New Gernerations


Jenny McCrea


New Generations - the 5th avenue of service


who have agreed to host the regional finals.


Young Chef: Rotarian Teresa OʼReilly from the Rotary Club of Cork Douglas runs this competition Aimed at 15 to 17 year old students, budding young chefs interested in cooking. Depending on number of entries , club heats early February,


District final early


March, Winner goes to RIBI final April 2012


Application form, rules and guidelines available on line at www.rotary.ie/youthopps.php


The school holidays are over and the children are back to school and all the New Generations competitions are ready to go for 2011/2012. We hope that by now you will have made contact again with schools, colleges, youth clubs etc. We hope you have encouraged their participation, after all our competitions are free, and are an easy sell.


The Youth Leadership Competition Rotarian Sam Crowe from the Rotary Club of Carrickfergus is co‑ordinator of this competition.


We are delighted that the District Council has agreed to help finance the trip to Strasbourg and continue this great competition.


Aimed at students in the senior cycle with leadership skills.


All applicants are interviewed by clubs during October 2011


Regional finals: to take place no later than middle of November 2011. As soon as the hosting clubs have had their finalists, please send the details of the Regional winners to SAM CROWE ‑ Carrickfergus Rotary Club. December: Processing of 24 winners and leaders and arranging the programme in preparation for the weeks trip to Euroscola in Strasbourg March 2012


Thank you to all the clubs who are participating in this great competition. It brings young life into your clubs. The task of interviewing is very rewarding and the young people are so inspiring. There is plenty of support and information for you to get involved. Thanks also to the clubs,


Young Writer: Rotarian Patrick Towers from the Rotary Club of Galway runs this competition. A great competition for young people in three age categories, entrants are required to submit a written piece, varying in length depending on age. Poems are also accepted. The theme this year is “Olympic Spirit” or “Olympic Dreams”. Application form, rules and guidelines available on line at www.rotary.ie/youthopps.php


Young Photographer: Rotarian Werner Scheel from the Rotary Club of Londonderry runs this competition. Another great competition for young people, run in three age categories, the theme this year is “Olympic Spirit” or “Olympic Dreams” the same as young Writer. In addition each entrant must provide, in no more than 50 words, a description of the inspiration for their photographs and how they reflect the theme.


Application form, rules and guidelines available on line at www.rotary.ie/youthopps.php


Youth Speaks:


Rotarian Charles Gault from the Rotary Club of Belfast East runs this competition. This competition offers young people the experience of speaking in public, as members of a team. Please encourage schools, colleges and youth groups to take part. Again, the theme is “Olympic Spirit” or “Olympic Dreams”.


Application form, rules and guidelines available on line at www.rotary.ie/youthopps.php


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Rotary Young Citizen Awards: The Young Citizen Awards were conceived by RIBI in association with BBC News 24. This award recognizes young people under the age 25, who have demonstrated their commitment to citizenship working on projects in the community. It can be an individual or a group. Application form, rules and guidelines available on line at www.rotary.ie/youthopps.php


Youth Exchange:


Rotarian Sam McCrea from the Rotary Club of Limavady looks after this programme


Every year young people can enjoy the experience of a lifetime through Rotary Youth Exchange. Making new friends, learning new languages, living in another country, and immersing themselves in foreign cultures. Youth Exchange programmes are a very popular with requests for Short Term, Long Term, New Generations, and Rotary Camps growing by the day.


We should be selling Youth Exchange to our members and to schools and colleges. It is never too late, get the information out there for young people. The team from RIBI Youth Exchange are visiting Ireland in October and plan to run Youth Exchange workshops for Clubs on Mon 17th October in Northern Ireland (venue to be confirmed) and in Southern Ireland, on Tues 18th, and Wed 19th October 2011 (venues to be confirmed). We need at least two representatives from each Club to attend these workshops, it is vital that Clubs understand all the facets of Youth Exchange to be able to deal with enquiries.


Application form, rules and guidelines available on line at www.rotary.ie/youthopps.php Contact details for the New Generations team are in 2011/2012 District


We have an ideal opportunity in Rotary to create community spirit, we need to focus our efforts to generate maximum impact in our local communities especially with young people, who can be our future Interactors, Rotaractors and Rotarians. The team are looking forward to your continued support in the coming year.


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