Mayo Abbey Foróige Club has been selected from hundreds of youth groups for national recognition at the Permanent TSB Foróige Youth Citizenship Awards’ next month. The awards, now in their third year, recognise and salute outstanding examples of youth citizenship in action whereby young people, through their voluntary community work, make a difference to the lives of communities both locally or internationally.
The Mayo club has been chosen for this prestigious honour for its tremendous work and dedication in working with the elderly in their community and providing them with improved lighting in their homes. Ten thousand young people participate in Foróige’s Youth Citizenship Programme each year. This out-of-school educational programme teaches young people about how their community works and encourages them to become active citizens. The award ceremony which takes place in Dublin next month will be hosted by popular radio presenter, Ray D’Arcy.
