Blessington Tourist Office also plays an important role in developing and leading community projects, promoting social and cultural connections, providing a platform for people to exchange ideas, share resources, and support one another. In the past we have held art exhibitions, Halloween walks, children’s art classes and storytelling.
We also offer window painting opportunities for local artists and window competitions.
Some of our community projects:
The Blessington Allotments Campaign have partnered with Blessington Tourist Office and WEEE Ireland
The Blessington Allotments Campaign have partnered with Blessington Tourist Office and WEEE Ireland to provide 200 free battery recycling boxes for West Wicklow. The small battery boxes are a simple way for residents throughout West Wicklow to collect their used batteries, making it easier for them to be safely disposed of through WEEE Ireland electrical recycling. To collect your battery recycling box, simply call into Blessington Tourist Office. Once your battery recycling box is full, you can: 1) drop your used batteries to our free WEEE Ireland Electrical Recycling Day on Saturday August 23rd, taking place from 10am – 4pm at McGreals Primary Care Centre in Blessington.
Christmas Fair Fundraiser
Our annual Christmas Fair for 2024 helped raise €812 for Aoibheann’s Pink Tie. In January 2025, we met with Aoibheann’s Dad Jimmy to present him with the money and to hear more about the history of the charity. We want to thank all members of the community who, by supporting our fair and local artists, helped us to raise this fantastic figure.
St Patrick’s Day Parade
We were delighted to help in the organisation of this years St Patrick’s Day parade. In addition to this, we also took part in the parade itself. Pictured here as the cast of Fr. Ted, where we won 3rd prize for the most creative act.
Masks For the Vulnerable
During the Covid pandemic, we handmade masks in our office and handed them out to the most vulnerable in our community
Halloween Swap Shop
In October 2024 we hosted our first ever Halloween Costume Swap Shop. It was a great success and all leftover costumes were donated to charity. Our Annual Christmas Jumper Swap Shop takes place in November.
Pieta House Darkness into Light
In 2023, we joined Blessington & District Forum to run the Darkness into Light event. This event was a huge success and for all, a great cause
Window Displays
Congratulations to Lesley Murphy and Maria Gallagher whose April display was the winner of our window competition. Thank you to everyone who took part they were all amazing. Thanks to Blessington Tidy Town for kindly sponsoring this initiative and for donating the prize of a €100 arts voucher. Pictured: Jason Mulhall, Blessington Tidy Towns, Lesley Murphy, competition winner, and Martin Cahill, Blessington Tourist Office manager
Charities
We are also proud to have raised money for many local charities including West Wicklow Cancer Support for which we raised €1’003, Pieta House for which we raised €1’122, Community Pool for West Wicklow for which we raised €1’000, and The Blessington Day Care Centre for which we raised €801
Humanitarian support for Ukrainian refugees
In 2022 we held a special community appeal for Ukraine where our office was a drop-off point for those who wished to donate essential items.
