Wednesday May 6th 2020 This week was to be one of great celebration for the Cork Life Centre. We had planned to take some time to mark the 20th birthday of our organisation-to celebrate the growth, the journey, the highlights and above all else the young people that are the heartbeat of our work and … Continue reading A Poem for Shane
Like a lot of you, I have read much in recent weeks about how to look after myself and my mental health in lockdown. And lots of the advice has been wise and valid but it didn't always allow me to sit with the reality, accept it, and find some ways to learn to live … Continue reading Minding your Mental Health in Lockdown
Another winning entry in our student writing competition. A beautifully written short story demonstrating the impact of current circumstances on our lives, our hearts and our heads....Don't forget to switch off those devices if you need a break. Take care out there x Too Much Information A short story by Eimear Smiddy The sun beamed … Continue reading Covid-19 Too Much Information
A quick introduction to the brilliant short story that took 2nd prize in our Easter Writing Competition. With a very different spin on the title the talented author presents a fast-paced and light-hearted story capturing the dizzying heights of young love but with a real twist and sting in the tail. Too Much Information A … Continue reading Too Much Information: Meet the Parents
Over the Easter holidays we wanted students to have the opportunity to keep in touch with their creativity so we set them an Art & Writing Competition. Genuinely blown away by the standard of entries and these were not easy competitions to judge! For the writing competition students were given the title 'Too Much Information' … Continue reading Competition Winner ‘Too Much Information’
We have been overwhelmed and humbled by the response to 'The Unteachables' documentary part one of which aired on Monday 13th of April. A wonderful former volunteer(Eimear O Callaghan) set up a Go Fund Me page and so many people have been reaching out asking how to donate and suggesting we put it on our … Continue reading Sharing Go Fund Me Link
Welcome to our March-April Newsletter! This covers the March period and into early April so it’s going to be bit of a mixed bag due to the current climate. We’ll update you on what was happening before closure on March 12th and then on how we have been keeping the community going online since. Before … Continue reading Cork Life Centre Newsletter March-April 2020 Issue 2
I work with young people who surprise me every day. Life at the Cork Life Centre is never boring. 92% of these are good surprises. And the 8% can lead to good things too if you are open to the fact that the difficult things we go through together make us stronger, better, more ready … Continue reading We Walk with Warriors
We’ve tried to prepare young people for the reality that they might go to Oberstown. We’ve sat in court and seen young people sentenced or remanded there. We have written letters to Oberstown. We have visited young people there. But today we had our first visitor from Oberstown…. Its Director Pat Bergin. Pat is … Continue reading A Visitor from Oberstown
Indeed yes, this is a line from a saccharine sweet rom-com which I best now reference(‘The Wedding Date’) But this thought has been bouncing around my head as I reflect on 2018-another amazing year working with young people and being privileged enough to share their journeys. I think of all the incredible achievements of our … Continue reading I think I’d miss you even if we’d never met…..
