CEO visit to Brownlow Resource Centre
This evening, Education Authority CEO Richard Pengelly visited two of our youth centres within the Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon area.
Hosted by Head of Local Youth Services Lynsey Branniff and Senior Youth Officer for the ABC area Sarah Muldoon, the CEO got to visit Lurgan Youth Annexe where he met with young people who are currently enjoying the summer scheme within the centre.
The CEO heard all about the various programmes that are currently running or have just completed including an intergenerational Bowls Festival supported by the local PSNI and PCSP.
Richard also had the opportunity to hear from staff on the collaborative work with PSNI and lawfulness workshops that have been held recently as part of the Planned Interventions Programme.
Next up, the CEO got the visit Brownlow Youth Resource Centre to meet with young people enjoying summer provision within their centre.
During the visit, some of the young people got to showcase the XtremeFM radio and podcasting studio, showing Richard how they use the studio each week promoting and championing of youth voice!
Richard got to meet with Agne, an incredible young leader and key member of the staff team within the area, Agne works and volunteers in Brownlow and Drumgor youth centres.
Finally, everyone got to enjoy a BBQ and have a chat about all the youth provision in the area, how summer programme is going and what the young people love most about their centre.
We would like to thank Richard for spending the evening with our Brownlow team, we hope you enjoyed the evening getting to know our fantastic team and young people!
