moira ritchie youth worker seelb

BBC Blast has been an exciting and challenging 5 days for the young people who have travelled each day from Portaferry to Belfast to partake in various types of workshops.

The experience, skills new friends they have met is phenomenal an opportunity more young people should have taken the advantage to try. The weather has not put us off in fact only more determined to attend. The workshops my young people are participating in are, sound of music, stage combat, it's showtime, music production, digital animation, amazing animation, tuned in, BBC blast News, busking, behind the lens and artwall.

My job as a youth worker has been very full-filling this week watching the young people develop and literally having a blast!!!! It has been a pleasure and well worth the early morning rise to transport Conor R, Julie-Ann, Conor B, John, Clare, Helen, Brian, Brid, Aaron, Joshua, Thane, Bronagh, Hannah Louisa, Gerard and Conor Young they have been a credit to seelb "TRASH" (teenagers rural ards shout health) and as most are peer educators will bring their new found skills back to the community

A very special thank you to the BBC Blast team, crew and tutors for providing this fun filled week and a special thanks to Caroline Cooper and Emma Dunseith without their support we would not have been able to attend.

Look forward to next year and any other projects or programmes happening throughout the year, thank you BBC.