Local ambassadors acknowledged for promoting lifelong learning

Patricia Sheehan, Tom Kearns and Breda Butterfied at the presentation to Learning Ambassadors from Southill by the Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board.

THE contribution made by three people from Southill to the promotion of lifelong learning was acknowledged at a special presentation hosted by theย Limerick and Clare Education and Training Boardโ€™sย Further Education and Training Centre at Kilmallock Road Campus.

Learning Limerick Ambassadors is aย novelย grassroots initiative that brings the Limerick Lifelong Learning Festival into the everyday lives of people.

The Learning Ambassadors are Limerick people from all walks of life, united by a common interest in promoting, developing and celebrating learning.
They share inspiring learning stories from their own lives or the lives of people in their families and communities.

In December 2019,ย the Learning Ambassadors participated in a Story Exchange training project with Narrative 4, which developed their skills to โ€˜tell their storyโ€™.ย Following this training,ย throughย video interviewsย the Ambassadors told their own stories of lifelong learning and why theyย were passionate about becoming a Learning Ambassador.

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This series of interviews was formally launchedย throughย a virtual event with the Mayorย of the City and County of Limerickย in December 2020.
The flagship event for the festival in May 2021 was a โ€˜Live Interviews and Panel Discussionโ€™ย webinar event with the Learning Ambassadors on the first dayย toย open the festival.
Theย ambassadors,ย three from Southillย –ย Patricia Sheehan, Tom Kearns and Bredaย Butterfied,and the other fiveย ambassadors across Limerick City and County, were all delighted with the opportunity to be involved in the project over theย past two years.

Theyย were particularlyย happyย to be honoured with the presentation event and to receive photobooks profiling the development of the project.