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At the launch were Director of Schools Donncha Ó Treasaigh, Ell Simons, Cora Foley, ETB Youth Officer Team Lead, Caoimhe McNamara, and George O’Callaghan, Chief Executive at Limerick and Clare ETB
AN “IMPORTANT milestone” in the supply of youth work services in Limerick has been identified as part of a new 2023-2026 plan.
The Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board (ETB) has officially launched its youth work plan.
The plan aims to ensure this board succeeds in supporting the allocation, coordination, management and assessment of youth work services in the Limerick and Clare region.
Speaking at the launch, Chief Executive George O’Callaghan, said: “This plan outlines an exciting and ambitious path for our ETB over the next four years.
“It marks another important milestone in the development of Limerick and Clare ETB and involves consultation with a range of partner organisations.
“We very much look forward to working towards ensuring the best possible outcomes for young people in Limerick and Clare.”
Youth work and volunteering in Limerick includes groups such as youth work organisation the Northside Youth Space in Ballynanty, youth clubs such as West End Youth Centre in the Childers Road area of Limerick, youth arts groups such as Limerick Youth Theatre, drug and alcohol projects, sporting bodies and much more.
The new plan represents a shared commitment from all of these organisations to the on-going development of their clubs.
The importance of these positive outcomes was emphasised by ETB Youth Officer Team Lead, Cora Foley, when she said:
“Ireland is becoming a more diverse and multicultural society and we all need to learn to work together.
“Respect for diversity, inclusiveness and the rights of all young people are important elements of this Youth Work Plan.”
Aoimhe McNamara, who was supported as a teenager and returned to do work placement there as part of her social care degree, spoke about ‘young peoples' needs’ at the launch of the plan.
She said: “Youth work really does change with the times, because young people have different needs at different moments in time.
This new plan is really going to help by making sure that more young people have access to them and have a voice.”
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