Category Archives: Donegal Youthreach

Sudden Passing of ETB and Youthreach Staff Member Noel Rodden

We were greatly saddened to learn of the sudden passing yesterday of our esteemed colleague and ETB member, Noel Rodden, teacher in our Lifford Youthreach Centre.    Noel was also a Member of the Boards of Management of a number of schools – Deele College, Raphoe; Pobalscoil Chloich Cheannfhaola, An Fál Carrach; Loreto Community School, Milford and the […]

New Youthreach Coordinator Appointed to Ballyshannon Youthreach Centre

Donegal ETB has appointed a new Coordinator, Paula Burns, to its Ballyshannon Youthreach Centre. Ballyshannon Youthreach is based in Donegal ETB’s Ballyshannon Further Education and Training (FET) Centre. It is one of the many programmes provided by Donegal ETB’s FET Service. Before taking up this post, Paula worked as a full-time Resource Person in Navan […]

Buncrana Youthreach Awarded Silver Health Quality Mark

Buncrana Youthreach was awarded a Silver Standard Health Quality Mark (HQM) by the National Youth Council of Ireland (NYCI) in recognition of their work on health promotion for young people, at a special event held in the Buncrana Youthreach Centre, on Friday last, 31 May. Presenting the award, Rachael Treanor from the NYCI National Youth […]

Letterkenny Youthreach Needs Your Views!

Donegal ETB’s Letterkenny Youthreach centre is calling on the local community for support ahead of the Irish Cancer Society’s national X-HALE Youth Awards 2018 in July. Letterkenny Youthreach is asking people to log on to cancer.ie/xhale2018  and watch its short film about being ‘smoke free’. In the video, three learners share the life-changing benefits they experienced […]

Letterkenny Wins Youthreach Masterchef Final 2016!

Congratulations to Letterkenny Youthreach who won the annual Youthreach Masterchef Final 2016 on 20 October. This annual competition takes place in each of the six Youthreach centres across the county in September and October to pick a centre team and culminates in the county final in Letterkenny each year. Teams of two from each centre […]

Lifford Youthreach Claim National Maths Success!

Congratulations to Lifford Youthreach learners Niall Brennan and Joshua McBride who came first and third in the Adult Education category of the national Have You Got Maths Eyes? competition! The national final took place in IT Tallaght on 09 May. Niall’s entry asked ‘What percentage of colours make up pink?’ and Joshua’s entry asked ‘What […]

Youthreach Creative Writing and Playset Competition

As part of Letterkenny Youthreach’s on-going activities to mark their 25 year anniversary, they recently held a creative writing and playset competition for our local primary schools. Young people in 4th – 6th class were invited to write an original story and accompany it with a drawing of an adventure playground which they would like […]

Letterkenny Youthreach celebrating 25 years

Letterkenny Youthreach have been holding a week long festival of events to celebrate their 25th Anniversary. Starting on the 21/10/15 when learners received their QQI Certificates presented by star of T.V., Stage and Radio, Conal Gallen. On 22/10/15, they held the grand final of Donegal Youthreach MASTERCHEF in the Letterkenny Centre with judges Ian Orr, […]

Calling all past Learners!

Letterkenny Youthreach celebrate their 25th anniversary this October with events taking place from the Tuesday 20th-Friday 23rd October 2015. As part of the celebrations, Letterkenny Youthreach is producing a Memorial Booklet.  This is a great opportunity for all past learners of Letterkenny Youthreach to get involved and tell about your experience at Letterkenny Youthreach to […]