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Empower Programme
EMPOWER PROGRAMME A GREAT SUCCESS
Friday 18th February 2011
Strabane Community Safety Partnership held a graduation ceremony to mark the ending of one of the Empower Programme’s currently being delivered across the District. The programme which is being delivered by The Adventure Team, enables young people to address issues relating to antisocial behaviour and youth crime enabling young people to make life choices, and develop personal skills and abilities. The programme lasts 12 weeks, and takes place one day per week. The programme content included a wide range of activities including initiative tasks, trust exercises, river scrambling, Mountain Biking, Archery, First Aid, one night Residential, Laser Quest, Go Karting, and Coasteering.
Educational & personal development workshops were also delivered by the Emergency Services, Opportunity Youth, Strabane Job Centre, Youth Action, and the Prison Service, which gave the young people an insight into the role of these organisations, as well as providing career advice.
A third Empower Programme will begin within the next month, which will be delivered locally with engagement from young people from across the District.
CouncillorMichaela Boyle, Chair of Strabane CSP said “The Empower Programme is a very unique programme to Strabane District, it has proven to be a great success and receives high levels of support from a number of key agencies, community groups, parents and the participants. Congratulations to all the Young People that took part, we hope that they will continue to become involved in CSP activities. Many thanks also to all involved in making sure that the programme was delivered successfully”.
This project is one of a number of initiatives that Strabane Community Safety Partnership is undertaking to tackle the issues of crime and anti social behaviour in your local area.
Photograph:
Empower Presentation- Young people who participated in the Empower Programme, pictured with Cllr Michaela Boyle, Chair of Strabane CSP, Stephen Brown, The Adventure Team, Ryan Tracey, Community Safety Officer, Mark Goodfellow and Gillian Ardis from the Community Safety Unit. Missing from photograph- Donal Kelly, Programme Coordinator.
