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Youth Service takes award home to
Donegal
15.07.19
THE Youth Forum at
Donegal Youth Service has been awarded the prize for
‘Online Winner’ at the Irish Cancer Society’s X-HALE
Youth Awards 2019. The award was given to the group
with the most views on YouTube.
The group scooped the award for its short film “Take
my Breath Away” which was showcased at the recent
event in the Helix in Dublin.
Over 400 young people from 56 youth and community
groups across 22 counties showcased their
anti-tobacco films in the Helix, Dublin. The groups
wrote, directed and starred in their films and
worked hard to promote them through events in their
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Grainne McElchar, Ciaran Coyle
and Laura Doherty of The Youth Forum at Donegal
Youth Service pictured getting their award from
Joanne Vance and Sarah Chadwick of the Irish Cancer
Society at the X-HALE Youth Awards ceremony at the
Helix in Dublin. |
Joanne Vance, Community
Programmes Manager with the Irish Cancer Society
said, “X-HALE is going from strength to strength and
this year has seen a record amount of film entries
to the competition. I want to congratulate The Youth
Forum who submitted a fantastic, thought-provoking
film. We are very proud of all the young people and
their youth organisations who showcased their films
at our national event and promoted their work in
their communities.”
“While smoking rates have declined in recent years,
there is a still huge amount of work to do to
prevent young people from taking up smoking and
supporting those who do, to quit. That is why it is
so inspiring to see young people coming together to
campaign on against tobacco at local, national and
European level. Ultimately, we want to see this
leading to a completely smoke-free generation,”
Vance concluded.
This is the ninth year of the X-HALE programme, a
youth smoking prevention initiative of the Irish
Cancer Society. The programme aims to de-normalise
smoking and encourage young people to drive the
movement towards a tobacco free generation.
For further information about X-HALE and to watch
the entries visit
www.cancer.ie
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