Christmas Party at the Youth Club

On Wednesday 12th December The Cathedral Youth Club celebrated a Kids Christmas party. Parents and kids were welcome.

 

The highlight of the afternoon was Santa's visit to the Cathedral Youth Club. He came on a horse and trap and gave a ride to all the young people present at the party.

 

Santa was very please to see that Mrs Santa was at the Cathedral youth Club, she helped him with some big girls.

 

 He came with sweets and presents and  took time with each of children to ask them what they wanted for christmas.

 

 A long cue was formed to talk to Santa!! we were all really excited!!

Santa is always very busy at this time of the year so he had to left the party to hear more children's wishes for christmas. But the party wasn't over and childrens and parents had supper and disco at the Cathedral Youth Club.

Cathedral Youth Club awarded Spice of Live Calendar

The Cathedral Youth Club has being awarded in the DiverseCity-Spice of Life  Calendar Competition host by teh Good Relations Community Relations Programme from the Derry City Council.

During the summer scheme the young people and adults from the Cathedral Youth Club went out to the town to take photographes of the city to take part in the competition for the DiversityCity Calendar. Armed with cameras our young people developed their best photographe skills to make the best photoshut. They learned new skills and discovered some unknow corners of the city.

The rewards are here:

A 2nd Prize Category- Adult Faces in Local Places

One For Runner Up Cathegory- Adult Faces in Local Places. An another one For Runner Up Cathegory- Youth Under 18's entry.

On Monday 10th December The Youth Club was invited to attend to the Tower Hotel to the launch of the Calendar and the award presentation from the Mayor Kevin Campbell.

Thanks to all our international students!!!!!

In the last year we have enjoyed the presence of several international students who have completed their internship with us.

Juline Jolfre started the year with us. He arrive at September 2011 and left us on March. He is a French student and you can call him  an all road man!!! He helped us in the office, football, running, boxing... And he miss us so much he came back to visit us with his parents.

Daniel Lammerding our first German student of the year came on March and stayed for 4 months. As many of our students he came for helping in the office and as many of them he also help us with the acitivities for the young people teaching them to play the guitar. He also join the Samba Band!!!

Mei Ling is a German student who stayed with us throughout the month of October. She is a hard worker as all german are ment to be. She joined us in various workshops taking place in the center, helped us in the Halloween parade and made lots of posters. Mei thank you very much we miss you!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

Marcin Szostak  is a Poland student, that came this November to help us in the office. He did a very good job with the posters for all the activities that we have at the Youth Club. He joined the Boxing, the Samba Band, the Children in Need collecting, and helped us with the christmas decoration. Sadly he is back home now!!

 

 

Here you can see Marcin helping planting bulbs with Alan one of our Youth Workers

 



 

 

And two Italians students, Marta Mele and Antonella Magno helped us with the young people on November. They made many funny and educative activities with the young people from the Youth Club. They were here only for a week but they worked really hard.

 

 

 

Here you can see them helping with the christmas decoration.

 

 

 

Well done all of you!! We hope to see you soon!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Visit to the Memorial Hall

On wednesday 18th November the young people from the Cathedral Youth Club went on a visit to the Memorial Hall. We had the oportunity to learn about the Apprentice Boys who closed the City Gates during the siege of Derry in 1689. We  saw many historical objets related to the history of the Apprentice Boys fraternal society. We also learned about the Celebration of the Gates or the "Lundy Day" which takes place in the first Saturday of December.

 

The Celebrations start with the symbolic firing of a cannon on the city's historic walls at midnight. 13 members of a Parent Club will then make their way to each of the four original City gates, as the 13 apprentices did in 1688.

 

The main celebrations begin later on Saturday with the visiting Branch Clubs and bands parading from the Waterside to the Memorial Hall. The main parade then makes its way from Society Street around the City Centre to a service of thanksgiving in St Columb's Cathedral. Following the service, the parade makes its way back to Bishop Street for the traditional burning of Lundy the Traitor.

 

 

 

 

 

We saw the Lundy the Traitor that was prepared for the burning.

Daffodils Bulbs in the Fountain State

Today our youth club learder Alan warke with two brave volunteers Marcin Szostak and Daniel

Perchard faced the cold and planted 1,000 daffodil bulbs in preparation for the city of culture next

year.


The bulbs were supplied by Housing Executive community education officer Patrick Duddy  as part

of their challenge to plants 10,000 bulbs with community groups throughout the city to bring a great

start to the City of Culture Year" .


We hope they help show this marvelous city in all its wonder when they flower in the spring for

derry's time to shine.

Remembrance Service

 

 

Last Friday the young people from the Cathedral Youth Club planted 99 crosses in the Apprentice Boys Garden in memory of the 99 local men who were lilled in the First World War, many of them from the Fontain area. It was great to see members of the community come for the service conducted by Rev. Dr. T. Robert Buick and Very REv'd William W. Morton. We also appreciate Duputy Consuler Mayor Mary Hamilton taking time out of her busy schedule to come to service in the Fountain

 

Halloween Stories

We start Halloween with the workshops for the costumes!! what a great time painting, cutting, sticking glitter and paper!!!

 

On the week before we went to the Funhouse at the Richmond Center!! we were really scary!! we saw Spiderman, Captian Sparrow and lots of scary mosters. Lost of fun for all of us!!

What about our favolous Holloween Party!!! we hade Dj Figo, lost of sweets, toffee apples, music, disco lights!!! What a good time!!

 

The young people attend at the Jackula Magic Show at the play house in the Halloween morning. We were set in the front row!! some of out young people helped Jackula with his magic tricks, other won the callenge of fearless child!!! what a funny and scary morning!!!

 

The Cathedral Youht Club took part in the Derry Halloween Parede. The Samba Band and the young people made a very good performance during all the way! we were very scary, and frighten all the audience. We  were dress up as seamonsters and they behave like them.!!! We were  in the middle of the sea with a giant octopus and a golden submarine!!!!!

 

Afterwards we watch all together the fireworks!!!