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Léargas Annual Report 2019 forward
Programmes:
Causeway Causeway Highlights of 2019 The Causeway British-Irish Exchange Youth Programme concluded at the end of 2019. Two projects from Ireland received funding in the last Causeway application round. • St. Andrew’s Talk About Youth, Dublin organised “Cause Me Can Using Sports and Team Challenges” • Youth Work Ireland organised “Brexit and the Five Nations”. The Youth Work Ireland project brought together young people and youth leaders from Ireland, Northern Ireland, England, Scotland and Wales to explore what Brexit could mean for them. It was also an opportunity to learn about each other’s cultures, as some of the feedback from young people and youth leaders makes clear: “I learned about other people’s views of Brexit that are different to my own. I learned about some positive points potentially that I had never heard before.” (Youth Action NI, young participant) “For our group it was shocking to hear that some others didn’t know we have our own language.” (Youth Cymru, Leader’s Report)
“Young people are seeing that their opinions are being heard at the highest levels of their organisations, and they are understanding the wider context of Brexit - which a lot of them originally thought was ‘above them” (UK Youth, Leader’s report). “The young people really enjoyed meeting new people and learnt a lot; they gained a lot of self-confidence.” (Youth Scotland, Leader’s Report) The young people from Ireland said that they had learned a lot about politics, Brexit, religion, and sectarianism, and that “It allowed me to meet other young people that I wouldn’t otherwise”.
