"All aboard" European Year of Youth Event"- National Youth Event

To celebrate the European Year of Youth in style and due to popular demand, we are hosting a second “All Aboard” National Youth event on 30th September on a chartered train ! yes, a moving train ? September's route will depart from Hueston Station in Dublin, stopping at Portarlington, Monasterevin, Tullamore, Athlone & Ballinasloe.

• If you are a school or organization working with 16-20 year olds get in touch with Janice Mc Garry at e-jmcgarry@leargas.ie to reserve your seats for this unique event

Why a train ?

The rationale behind having the event on a train is to ensure the inclusion of young people across a number of counties in Ireland rather than only the big cities while also promoting the many opportunities available to young people including the new DiscoverEU programme (free inter railing for 18’s) .

There will be activities happening on board promoting the many European Opportunities available to young people and when we arrive at Ballinasloe the young people will have an opportunity to visit the Ballinasloe Europe Direct Center where they will learn more about Europe. The Leargas trainers will also be facilitating a number of informal workshops addressing the following themes:

- solidarity

- opportunity

- inclusion

- sustainability (all connected to the Erasmus+ programme)

Finally, the young people will also receive lunch packs & travel back packs filled with travel related goodies including passport holder, pens & other goodies :)

We look forward to hosting you on the day !

Janice Mc Garry & The Leargas Team