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People of Westmeath are being encouraged to get involved in National Heritage Week by organising an event in their community. National Heritage Week 2011 takes place nationwide from August 20 to 28. Online registration is now open and all events must be registered by May 31 for inclusion in the National Heritage Week event guide.

FINE ART is normally an expensive purchase, and a painting could set you back enough to lead you to enduring beans on toast for your Christmas dinner.

Volunteers have lower mortality rates, greater functional ability, lower rates of depression, and less incidence of heart disease than those who do not volunteer, all of which, according to Volunteer Centres Ireland, makes registering for Ireland’s National Day of Volunteering a healthy choice this autumn.

Volunteers have lower mortality rates, greater functional ability, lower rates of depression, and less incidence of heart disease than those who do not volunteer, all of which, according to Volunteer Centres Ireland, makes registering for Ireland’s National Day of Volunteering a healthy choice this autumn.

The Claremorris Open Exhibition runs until September 25.

New funding for Mayo Volunteer Centre is set to extend the agency’s services on a countywide basis, opening up opportunities both for volunteers and employers requiring volunteers throughout Mayo. The launch of the extended service will take place later this month and mark the opening of a second office for the agency in Castlebar, to add to its existing office in Ballina.

National Heritage Week is coming to County Mayo this August and the message is to log on www.heritageweek.ie and register your event early.

Get involved in your community and your heritage, is the message from the Heritage Council as online registration for Heritage Week 2009 events opens.

The Imagined Community, an exhibition of drawings, paintings, and sculptures by Ross Cochrane, is currently at Custom House Studios, Westport, open every day until June 7.

Details of up to 1,000 events taking place across the country were unveiled at the launch of the National Heritage Week Event Guide by the Heritage Council. Now in its 19th year National Heritage Week, which runs from August 22 to August 30, is a celebration of Irish natural and cultural heritage.