The Grow Remote Castlerea chapter will host its 15th social meet-up for remote and hybrid workers on Saturday, 19th of October as a celebratory event, to commemorate the community group reaching its one-year anniversary!
The Castlerea-based remote workers meet-up group is part of the wider ‘Grow Remote’ network of volunteer groups, who run a range of social events for remote and hybrid workers in their local communities.
As remote and hybrid working becomes more mainstream, new job opportunities for people living in Co Roscommon have opened up. However, it has also become more challenging for people to connect with each other in person.
As such, events like the ones organised by Grow Remote Castlerea aim to bring people together for social connection and raise awareness of remote working opportunities available in the Roscommon area.
The upcoming Grow Remote Castlerea social meet-up will take place in Hell’s Kitchen Bar at 6 pm.
Speaking about the group’s first anniversary milestone, Grow Remote Castlerea Local Leader, Kristin said, “It has been an incredible year!
“I started the meet-up series as I was, myself, a workbook case of a lonely and isolated remote worker”, Kristin explained. “I moved to the Castlerea area in spring 2021 and didn’t know anybody. In September 2023, I still didn’t know almost nobody and I thought I couldn’t be the only one needing some social interaction and new connections.
“So with the help and support of Grow Remote, I decided to start a local chapter in Castlerea. Now I have hosted fourteen different events over a year. We have mostly had Friday night, after-work socials in different pubs in Castlerea, but also have done weekend walk and talk events in different paths around Roscommon county.
“I have met with amazing people during these events and I find it has been a very welcoming and relaxed space to connect with other remote or hybrid workers in their area and have fun”, she concluded.
If you are interested in attending the upcoming Grow Remote Castlerea one-year anniversary celebration and social meet-up, register now at Eventbrite: bit.ly/castlereameetup19102024. To join the Grow Remote Castlerea chapter, contact Kristin Vaik at castlereameetup@gmail.com.
