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Fishbowl Haiti Earthquake Fundraiser



An evening of Indian food & Acoustic Music

Saturday 30th Janurary

in

CAFE INDIA

In aid of Fishbowl Haiti Project


Buffet @ 15 euro per head
Two Sittings 6-8pm & 8-10pm
Tickets Available from:
CAFE INDIA
or Contact Emma(0877782488),Naoise(0870629890),leave a comment or e-mail info@fishbowlyouth

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HEY, OLD FISHBOWLIANS!!!!

Are you interested in being part of an exchange this summer?

Fishbowl is planning to host an exchange here in Ireland. We are looking for volunteers to help out in areas such as:

  • Cooking
  • general organisation
  • transport
  • etc.

Volunteers are also welcome to leading workshops on personal development and/or non verbal communication, through art, music, dance, film, or acting, so if interested in this aspect… contact us!!!

The exchange will be held in late July beginning of August we will have a showcase of our work in the Scariff harbour festival.

So if you’re up for it or want more information let us know on: info@fishbowlyouth.org

Posted in International Projects, Members, News, Older Fishes.

The “Youth in Action” Photography Contest

is part of the Tool Fair – IV edition, and it is open until the 5th of November.

The exhibition of the selected photos will take place at the above mentioned event between 11 and 15 of November 2009 in Portugal (Evora).

Goals of the Competition

  • Disseminate, through photography, the various Actions and activities promoted by the “Youth in Action” Program, and the Good practices that are associated to it.
  • To foment the interest for photography as a vehicle for artistic creation and privileged mean of communication.

How to participate? Continued…

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WE ARE STARTING AGAIN!!! EVERY FRIDAY EVENING FROM 7 TO 10

Hey everyone Fishbowl will be starting up again on this Friday 2nd October from 7-10pm.

Please tell all your friends and bring them along!

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We will be starting a pool tournament this Friday, come along and sign up its open to everyone! There will even be a fancy trophy!

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Kilkee Community Radio

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Kilkee Community Radio are looking for volunteers who will receive full training in all aspects of studio operations and broadacsting.

More Info can be found at ;

www.raidiocorcabaiscinn.ie

or

(065)9083022

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Beatbox and Rapping Workshop

given by

kerrynini (http://www.myspace.com/kerrynini)

in

Ennis

on

9th,10th & 11th October

Limited spaces.€45. Please contact;

Jean Tierney

Clare Youth Service

Carmody Street

Ennis

065-6845356
065-6845350

jtierney@clareyouthservice.org

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Global Justice in Youth Work

FETAC Level 5 module “Social justice issues & principles”

Date: Two residential weekends, October 8th – 10th & 29th – 31st

Location: County Galway Continued…

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“YOUTH in Action” Programme 2007-2013 Youth Initiative Projects Residential Training

6th -8th November 2009.

Kippure Estate www.kippure.com

TRANSFORM YOUR IDEAS INTO ACTIONS.

Youth Initiative projects are set up and carried out by young people (aged between 15 and 30),

giving them a chance to develop a project within their community lasting between 3 and 18 months.

IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED, PLEASE READ THE REST AND CONTACT MIEKE: MIEKEMCMAHON@GMAIL.COM Continued…

Posted in Members, News, Training.

Call for Internship with SALTO, 2010 – Identity

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We are now accepting applications for an intern to assist with the concept of Identity, and its role and importance within international youth projects in Europe.

This placement is only open to residents of European Programme countries. and Switzerland. Continued…

Posted in Older Fishes.

Youth in Action Seminar

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This August we will be running a Youth in Action Seminar which will be one week long. The theme is ‘Active participation of youth within democracy’ We aim to provide the young people involved with an insight into how they can be directly involved in their political environment, we will use three examples of professions to do this, Art, Social Work and Politics. Through workshops and informal debate we will create a better awareness of how these areas can have an effect within democratic societies. Trainers will provide presentations and facilitate the workshops and discussions to meet the above aspirations. Support staff will help in the general facilitation and practical needs of the participants in supporting the seminars running.
The project venue will be Ballyloughran House; Kerry, Ireland, from the 8th to the 15th of August 2009. Participants will be 18 to 25 years old.
Participants will be joining us from Italy, Lithuania and Slovenia, 6 from each country.

If you are interested in participating in this seminar you can contact naoiskapish@gmail.com for more information and an aplication form.

