Prince’s Trust programme praised by Carrick Rotary

Carrickfergus Rotarians have been learning more about the role of a programme supporting marginalised young people.
Stewart Cheshire and Susan Duncan, of the Princes Trust, with Sam Crowe, outgoing president of Carrickfergus Rotary Club. INCT 28-796-CONStewart Cheshire and Susan Duncan, of the Princes Trust, with Sam Crowe, outgoing president of Carrickfergus Rotary Club. INCT 28-796-CON
Stewart Cheshire and Susan Duncan, of the Princes Trust, with Sam Crowe, outgoing president of Carrickfergus Rotary Club. INCT 28-796-CON

The club recently welcomed guest speakers Stewart Cheshire and Susan Duncan, workers with the Prince’s Trust Fairbridge programme.

Stewart and Susan explained that the programme targets young people who face a range of issues and barriers in their lives such as low self-esteem, substance abuse, homelessness or multiple offending. They are those that other organisations find difficult to engage.

Hide Ad
Hide Ad

They defined the purpose of the Fairbridge Programme as helping these young people to build the personal and social skills to stabilise their life circumstances and build their confidence and motivation to the point where they could then go forward to develop the life skills which would allow them to access education, training, employment or volunteering.

Thanking the speakers for their insight into the initiative, outgoing Carrick Rotary president Sam Crowe said the members were looking forward to developing the Carrickfergus, Larne and Ballymena Rotary Clubs’ association with the Prince’s Trust.