* Started in Feb 2004
* Now has approximately 50 members
* Largest Foróige Youth Club in Dublin
* Run by then dedicated leaders
* We meet at the Community Centre on a Friday from 8 – 9.30 pm
* We have many activities such as Table Tennis, Air Hockey, as well as Football and Basketball.
* We currently have a Self-defence teacher in every week to teach us the basics of self-defence. We also have a group of four or five who are making a mural for the Coffee Dock
* We have discos from time to time, and we invite other youth clubs to these discos. In return we (as a youth club) are invited to other youth clubs for their discos
* These discos and other events such as trips to, for example, Leisureplex, are organised by a committee of six people
o Chairperson – Owen Rogers
o Secretary – Amanda Keegan
o Treasurer – Mark Cahill
o PRO – Sarah Cuddy
o Fiona Byrne and Gareth Kavanagh

- Sarah Cuddy

The club is currently running in the Community Centre every Friday night from 8.00 pm until 9.30 pm with approximately thirty teenagers aged 13 – 16 years. However, if more volunteers come forward the club will be able to accommodate more members.

Foróige currently oversees 416 clubs throughout Ireland, the main objective of which is “to enable young people to involve themselves consciously and actively in their own development and in the development of society”. It also provides the training for volunteers so if anyone feels they could make a contribution please get in touch.

The activities promoted in Foróige clubs include: Arts and Crafts, Sporting Activities, Community Projects, Fundraising, Learning a new skill, Quizzes, Outdoor Pursuits, Discos, Environmental Projects, Training, and Interclub Events

The benefits accruing to the young people, according to Foroige, are: Responsibility, Friendship, Learning a new skill, Confidence building, Getting involved in the community, Safe Socialising, Leadership, Fun, Mixing with peers and adults, and Chance to get involved in positive activities.

The club in Knocklyon has just gotten underway in the Knocklyon Youth & Community Centre. The members have elected their own committee to decide what the agenda will be for each week and they hope to go and visit another club in the area that is run by Foróige.

At the moment the sports hall is divided up into three sections and they play three different sports. In the canteen upstairs they can play board games and buy refreshments. Members pay a small fee every week to go to the club. They are currently learning hip-hop dancing under the direction of a professional instructor.

The club will finish its season at the end of May and resume again in September.