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146 young people graduate from NUI Galway with a Foundation Certificate in Youth Leadership and Community Action
We wish to congratulate 146 young people who have graduated from NUI Galway with a Foundation Certificate in Youth Leadership and Community Action.
Adobe Creative Educator Award to be given to Siobhán Hennessy, coordinator at Foróige's Computer Clubhouse
Foróige youth workers are absolutely passionate about creating learning opportunities for young people. We’d like to congratulations our colleague Siobhán Hennessy, coordinator at Foróige’s Computer Clubhouse in Blanchardstown, who has been selected to receive an Adobe Creative Educator Award! The Award includes multiple Creative Cloud licenses from the Adobe Foundation. Young people attending the Clubhouse will have the chance to learn how to use Creative Cloud software: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects and other Adobe programmes.
New youth-centred research skills programme piloted by UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre and Foróige
The ‘Youth as Researchers Training Manual’ provides youth with a step-by-step guide to carrying out a research project and the workbook is designed to complement the training by suggesting practical tasks to support the research process. The manual and workbook were developed by a team of researchers and youth researchers at the UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre in the Institute for Lifecourse and Society under the guidance of Professor Pat Dolan.
Foróige young people at the heart of the National Ploughing Championships 2015!
Foróige young people brought a great deal of creative energy to the National Ploughing Championships last week! There were two major initiatives which attracted much interest; the National Junior Baking Competition, and the Foróige Time Travel Gardens, created with the support of well-known landscape artist Diarmuid Gavin. All of these activities came about due to the exciting partnership between Foróige and Aldi Ireland announced this year.
Foróige Autumn Training Schedule: Health & Wellbeing / Leadership For Life / Relationships Explored & Life Uncovered
Foróige is now offering facilitator training for three of the organisation’s successful, youth-orientated programmes.