Huntstown young people design calendar

In an innovative approach to introduce young people to the working of the Huntstown Community Youth Project (HYCP) local youth officer, John Kingsley Onwumereh recently came up with a most unusual idea to get local young people to examine their local community.

6th class pupils in the local Sacred Heart National School were invited to enter a competition to design a calendar for the area under the heading of ‘what I like about my community’. The pupils were asked to submit a picture depicting some positive aspect of their local community such as local facilities, the environment, local activities or such like.

According to John “over 120 entries were received and the final submissions showcase some brilliant art works which vividly capture the young people’s intention and imagination”.

“The aim of the project was to introduce the young people to the work of the Youth project in the hope that they will join it in the coming year when they finish primary school,” said John.

The project is sponsored by Blanchardstown Area Partnership, County Dublin VEC and Clonsilla Credit Union. Thanks to this sponsorship the calendar has been professionally printed and copies are available from Huntstown Community Centre and Blanchardstown Youth service on Main Street, Blanchardstown.

The six young people whose artwork features on the calendar were presented with prizes and certificates for their efforts at the recent launch of the new calendar in Huntstown Community Centre.

The winning artists were Lauren Clarke, Jessica Brennan, Laura Somerville, Hayley Haughey, Sophie McEntee and Mac Mihaljevic.

 

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