Southill youths thinking big

A GROUP of Southill youths are organising a community sports event to promote a healthy and positive attitude among young people in the area. Shane McCarthy from Southhill submitted his project ‘Shane Sports Fest’ at the recent Think Big nationwide workshop at the O2 headquarters in Dublin. Shane and his friends were among a number of young people who were awarded a place on the national Think Big programme, after successfully submitting an idea for a project in their community.

Think Big is a programme designed by O2 and Headstrong, the National Centre for Youth Mental Health, which enables young people to undertake projects in their community with the intention of making a difference to young people’s mental health.
The training workshop was designed to help them get their projects started and covers a range of skills including project planning and social media skills.
Think Big granted €300 initial funding for each project, along with a mobile phone with €50 top-up, and a Think Big start-up pack. In addition, every participant will get mentoring support from O2 and Headstrong with the projects eligible for further funding as they progress.