Building a Healthy Sustainable Community - Together

What is Future Kinsale?

Incorporated in early 2019, Future Kinsale is an inclusive community partnership, based on co-op principles, and open to everyone living or working in Kinsale and its hinterlands. We bring together businesses, residents, local groups and public bodies to plan, fund, and deliver local projects, aimed at creating a healthy sustainable community.

The organisation runs projects under six core ‘pillars’: Transport and infrastructure, climate agenda, youth programmes, culture and community programmes, technology and enterprise development (in the form of Kinsale Enterprise Academy). We’re a membership-let group, made up people from our local community and area. We strive to keep Kinsale fresh, sustainable, and unique for years to come and we are always looking for new members to join us so please sign up to our newsletter to learn more of become a member now on our membership page.

The pieces that make up the community jigsaw, and the ‘bucket list’ compiled from public meetings held in early 2019 that we are currently working on

  • Environment & Sustainability

  • Transport & Infrastructure

  • Education & Enterprise

  • Heritage & Tourism

  • Art, Culture & Community

  • Digital & Technology

What is on the community bucket list?

Environment & Sustainability

Improved waste management and recycling facility plus associated education for schools and adult community.

Town centre community space, and an eco-tourism strategy, to include an information centre.

Communal forest in Kinsale area, vegetable boxes project and community composting project.

Community energy generation project.

 

Heritage & Tourism

Development of a central database drive website for information on the town – historic, community, and what’s on.

Indoor visitor centre, and Wild Atlantic Way iconic start/end structure with an informational service.

Walking trails including Battle of Kinsale walking trail and signage.

Charles Fort and Desmond Castle visitor strategy/development.


Transport & Infrastructure

Alternative transport solutions for the town – edge of town coach park, shuttle bus, electric bikes and parking reform.

Driverless round town shuttle, and a bus service around local villages to facilitate out-of-town rentals.

Walkway/cycle route along the pier wall, and a greenway to Cork, with improved signage.

 

Art, Culture & Community

Kinsale Co-op – a resident/associate membership-based system for investing in community programs and match-funding.

Communal area – plaza/playground, and an indoor visitor centre cum arts centre – possibly the Municipal Hall.

A youth engagement strategy, support facilities, and community group cross-collaboration plan – especially minorities integration strategy.

A covered market suitable for year-round market activity.

Education & Enterprise

A business hub for Kinsale, both for hot-desking and for start-ups with supports.

Educate the tourist workforce on Kinsale, and liaise with CUBS for local executive education

Parenting courses and future schooling for Kinsale

CSR and cause marketing, and online education strategy cf CoderDojo

 

Digital & Technology

Make Kinsale a Wifi Town, and a business hub for Kinsale, for hot-desking and start-up support, including e-commerce excellence programmes.

Apprenticeship programmes for the AI age – business angels and work for educredit

‘Kinsale In The World’: creating a long-term strategy and distance work structures

Apps for trails and greenways, linked to Heritage & Tourism. Create a local digital currency, linked to Kinsale Co-op, and a development plan for online booking and ‘future tourists’.