Rural Arts & Culture Workshop
Visit Factsheet
LOCATION / GROW South Antrim, Northern IrelandDATE OF WORKSHOP / Monday 4th – Friday 8th August 2014
DATES OF TRAVEL / Arrive - Monday 4th August 2014
Depart – Saturday 9th August 2014
THEME / Music
WORKSHOP ACTIVITES / Come along and learn how to make your own instrument and perform with instruments with other young people from across Europe. Learn and experience traditional Irish music. Enjoy a site seeing day as we show off what Northern Ireland has to offer.
COUNTRIES PARTICIPATING / France, Finland, Estonia and Northern Ireland.
WHO CAN ATTEND / There are spaces for approximately 10 young people from the GROW South Antrim area to attend this workshop.
You must live, or have a significant interest in a rural* area of Antrim, Carrickfergus or Newtownabbey Borough Council and be aged 14-17 at the date of workshop.
*Rural areas includes the villages of Ballynure, Ballyrobert, Doagh, Burnside/Cogry, Crumlin, Templepatrick, Parkgate, Toomebridge, Whitehead and smaller rural settlements and open countryside. It excludes the towns of Antrim, Ballyclare, Carrickfergus, Randalstown, Greenisland urban area and Newtownabbey urban area including Glengormley.
COST / £100 per person, including all travel during workshop, accommodation, food workshop activities. Participants may wish to bring spending money for the site seeing trips and snacks.
Young people can access the workshop at a reduced cost thanks to funding through the Northern Ireland Rural Development Programme 2007 – 2013 which is part-financed by the European Union and Department of Agriculture & Rural Development and through contributions by GROW South Antrim and the Young Farmers Clubs of Ulster.
HOW TO APPLY / Complete an application form and return it to GROW South Antrim, Antrim Civic Centre, 50 Stiles Way Antrim BT41 2UB or by 12noon on Friday 28th February 2014.
WANT MORE DETAILS? / Contact the GROW office: 028 9448 1311 or or contact Heather in the YFCU office: 028 9037 0713 or