Application for Junior Visit
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Rural Arts & Culture Workshop Visit Factsheet Kullaa, near the city of Pori, Finland LOCATION Pori – where the average temperature in August is 20◦C DATE OF WORKSHOP Monday 5th – Friday 9th August 2013 th Travel out – Sunday 4 August 2013 DATES OF TRAVEL th Return – Saturday 10 August 2013 THEME Nature & Photography Perfect your photography skills through this workshop and learn how to WORKSHOP capture action shots and how to edit and present your pictures. The workshop will be based in a forest location and beside a lake, so there ACTIVITES will be lots of nature to capture on camera! You will also get the opportunity to go site seeing in the local area and to take part in activities such as canoeing, hiking and camping. COUNTRIES France, Finland, Estonia and Northern Ireland. PARTICIPATING There are spaces for up to 10 young people from the GROW South Antrim area to attend this workshop. You must live, or have a significant interest in a rural* area of Antrim, WHO CAN ATTEND Carrickfergus or Newtownabbey Borough Council and be aged 14-17 at the date of travel. Participants will be expected to bring a camera with them. *Rural areas includes the villages of Ballynure, Ballyrobert, Doagh, Burnside/Cogry, Crumlin, Templepatrick, Parkgate, Toomebridge, Whitehead and smaller rural settlements and open countryside. It excludes the towns of Antrim, Ballyclare, Carrickfergus, Randalstown, Greenisland urban area and Newtownabbey urban area including Glengormley. £200 per person, including all travel, accommodation, food & workshop activities. Participants may wish to bring spending money for the site seeing trips and snacks. Please note that the estimated cost per person for each workshop is COST £1,000. Young people can access the workshop at a reduced cost thanks to funding through the Northern Ireland Rural Development Programme 2007 – 2013 which is part-financed by the European Union and Department of Agriculture & Rural Development and through contributions by GROW South Antrim and the YFCU Complete an application form and return it to GROW South Antrim, HOW TO APPLY Antrim Civic Centre, 50 Stiles Way Antrim BT41 2UB or [email protected] by 12noon on Wednesday 10th April 2013. WANT MORE Contact the GROW office: 028 9448 1311 or [email protected] or contact Victoria in the YFCU office: 028 9037 0713 or DETAILS? [email protected] .