We recieved photos from our visit with An Taoiseach Michael Martin last July in the Axis Centre, Ballymun. Thanks to Aifric in the Axis for the photos.

The Customer Service group recently travelled to the W5 science gallery in Belfast as part of their prize from the NYCI STEAM event in November in DCU.

 

There was also a trip to the 3D Printing showcase in the RDS and a trip to the Inovation Lab in UCD with Chris Darling from Precious Plastics.

Ballymun Youthreach came to the end of their two year cycle with the National Youth Council, Castel DCU and the Science Federation Ireland with a showcase in the Helix, DCU attended by the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Caroline Conroy and the head of DCU, Daire Keogh. The students showcased their many projects from the two years which they have developed with Alisha – the submarine, the ater filters and various 3D printed frames all took pride of place. The event was a huge success and attended by 10 Youthreach centres.

 

 

It was a lovely morning in the Mansion House for the Lord Mayor’s Awards where the 2022 awards were presented to Eddie O’Donnell, Erin McKenna and Ruben Bechian.

Unable to attend on the day were Luke Kenny, Nathan Nolan and Margo Vorobei. Eddie even entertained the assembled crowd with a great rendition of ‘The Fields of Athenry’ which was extremely well recieved.

 

 

 

It was a fantastic annual Youthreach sports day at the National Sports Arena this year with plenty of fabulous events. Ballymun Youthreach performed brilliantly in all categories with our own  Chelsea Quinn winning ‘female athlete of the event’ – well done to all the competitors for a great event.

Ballymun Youthreach were delighted to attend in person the annual Youthreach cake and craft fair after a two year hiatus. The competition hosted in Crumlin college was attended by Group C and our winners were Katie Sweeney, Jessica Dempsey, Shane Rainsford and Erica Davison. Well done to our winners and all our entrants who submitted fabulous work.

We were delighted to receive a visit from Minister Simon Harris to Ballymun Youthreach as part of the launch of the CDETB Inaugural Review.

The launch included speeches from Minister Harris, CDETB CEO Christy Duffy and FET directors Ann Gilton and Blake Hodkinson. Minister Harris then completed a tour of Ballymun Youthreach where he visited the various classrooms and chatted to some of our students and staff. We would like to thank the Minister’s office for taking the time to tour our centre and for his kind words of encouragement. We would also like to congratulate Shanice Foy who received her QQI Level 4 awards representing all Youthreach students who have been unable to be presented with their awards during the lockdown and Craig Ivers for his participation in the student research document.

Ballymun Youthreach recently added a new mural and plantboxes to our inner courtyard on the theme of sustainability. The students worked very hard on both projects with wonderful results.

Ballymun Youthreach are pleased to announce a new venture in partnership with Unblackboxed and Precious Plastic. The recent delivery of a 40ft shipping container is the first step in developing a 3D printing workshop at the back of the framing room. We are extremely excited at the potential to develop and enhance our STEAM learning with 3D printing while tackling the concept of sustainability through our collection of plastic to be converted into 3D plastic.

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Ballymun Youthreach was delighted to welcome students back on a full time basis from September 3rd. It was fantastic to see students after such a long hiatus – it’s not quite the same talking to students on Zoom! We did conduct socially distanced outdoor classes in the sun at the front of the building for six Tuesdays in a row during June and July and while that was great it was even better to welcome the students back into the building once we had made it safe and secure. September has been extremely busy getting used to the new normal and highlights have included our first Outdoor Pursuits day with socially distanced seating and a first cooking session in the kitchen. Welcome back all!