Community Games Creative Communities Campaign

Aldi Community Games, together with Síle Seoige, launched their Creative Communities competition. This innovative initiative is an online competition with 8 different categories including, Art, Model-making, Singing, Music, Recitation, Creative Writing, Scríobhnóireacht and Photography.

The Aldi Community Games May Festival was due to take place in University of Limerick on the May Bank Holiday weekend and the Creative Communities competition is a way to make sure that creativity and participation is celebrated even with social distancing in place.

The prize-giving will take place during the May Bank Holiday weekend and there are 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th medals to be won in each category as well as Aldi vouchers and more. Every child/group that submits an entry will receive a Digital Certificate and winners will be posted their medals.

There is a special Photography competition for the over 16’s with a state of the art Canon camera as top prize thanks to Canon Ireland, who are also judging the event.

John Curtin - Group Buying Director of Aldi Ireland said: “It’s Aldi’s 4th year as sponsor of the Aldi Community Games, and it’s hugely positive to see the children this year being so innovative during this unprecedented time. This campaign is sure to keep everyone active and engaged, and we are looking forward to seeing what works of art will come from this competition.”

Speaking at the launch Síle Seoige said “I’m delighted to be part of this event and love the variety of competitions on offer! I’m especially glad to see something in there for Irish speakers. I can’t wait to see the entries.”

Bus Éireann is the official travel partner of Aldi Community Games and the Creative writing and Scríobhnóireacht competitions are both sponsored by them. “In Bus Éireann, we connect people with who and what matters to them. With 89.8m customer journeys in 2019, we are at the heart of communities across Ireland. The Aldi Community Games brand values of community, inclusion, wellbeing and environment align closely with our Bus Éireann brand values and we are delighted to be the official travel partner of the Aldi Community Games”. Eleanor Farrell, Chief Commercial Officer, Bus Éireann.

Gerry McGuiness, Community Games President added: “We had over 2,500 entries in our recent #CGChallenge2020 campaign and were overwhelmed with the talent and energy from all the children. It’s very uplifting to see children staying active both body and mind and we’re looking forward now to celebrating creativity in our communities with this event.”

David Hoysted, Community Games Chief Executive commented: “We are delighted to offer this opportunity to children around Ireland to express their creative side and to gain an understanding into the wide variety of activities that Community Games offers.”

Bernie Brennan, Community Games PR and Marketing Director said: “What we’ve seen in the last few weeks on our Social Media channels has been phenomenal – the engagement at local level has allowed us to reach new audiences and we feel that this new initiative is the ideal way to celebrate and showcase all our talented and energetic kids. While it doesn’t replace real life contact it definitely keeps us all engaged and creative!”

For more information visit www.communitygames.ie/creative-communities