Youth Council for Northern Ireland.
Comhairle Ógra um Thuaisceart Éireann
Council o Youth for Norlin Airlan

NORTHERN IRELAND YOUTH AWARDS 2010

INNOVATION AWARD

WINNER : Opportunity Youth - (GRIT Project)
GRIT is a residential experience which provides support to young people from across Northern Ireland who have not succeeded in their formal education and have a wide range of needs. The programme is based on a series of challenges: Life Reflection, Survival Techniques, Self Discovery and Communication. Each young person is assigned a mentor to provide follow-up support.

RUNNER-UP
Sunlea Youth Centre, Ballycastle
'Hey Baby' Project
'Hey Baby' involved 12 young girls aged between 12–17 exploring issues around teenage pregnancy. They attended a teenage pregnancy weekend with six real care babies.

Sunlea group members: Chloe Sweeney, Lauren Campbell, Ashley Sweeney, Tammie-Leigh Lindsay & Collette Wall

RUNNER-UP
Kilkeel Young Women's Project
A group of 20 young women took part in a programme designed to challenge young people's perceptions of beauty and image and included organising a fashion show. The title of the fashion show was Clones V Unique.

Beth Farrell & Orla Corbett (holding certificate & plaque) from the Kileel Y0ung Women's Project

Further details from Karen Witherspoon:
T: 02890.643882
kwitherspoon@ycni.org

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