'COME COOK WITH NEVEN' Fundraiser for Cobh Youth Services Limited

RTE's 'Home Chef' Neven Maguire will be giving a cooking a cooking demonstration in the Radisson Hotel, Little Island on November 1st 2011.
"Neven's Cookery Demonstrations have become renowned both for the crowds of cooking fans they attract, as well as the learning and fun experienced by those who attend."

More information about Neven Maguire can be found on his website www.nevenmaguire.com

Tickets are €25. Tickets can be bought from:
Claire Cullinane, call 087-2565728
From Cobh Youth Centre, Top of the Hill.
Soon there will be a facility on www.cyslevents.com to buy tickets online

COBH YOUTH GET A MODERN CENTRE TO CALL THEIR OWN

Teenagers and younger children in Cobh won’t be able to complain any more that there “is nothing to do”. The newly-renovated Cobh Youth Services (CYS) premises is to be officially opened by Sean Haughey, Minister for Youth Affairs, on Wednesday March 5th at 14:30pm. The new youth centre offers dance classes, band practice facilities, gym, after-school classes as well as cookery and arts and crafts to youngsters living in the area. If people just want to ‘hang out’, the youth cafe, ‘Chill of the Hill’ is also on site.

As well as Deputy Haughey, other local dignitaries, including Cobh’s Mayor Whitty, are expected to attend the opening. Cobh Youth Services (CYS) was set up 15 years ago as a charitable organisation to provide recreational facilities for the town’s young and to counterbalance problems with underage drinking and drug abuse. The centre is run by fully-trained staff while local volunteers and the voluntary Board of Directors ensure the centre maintains top standards while remaining attractive to the young people of the area.
CYS President, Sister Emmanuel Leonard said: “These fantastic facilities re what the young people of Cobh have asked for when we consulted with them. This is their space.”
Co-ordinator, Sinead Morgan said: “The newly refurnished Youth Service in Cobh has opened up many opportunities for young people in the ever expanding town of Cobh. We look forward to the future and invite more young people to explore all that Cobh Youth Services has to offer.”
Before the Midleton Street premises was secured, CYS was run from a centre on Pearse Square. Six years later, the building was demolished and all activities had to be moved to the parish centre before CYS found its current and permanent home on Midleton Street.
Cobh Youth Services is open to boys and girls, aged eight to eighteen and gives them an opportunity to “socialize, use recreational equipment and take part in structured activities”, says Sr. Leonard.

The centre also provides counselling and youth referral services. The developments of the centre and the provision of its services has been achieved by extensive fundraising amongst the local community as well as grant aid from the HSE, Department of Social, Community and Family Affairs, Cobh Town Council, Cobh Chamber of Commerce and others.