Foroige Bishopstown Curraheen Youth Project UBU

Glasses found yesterday after the bonfire event. Please get in touch if they are yours!

Alternative Bonfire Night this Sunday 5-7pm! All welcome!

Cork Sports Partnership through the Her Moves Campaign are delighted to launch the return of the Girls Get Active Programme for teenage girls aged 13-17 years old this February!

This ‘Try It’ programme gives teenage girls the choice and opportunity to try new sports & activities. Participants can choose to select one, two, three, four or all five activities which starts on Sat, 24th February 2024!

Programme Dates & Venues:
Climbing: Sat, 24th Feb | 10am-12pm | Awesome Walls, Model Farm Road
Weightlifting: Sat, 2nd March | 10am-12pm | Cork Weightlifting Club, Centre Park Road
Intro To Gym: Sat, 16th March | 10am-12pm| Leisureworld Bishopstown
Kayaking: Sat, 23rd March | 10am-12pm | Inniscarra Kayaking Club
Skating: Sun, 24th March | 10am-12pm | Marina Market

Please get in touch if you're interested - cost is FREE!

Wishing you all a joyful and peaceful holiday from everyone in Bishopstown Youth Project!

The youth project will close today and reopen for groups again from the 15th January 2024.

Thanks for all your support and participation in 2023!

Hi all,

We are looking for volunteers to do bag packing in Dunnes on Curraheen Road from 18th-24th December!

The money raised will go towards the youth project and used to fund things such as counselling, art therapy, trips, new equipment...

Please fill out the form and select all the times you can volunteer. I will confirm with you then.

13 years and up only please ‐ parents and families also welcome to volunteer!

https://forms.gle/busEXf9y9hswYFVD6

Rachel - Bishopstown Youth project

Hi all,

We are looking for volunteers to do bag packing in Dunnes on Curraheen Road from 18th-24th December!

The money raised will go towards the youth project and used to fund things such as counselling, art therapy, trips, new equipment...

Please fill out the form and select all the times you can volunteer. I will confirm with you then.

13 years and up only please ‐ parents and families also welcome to volunteer!

https://forms.gle/busEXf9y9hswYFVD6

Rachel - Bishopstown Youth project

Christmas Bag Packing for Bishopstown Youth Project Hi all! Please tick all the possible slots you can do. I will confirm days and times with you then. Thanks so much!

All groups back as normal this week!! :D

Apologies but no groups this week. Back next week!

Groups on as normal today !

No groups today Monday 2nd October 😭. Groups back as normal from Thursday 🤞

Hi all - we are back open next Monday 11th September with afterschool groups. We have sent out messagse to most groups with times! Looking forward to seeing everyone!

What an amazing summer we have had! Well done to all the young people, volunteers and tutors involved!

The youth project is closing for a fee weeks, and we will be back with regular after school groups in September.

Ruth and Rachel will be in touch with group days and times.

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Girls movie day in the youth project!

Well done to all the young people who took part in this week's Street Art and Activism programme. Over the course of 3 days, they have completed a fantastic mural based on the Sustainable Development Goals and issues they care about.

Thanks to National Youth Council of Ireland and to the Cork Local Creative Youth Partnership (Cork ETB Youth Services) for support for this project!

We had a wonderful time last friday at our Alternative Bonfire Night event! Even with the rain, we had huge engagement from the community and everyone had a lovely time!

Thanks so much to Bishopstown Credit Union, Bishopstown & District Lions Club, Dunnes Stores Curraheen Road, Cork City Council, Bishopstown Community Association, Vote No.1 Thomas Moloney, Herlihy's Centra Bishopstown, Tesco Ireland), Musgraves, Bishopstown Bar, The Outpost Bar & Carry Out Off-Licence and Supervalu for sponsoring and supporting the event!

A huge thank you as well to the young people and parents who helped on the day, and in the lead up to it. We couldn't have done it without you (you know who you are!!!)

And thank you to everyone from the youth project and the community who attended, it was lovely to see so may people together!

We are very excited for this summer programme at the end of the month! Those that take part will have the chance to create a mural for the project, learn to spray paint, and potentially take part in a future street art residential if they are interested!

Details will be sent out this week about how to sign up! Message Ruth or our page here if you have any questions!

Our summer programme for secondary+ young people! (1st years to 6th years/PLCs etc).

We will send out a google form to parents/young people next week so everyone can let us know what they would like to sign up to!

Again, in order to go on a trip, we are asking young people participate in at least one of the 3 day programmes - street art, art, music or sports.

Some dates are still to be confirmed and places are limited on the overnight trips (residentials). We also may have a few more things to add!

This year we are asking for a contribution towards the bus for the two trips, but do let us know if this is a problem for you.

For the Mayo residential, we will be holding an information night for the young people before hand.

Let Ruth or Rachel know if you have any questions!

Next week is our last week of afterschool groups, and below is our summer programme for our primary groups! Those that are just finishing up with 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th class!

We have two trips, and three summer camps! A young person can do all, or one programme. In order to go on one or both of the trips, young people should do at least one camp!

This year we are also asking for a €5 contribution to the bus, but if this is a problem, please let us know.

We will be sending out google forms next week, so parents can let us know which programmes their child would like to do!

(We have a couple of things to add, but we will send messages out directly to parents for those.)

If you have any questions, get in touch with Ruth or Rachel!

Searching for a part-time job? We are looking for a part-time deli assistant to join our Herlihy family. If you are interested please email your CV to [email protected]

Would any of our past young people be willing to help us on Bonfire Night? 23rd June. We are hoping to do something small and get the event going again after a break of 3 or 4 years! Message Ruth or Rachel please!

What an amazing day all our crews has at the Cork Harbour Festival & Ocean to City youth race with Meitheal Mara! Well done to our 8 crews and the young people that came and supported us! And thank you to all the parents and family members that came down and supported them!

Well done to Aisling in our Tuesday primary girls group - her design for the Cork Harbour Festival & Ocean to City youth race with Meitheal Mara was chosen for their tshirts this year! We're very proud of our amazing artist!

The race takes place this Saturday, starting at noon in Blackrock and finishing near the Clayton Hotel. This year we have four crews rowing, and some young people helping out on the day. Contact Ruth if you'd like more information!

Hi all, afterschool groups are finishing up the 15th June and the summer programme will be beginning shortly after for secondaries and in July for primaries. We will be in touch shortly with all the details!

If anyone has any collection buckets, could you let us know? Either here or message Ruth on 086 102 3418. For a good cause!

Groups are back from Monday 24th! Looking forward to seeing you all in the project!