Kilkenny young people shine at Citizenship Showcase
The Foróige South-East Region hosted their Citizenship Showcase on Saturday May, 25
The Foróige South-East Region hosted their Citizenship Showcase on Saturday May, 25 in Dunamaise Arts Centre, Portlaoise with three local projects involved.
Young people representing Kilkenny, Carlow, Kildare, Laois, Longford and Wicklow showcased their community action projects at the event which focused on improving the participants' local communities in areas such as equality, inclusion, community events, culture, creativity and fundraising.
Flying the flag for the young people of Kilkenny were members of Castlecomer Foróige, Identify @ The Drum, Project 21 and Foróige Mentoring. Their projects included organising a community clean-up, creating a safe space for LGBT+ young people, knitting hats for the homeless and creating an animation gallery.
At the opening ceremony, Bernie Meally, Foróige South East Regional Manager delivered a warm welcome and acknowledged the great commitment and dedication shown by all of the groups.
After the opening ceremony, each group had the opportunity to show off their project to the other young people and talk in depth about their learning to Foróige staff and volunteers. There was huge diversity amongst the projects - flower boxes for the elderly, handmade hats for the homeless, colour run fundraiser for AsIAm, community events and much more.
Four special merit awards were presented to the following groups: Early Intervention at The WAY Project, SAFE Laois - Nails Group, Templeshannon Foróige Club and The WAY Project. Best Display was awarded to Ratheniska Foróige Club and SAFE Longford.