Monday Sept. 7th  at 7.00pm in The Mall Arts Centre-Youghal

Cork County Council Arts Office and South and East Cork Area Development (SECAD) are preparing a new strategy to support the development of youth arts in South and East Cork. Their aim is to develop a co-ordinated strategy that will guide future development and investment by Cork County Council, SECAD and others. The strategy, while underlining a long term commitment to youth arts will not be able to address all the current needs and possibilities in the community. It is crucial therefore, that through consultation we identify important areas that need to be developed.

Area Focus Groups

Four meetings will be organised in September. They will give those involved in providing and supporting youth arts the opportunity to add their information, opinion and perspective to the emerging picture and to jointly investigate key development issues. They will be open to youth and community organisations, arts organisations and artists.

Date / Time / Venue are listed below:

Youghal- Monday 7th -7.00pm at The Mall Arts Centre

Carrigaline – Thursday 10th- 7.00pm at The Carrigaline Community Complex

Glounthane -Monday 14th- 7.00pm at The Glounthane Community Centre

Ballincollig -Tuesday 15th -10.30am at the VEC Offices

Please let us know in advance if you plan to attend one of these groups. Contact Mary McGrath to book a place.

Youth Focus Groups
Five of these sessions were carried out in June in conjunction with a range of youth work organisations. Another two are planned for early September. The outcomes will feed into the area focus group meetings.

Open Call
Individuals and organisations who would like to make a written submission to the consultation are able to do so. A brief information sheet is available to help facilitate this. The deadline for submissions will be 11th September.

For further information please contact:

Mary McGrath
marywhitegate@eircom.net 086 8139019

Jim Cathcart
jim.cathcart@hotmail.com   087 6923127