Derry ÓSF Engaging with Youth

Last Week Derry Ógra Shinn Féin conducted what they hope to be the first of many engagement meetings with young people in Derry City. MLA Martina Anderson and other Sinn Féin activists where present at the meeting where over 30 young people raised pressing issues amongst the youth in the City, and had a successful debate on various issues including the National Ógra Shinn Féin N.A.R.C Campaign.



Niall Doran, Ógra Shinn Féin Doire activist said:

"We in Derry Ógra Shinn Féin have been looking for a way which we can successfully engage with the youth in our City for many months now. The Youth Engagement meeting we held in Rathmór was a real eye-opener for the Sinn Féin and Ógra Shinn Féin activists who attended. We had a healthy debate with over 30 young people, and the meeting showed prosperity for the Future of Derry Ógra Shinn Féin."

"During the debate we discussed many issues, including Policing, The Irish Language and Education. However the most important issue raised was that of Drug and Alcohol Abuse in our city. We discussed these issues with the young people to find out how we can best tackle these issues and apply them to our continuing N.A.R.C Campaign in the City."

"The N.A.R.C Campaign must remain at the centre of our attention until the problems of Drug and Alcohol Abuse have been removed from our society. Here in Derry are currently working along-side local Drug and Alcohol Awareness Organisations and are at the beginning stages of designing an Ógra Shinn Féin Drug and Alcohol Awareness Hand Book, which we plan to have designed, produced and distributed to every Secondary School in the City before the pupils leave on Summer Break."