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Letterkenny Gets Growing! June 2013 Co Donegal VEC Co Donegal VEC Volume 11, Issue 2 W EEE ’’’ R EREE O NONN T H E W E BEBB !!! YOUTHREACH County Coordinator 24 Millfield Heights, Buncrana WWW ... DONEGALVEC ... I EIEE /// YOUTHREACH Co Donegal Co Donegal YOUTHREACH Tel/Fax: 074 93 20908 WWW ... YOUTHREACH ... I EIEE Youthreach is co-funded by the Irish Government and EU under Email: [email protected] the National Development Plan 2007-2013. News Ballyshannon Attend the Young Drivers Cross Border Event Welcome... to the Second edition of our 2013 newsletter. Learners On 2 nd May Ballyshannon YouthReach learners ( pictured left ), Inside this issue: and staff alike have been busy with a range of activities including the along with learners from the Buncrana, Letterkenny and Lifford culmination of the two year Restorative Practice project which all centres Youthreach centres and young people from Northern Ireland, Lifford’s Restorative 2 took part in a Cross Border Road Safety event in Bready, Co Journey have been heavily involved in. Centres attended the annual County Blitz just before Easter and the annual cross border young drivers event in Tyrone. Everybody found it to be a very exciting and interesting Gortahork’s day as the programme featured many activities and information Community Art 2 Bready, Co Tyrone, despite a heavy workload with FETAC assessments in stands that allowed them to County Blitz 3 May. With summer programmes now started, the next edition of the learn more about safe driving. newsletter will be available in the autumn. Have a great summer! The young people not only Buncrana Residential 3 Dr Sandra Buchanan, tested their knowledge in driving theory, but could also Young Drivers Event 4 Youthreach County Coordinator present their practical skills while driving a car or using a simulator. One of the most powerful elements of the programme was an accident demonstration where the young people Restorative Practice Project Closing Conference could observe a very realistic response of emergency services to a simulated On Friday 3 May staff from all centres and learners from Lifford attended the closing conference of the car accident. That picture will definitely stay in everybody’s memory and will Restorative Practice Conference. This marked the culmination of a two year Peace III funded project that help recall and reflect on responsibility for safe driving. A big thank you to sought to further embed Restorative Practices into fourteen post-primary schools, the five Youthreach Shane Gilmartin who proudly represented Ballyshannon YouthReach and centres and the two main youth work organisations in the county. It involved training, research and showed excellent driving skills and also Peter Sweeney ( pictured right with Co- organisational activities (training with staff, learners, parents and volunteers, residentials, resources etc). ordinator Antoinette Clayton ) who won a trophy at the Bready Cross Border Six Youthreach staff (Breda Rodden, Priya Mendes McMenamin and Mary McDermott from Letterkenny, Road Safety Event. Congratulations and stay safe on the road! Gillian Kennedy and Aidan Callaghan from Lifford and Julie Brown from Buncrana) also completed a Post- Graduate Certificate in Restorative Practices with the University of Ulster. Further information on the project is available at www.donegalvec.ie/restorative Letterkenny Gets Growing! Pictured below l-r: Youthreach staff from across the county participating in a conference discussion; learners and staff from Lifford Youthreach and Youthreach Coordinators who attended the conference. Pictured below is Andy Dowds, Tutor in Letterkenny Youthreach, along with learners from his FETAC class getting ready to plant some seeds in their raised beds. As well as this, the group have also set radishes, lettuce, scallions and many herbs which are used every day for lunch within the Centre. PEACE III Donegal CDB Peace & Reconciliation Partnership Project supported by PEACE III Programme managed fo r the Special EU Programmes Body by Donegal County Council Pa ge 2 Co Donegal YOUTHREACH News Volume 11, Issue 2 Co Donegal YOUTHREACH News Volume 11, Issue 2 Pa ge 3 Lifford’s Journey in Restorative Practice Ballyshannon Enjoy Annual County Blitz On March 28 th the learners of Ballyshannon Youthreach took part in a very successful annual County Blitz On Friday 3 May 2013 learners from Lifford Youthreach were special guests at Co. Donegal VEC’s Restorative organised by Gortahork Youthreach and joined by other Youthreach centres. The Ballyshannon Youthreach Practice closing conference. Lifford Youthreach were showcased at the conference, due to their innovative DVD on team proved to have excellent technique, determination and teamwork skills and showed a great sporting Restorative Practice. The DVD charted the journey taken by staff and learners in embedding restorative practice into attitude that encouraged competitiveness and a winning spirit among all Youthreach teams. The the ethos of the programme. As well as producing this DVD, staff and participants received awards for 1 st place in pool and 2 nd place in the soccer blitz. Well done everybody! learners in the Centre undertook extensive RP training, facilitated by Editor’s Note: Soccer competition was won by Buncrana; pool competition runner up was won by Lifford Rita Gleeson. Learners also participated in a residential in Carrowmena and bowling was won by Gortahork with Letterkenny as runner up. Activity Centre and Hostel in Limavady. The video was played for the first time in public at the closing conference of the Restorative Practice project. It can be viewed on Co Donegal VEC’s website at http:// donegalvec.ie/?p=6924 Jigsaw Training On 18 and 26 June thirty-two staff from all centres will undertake Jigsaw’s Level 1 training—Understanding Youth Mental Health. Buncrana’s Restorative Practice Work Jigsaw projects across Ireland work with communities to better support young people's mental health and well being. The Jigsaw programme has been developed and supported by Headstrong, the National Pictured below are learners from Buncrana Youthreach recently finishing off their year of Restorative Centre for Youth Mental Health. The Jigsaw project, with its Hub based in Letterkenny, opened its doors Practice work with a residential at Gartan OEC. The day involved training with RP trainer Margaret last September and is extremely busy. Youthreach has been involved in its planning since the start nearly McGarrigle and some team building exercises. two years ago and now sits on its management committee. This universal training is very important as mental health issues affect a huge percentage of the young people attending Youthreach. Gortahork Brighten Up Local Community Gortahork Youthreach, linking with the local tidy towns group, have produced a series of painted murals which depict the origins of the river, through the town with wildlife, past the old woman's cottage and out to the sea. They will be erected by local community workers and will help to enhance the attractiveness of Gortahork. Pictured are staff, Co-ordinator Pat Morgan, Counsellor Terry Monaghan and Resource person Mickey Mc Hugh and trainees, Leanne, Michael, Aidan, Dean, Fiona and Teresa who is with us Good Luck! o n w o r k Good luck to the Buncrana/Glengad football team who will represent the NAYC’s Northern Region (Co experience, beside Donegal) at the Youthreach All-Ireland Football Competition in Athlone on 20 June! the drawings. Mickey Mc Fadden, our Art tutor was the lead Ballyshannon Enter X-Hale Youth Awards person in this Learners at Ballyshannon Youthreach have entered a short film Chemical Reaction about smoking into the project. X-Hale Youth Awards competition. It can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwEJp_D-AUw .
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