Team Grace and Órlaith

Why as a team did you choose to focus on this challenge?

We thought it was an important to bring young people together and socialise for their own mental health and well-being. It’s also somewhere to go in the village if you are not interested in sport.

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What do you know now about the challenge that you didn't know before?

We didn’t realise there was such a lack of facilities in Bawnboy for young people to talk and socialise

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What have you learnt about your Hero?

Our hero is the young people tend to suffer in silence from the lack of socialising

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If you could improve one thing for your Hero what would that be?

To have a safe place for them to socialise and make friends

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Do you have any ideas for a potential solution? No matter how raw, share them with your Mentors for feedback.

One solution is to ask for a grant to reopen the Garda station (which is beside the school) to be turned into a youth cafe/ library, that is accessible to students

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Ask your Mentor anything …. This is a chance to ask your Mentors a direct question relating to your Big Idea.

How would we improve the Garda station