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CoMMuNity Mayo North East
JourNal
Supporting Community Development, Enterprise and Access to Training and Employment
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Issue 4
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June 2018
What’s Inside? National success Mayo
students in Croke Park Focus on St. Vincent de Paul, Ballina
Ballina Boxing Club –––––– The Karen Community at home in Ballina
Students from both St. Mary’s Secondary School, in Ballina, and Our Lady’s Secondary School, in Belmullet, have taken home awards at the Student Enterprise Programme National Finals in Croke Park on May 2nd, organised by the Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs) for secondary schools. The students from the two schools have received the Intellectual Property Award in the intermediate and senior category respectively, and were presented with their awards on stage by the Minister for Trade, Employment, Business, EU Digital Single Market and Data Protection, Pat Breen T.D. and Sheelagh Daly of the Local Enterprise Offices. The winning students at the senior level were: Eiméar Winters, aged 16. Maelíosa O’Hara, aged 16, Erin Gannon, aged 16, Mary Gilvarry, aged 17, Holly Kenny, aged 16, and Nicola Lowther, aged 16 from St. Mary’s Secondary School, Ballina, who worked under the guidance of their teachers, Mark Barrett and Claire Kelly. The student enterprise team
Students from St. Mary’s Secondary School, Ballina receiving their Award.
‘Back 2 Basics’ developed grammar books for students in Irish, French and German, a study aid for all levels of education. The winning student in the Intermediate category was Catriona Batty, from Our Lady’s Secondary School, Belmullet who worked with the support of her teachers, Colm Doyle and Lisa Connolly. Her student enterprise company was called: ‘Comfy Hands Healthcare’ and she created a padded fabric cover with a Velcro fastening system.
Catriona Batty from Our Lady’s Secondary School, Belmullet receiving her Award.
The programme, funded by the Government of Ireland through Enterprise Ireland and delivered by the LEOs, had a total of 230 teenage entrepreneurs, aged between 13 and 18, from 77 different enterprises, competing at last week’s National Final, with every local authority area represented.
The Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (SICAP) 2018-2022 is funded by the Irish Government through the Department of Rural and Community Development and co-funded by the European Social Fund under the Programme for Employability, Inclusion and Learning (PEIL) 2014-2020