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🎸 Snow Patrol:
Snow Patrol will also be doing a live concert on their Facebook page where the fans get to choose the songs! Go vote for yours over on their Facebook page and watch live on Thursday - https://www.facebook.com/SnowPatrol/
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📚 Twinkl.ie:
Twinkl.ie Offering all parents and teachers a month free membership to Twinkl.ie. This gives parents unlimited access to every single resource for every single curriculum subject from junior infants to sixth class.
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🍐 The Happy Pear:
Join The Happy Pear for their daily Cook Along classes Mon - Fri at 4pm!
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🎨 Don Conroy:
Get creative and join Don Conroy for his #DrawWithDon which is now live on Youtube!
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🍔 Bujo Dublin Mealkits:
Bujo, a burger restaurant in Dublin 4, had originally tried to stay open while very stringently adhering to social distancing measures. While this lasted a few days, they made the difficult decision to close for the safety of their staff and customers.
After closing for a few days, they came up with the concept of Bujo mealkits. The concept was simple, put all of the ingredients of the Bujo signature burger in a box with excellent instructions, and deliver them, contactlessly, to their adoring customers. With fans like Jamie Heaslip and Devon Toner praising them on social media, we see these mealkits being a flying success. The kits are €40 and available on their website and via their instagram.
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☕ Gym+Coffee:
We spoke to Gym & Coffee about their new MLR (Make Life Richer) challenge - read on to find out more and check out their community page on Facebook to get involved.
For the first 18 months of their business, they were online only. They made the decision two weeks ago to close all of our stores which was definitely a big challenge and tough on the team. Since then they have focused all of their efforts online and have seen some strong results.
Activating our Community Online:
So much of what we do is about bringing our community together to socialise around exercise. When we closed, we were in the middle of a 32 events series at our pop up store in Liffey Valley. But the current circumstances shouldn't stop us from connecting as a community as we believe a community is a social unit and not just a gathering. So, responding to some anecdotal feedback and queries from our community, we have decided to launch the Make Life Richer challenge and Community Hub.
The purpose of the MLR Challenge is to encourage our community members to start something this April. To treat April like January with a new years resolution approach. A lot of people have a lot more time on their hands, so it's a great opportunity to work in some new activities into your daily routine - learn a language, an instrument, start meditating, baking - ANYTHING!
Here's the run-down of what's happening:
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The challenge will be held on our Facebook Community Hub. People can request to join and agree to the rules.
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An official welcome and challenge announcement will be given by Brian O'Driscoll who will also take up his own challenge and help motivate people with his own updates on progress.
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New How-To videos and motivational content will be created through partners e.g. Cycling Ireland, Yoga with Lydia, Bread 41 etc and uploaded to the hub, as well as posted through social and in some cases, within our blogs.
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We will moderate + encourage discussion within the FB Hub and continue to push membership on all channels.
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We have over 100,000 people in our community and by creating this Community Hub, we believe we will give them a safe and encouraging space to try something new this April and take a positive from current circumstances. Use this tough situation as an opportunity to start something.
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🎨 Paint by the Pints:
This artistic events company has moved their business online and are doing live stream on Friday that you can paint along with @paintbythepints on Instagram!
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🎵 RTÉ 2FM Concert Series:
RTE2FM come together with some of Ireland's biggest names in music to present a two week long digital live music event in support of children in need. Tune in at 7pm on each artists' Instagram Live! More acts are set to be announced so keep your eyes peeled to @rte2fm.
To donate €4 text 'CHILDHOOD' to 50300 - #NeverGiveUpOnaChildEver
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🎤 'Laughs of your Life with Doireann Garrihy':
The Laughs of your Life is a podcast with Doireann Garrihy at helm. In this series, Doireann aims to delve into the beauty of having a laugh, speaking to guests from all walks of life. From first memories of laughter to being laughed at to “if I didn’t laugh I’d cry” moments, these markers will shape the interviews, bringing out the best in some of Ireland’s most influential people.
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🌱 Seeds the Day:
Our partners in Get Ireland Growing HQ have put all their best tools in one place to help get you growing. It's time to #SeedsTheDay.
They're even giving away #GrowCookEat and the Know-It-Allmanac month by month until #COVID19 is behind us.
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🍇 Fruit at Work:
Not able to get all the fruit and veg you want in the store? Check out @fruitatwork_ireland! As their instagram handle suggests, they were mainly focused on delivering food to offices but have adapted and are now delivering fruit and veg (next day) to your home. No need to leave the house for freshness!
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👥 Dublin Simon Community - Social Quiz-tancing with Simon:
On April 1st, the Dublin Simon Community are coming to you live from their Facebook page on Wednesday 1st April at 8pm, gather the gang (remotely) and compete with each other from the comfort of your very own couch. Staying in is the new going out!
With all of us WFH and confined to seeing family and friends through the lens of a social media app or the socially distanced 2m, we are all craving some healthy competition and well earned bragging rights amongst friends and family. It couldn’t be easier to get involved; grab a ticket through Eventbrite and they will be in touch before the Quiz with your answer sheet.
€5 on the link below - for a quiz and a good cause, we think that’s a bargain.
https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/social-quiz-tancing-for-simon-tickets-101545746060
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We want to know all about the fun, caring, kind, amazing things that are happening in Ireland and feature them in Energia's Positive Energy Picks. So tag us in anything you see that spreads positivity 💜