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Democracy Project

Meeting of Italian and Irish Group

This project will focus on democracy in schools. During the first part of the project we will focus on researching and documenting (film) the democratic processes in 3 or 4 Irish schools: Scariff Community College, Scariff Youthreach, Woodford Mercy College, the maybe the ALFA Project (if they can start up again next year) and in 2 schools in Rome. Continued…

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Youth In Action Seminar

Hello,
This is a call for Irish participants aged between 18 and 30 years old for a seminar organised by Fishbowl Youth coming up in august, here’s a brief description:

Our project ‘Effective and Creative participation Within a Democracy’ will be a youth seminar, action 4.3 under the YIA programme. It will take place in August (8th to 15th) of 2009 and will be one week long. We aim to provide the young people involved with an insight into how they can be directly involved in their political environment, we will use three examples of professions to do this, Art, Social Work and Politics. Participants will engage in all three areas. Through workshops and informal debate we will create a better awareness of how these areas can have an effect within democratic societies. Trainers will provide presentations and facilitate the workshops and discussions to meet the above aspirations.

If your interested (or know others who’d be interested) please contact me (naoiskapish@gmail.com) or Joe (josephnoonanganley@gmail.com) for an Aplication form.
Thanks for your time, look forward to hearing from you,
Naoise and Joe.
IMG_0046 Naoise & Joe working hard for a better Ireland.

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Interested in being a leader on a Youth Exchange???

A Training Course for Beginners in Youth Exchanges is taking place in Greece from 4th -8th November 2009.

If you are interested check the Older Fishes Section and contact me on: miekemcmahon@gmail.com

Posted in Older Fishes.

Waterways Ireland Currach Building Project

Hi everyone, We are hosting a Currach building project at Fishbowl from the 27th to the 31st of July. There is a group of young teenagers coming to Fishbowl from Belfast as part of a cross border youth exchange to build the Currach with some local youths during the days. We are looking for 4 or 5 participants to work on the boat for a few hours in the evening for the week. The Currach will be launched at the Opening Cermony of the Scariff Harbour Festival. If your interested in participating please contact kenny10033@gmail.com or leave a comment!

For more info on the Scariff Harbour Festival visit http://www.scariff.com/SHF2009.pdf

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National Youth Council of Ireland Youth Event

Call for young people
to attend NYCI
Youth Event

to be held in

Dublin on Saturday 5th September 09


Participation Free, for 15-30 yrs. Those >18 must send Parental/Guardian Consent Form Prior to event. Public Transport (within Ireland) costs will be reimbursed.

There is a proposed new Strategy for Youth in Europe.  Europe has given its suggestions.  Now it’s time for YOUR ideas.

Opportunity for 2 young person attending this event to
Represent Ireland at the Swedish EU Presidency Youth Event on 10th-14th Sep to feed back results of this Youth Event.

please see links below for the New Strategy and a presentation on it.

Limited places available so book ASAP. For Application forms for Youth Event and Swedish Event contact

Jean-Marie in NYCI Email: international@nyci.ie

Tel: 01 4255945.

Deadline for Application 12th August.

If your interested in going or you want help with the aplication/Information please contact Emma on 0877782488

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East Clare Community Canoe Club

Funded by a National Lottery sports equipment grant, the Club is getting a fleet of canoes and kayaks for use by all members.

The boats will be based on Lough Derg, close to Scariff – six plastic kayaks and six plywood “Canadian” canoes.

Safety equipment will be provided, and qualified canoeing instructors will show us how…

Local boat-builder Pete Brown of Greenbay Boats will be running a series of Canoe-building workshops as evening or weekend courses for members who want to get involved and learn the straightforward techniques of plywood canoe construction.

If you want to join, to go canoeing or to enjoy the workshops, please contact Emma on 0877782488 or leave a comment.

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Stranger Festival Video Competition

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For the second time the StrangerAcademy opens its doors in Amsterdam, this year from 14 – 17 OCTOBER 2009. StrangerAcademy is a place where more than 100 young video makers from across Europe come together to develop their skills in the field of video making and storytelling.
The StrangerAcademy has different levels. Both experienced and inexperienced young video makers get a chance to participate in workshops, meetings with professionals, master classes and showcases – and to expose their work to a broad audience. The StrangerAcademy will be concluded with the Stranger Award Show at Studio K in Amsterdam Saturday, October 17.Upload your own video and win a chance to enrol for the Stranger Academy!

We have entered Fishbowl’s “Every Bit Counts” Video into this competition, please show your support and voting for the video by following this link  Vote for “Every Bit Counts”

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HEY, OLD FISHBOWLIANS!!!!

Are you interested in being part of an exchange this summer?

Fishbowl is planning to host an exchange here in Ireland. We are looking for volunteers to help out in areas such as:

  • Cooking
  • general organisation
  • transport
  • etc.

Volunteers are also welcome to leading workshops on personal development and/or non verbal communication, through art, music, dance, film, or acting, so if interested in this aspect… contact us!!!

The exchange will be held in late July beginning of August we will have a showcase of our work in the Scariff harbour festival.

So if you’re up for it or want more information let us know on: info@fishbowlyouth.org

Posted in International Projects, Members, News, Older Fishes.