A cohesive group of teens from Youth Work Ireland Midlands in Athlone have been honoured for their creativity in STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Maths ) at the 2020 ESB Creative Tech Fest.
Jared Comer, Kelly O’Beirne, Daniel Duffy, Daniel Dwyer, Kate Cunningham, Molly Beckett, Ryan Davies, Liam Pearce, Remy Ryan, William Neary, Niamh Cuttle, Paddy McTeigue, Conor O’Regan, Daniel Hegarty, Luke Stephens, Jade Yeung, Kevin Brady Barry, Caoimhe Leonard and Katie Blain were presented with the ‘Best Design’ award in the Digital Creativity category for their entry ‘Bury Drugs Not Your Dreams’ Booklet Launch’ which is a drug education booklet that was successfully launched online.
Over 1,000 young people, aged between 10 and 18, from youth clubs, schools and gaelscoileanna across Ireland, took part in the first-ever virtual ESB Creative Tech Fest, the annual bilingual event celebrates the innovation, creativity and collaboration of young people who participate in TechSpace programmes nationwide across STEAM, digital creativity and computer science projects.
TechSpace is a creative technology education programme that is managed by social enterprise Camara Ireland and delivered in the informal and formal education sectors. It encourages young people to unlock their passions and potential through the creative use of technology.
Pat O’Doherty, Chief Executive at ESB, outlined his admiration for the young people involved in this year’s ESB Creative Tech Fest awards.
“It is both reassuring and inspiring to see the innovation and creativity in the projects submitted for this year’s awards, and we congratulate each of the nominees and winners for their work. Every young person in the TechSpace programme should be hugely proud of what they have achieved, in such challenging circumstances, this year,” Mr O’Doherty stated.
