The quiz went incredibly well on Tuesday night and we raised a grand total of £430. I’ll admit to being pretty nervous before the start as it was a pretty miserable night as well as Belfast’s Christmas tree light switch on. I needn’t have worried though as around 60-70 people showed up to give theirContinue reading “Gateway Quiz- The Results”
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Doing anything on Tuesday (24th November) night?
My youth club Carrickfergus Junior Gateway is holding a fund-raising pub quiz at Carrick Sailing Club on Tuesday 24th November. All are welcome to attend and ticket prices are £3 each with maximum team sizes of 5 people. The quiz starts at 8pm and I would love to see you there. In other youth club related newsContinue reading “Doing anything on Tuesday (24th November) night?”
Beginnings
In November 1997 a shy fourteen year old girl noticed a poster in the corridor of her school advertising volunteer vacancies at a youth club for children with special needs. She was curious about the idea has she had never done anything like that before and with a friend agreed to go to a talkContinue reading “Beginnings”
The Power of Word of Mouth
At one Gateway meeting several years ago someone suggested sending letters about our club to the various special needs schools in our area, letting them know that we existed and asking if they would mind passing the word onto their pupils and parents. One of our leaders at the time, a special needs teacher herself,Continue reading “The Power of Word of Mouth”
Gateway: Ten Pin Bowling Trip
8 sleepy leaders and 15 hyperactive children made for a great ten pin bowling trip this week. With many of the members practicing the week before on the club’s new wii and the distraction of the game machines dotted around the bowling lanes we knew that we would have our hands full. We weren’t wrong.Continue reading “Gateway: Ten Pin Bowling Trip”
