Last Saturday was World Suicide Prevention Day, and to get involved in raising awareness and participating in the conversation among people of our own age about mental health, theKYW leaders took part in the selfie initiative with a simple message attached to all our posts: it’s ok to talk. I was thrilled to see how
What is it like to fall in love with a place? I spend 11 months of my year yearning to be in the place I hold dearest, Knockadoon. To the average person, the camp seems no more special than any other Gaeltacht or summer course, but to those of us who have been lucky enough
I didn’t really know which way I would have liked to take this blog post so I decided no better way than to start from the beginning of my Knockadoon experience which maybe some people who are yet to come to camp can relate to and those who have been to camp will understand completely.
I’ve been asked to write a blog post about my Knockadoon experience to date, a task which sounds a lot easier than it actually is. I spent quite a while trying to think of what slant I would take on the blog and decided that an outline of my journey so far would be
After what was probably the KYW’s most successful year to date in 2015, the expectations for 2016 could not be higher. The Knockadoon Youth Week is growing faster than the speed of light and year after year we seem to take it up a gear and make the Knockadoon experience that extra bit special. A
A lot of people ask me “what is it that you do on the camp?” or “why do give up so much of your time for the cause?” or “how much do you get paid?”. The only one I seem to be able to answer on the spot is the third question and the answer
Here is our second edition of ‘Reeling in the Leaders’ and it is from one of the KYWs favourite sons Niall Clarke aka Whoosh/Bruce. Enjoy!! I’ve been asked by one of my very good friends and current assistant senior leader Niall Cunningham to try and put into words what Knockadoon has done for me and
I’ve been asked by Niall “Niggs” Cunningham to write down a blog if you like of my past and current feelings/experiences with me facing delays of assignments, a Celtic game and just general laziness I’m finally getting round to having a crack and maybe even out-shadowing Nigg’s famous/infamous blog which he called the “kings
This year the KYW is running an extra week from 20th June-27th June, and this will see campers from a range of new areas getting the chance to come down to camp with us. Campers on Week 1 will be from Waterford, Newry, Cork, Newbridge, Tallaght and Dundalk. If you are from Cork City and
Dear all, I hope this blog post finds you well. Yes – you heard right, there is ONLY four months remaining until we are back down in our most favourite place in the world! It is almost time again for “Don’t Forget the Lyrics”, “Project KAD”, “Bubble Footballs” and all your favourite KYW activities. The
