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CLARE Youth Service in Shannon is looking for volunteers to work with young people. There are several vol- unteering opportunities for anyone aged 21 or over interested in working with young people aged 12 to 25.
There are opportunities in both Youth Clubs, Drumgeely and Sky- view which will be re-opening in September when the schools return. There are also volunteers needed to help supervise and work with young people in the Kick Back Youth Cafe and Shannon Music Project at week- ends.
The Youth Service will be sending
a flyer to homes in the area with the September newsletter, outlining de- tails of what’s involved.
There are new developments in ac- tivities for young people in the town also. Five-a-side Basketball and soc- cer nights are planned for Shannon Leisure Centre in September.
‘The hall has been booked for four weeks initially and if the program takes off it is hoped that the weekly Wednesday slot will continue and this will benefit those who are inter- ested in sport and keeping fit as well as keeping the youth workers fit,” a spokesman for the Youth Service Cr HKOR
The cost is €2 per night as it is sub-
sidised by the Youth Service and they are looking for 10 to 15 people to sign up and commit to the four weeks of it. Anyone interested should contact Cathal or Pat in the Youth Office to register their name.
The Shannon Music Project has once again availed of the expertise of a local guitar teacher for the coming winter term.
Paul O’ Donoghue (Swive) has again kindly offered his services to the Music Project to teach advanced classes in electric guitar to 10 to 12 young people from the project.
The classes are designed for those who have more than a year’s experi- ence in electric guitar and are inter-
ested in learning new techniques.
The lessons begin Wednesday September 10 at 4:45pm in Respond Building, Rineanna View. They run for 15 weeks at the same time and day each week until December 17.
Anyone interested in signing up for the lessons should contact Ca- thal in Shannon Youth Office 061 364318/087 1374482 before Sep- tember 1 to secure their place in the class.
“The lessons are free of charge and Shannon Music Project would like to thank Swive for volunteering his expertise to the project again this year, it is very much appreciated”, the spokesman said.