26-Jan-12: Have you got some time to spare each week? Have you ever wanted to positively influence the lives of young people in your community and develop your leadership and facilitation skills at the same time?

If the answer is "YES!" then look no further:

Balbriggan Youth Service is looking for able and talented adult volunteer leaders to run exciting new youth groups in Balbriggan in 2012. The Balbriggan Youth Service runs groups and clubs for young people aged 10 to 18 and it is managed by national youth organisation Foróige. The organisation's purpose is to enable young people to involve themselves actively and consciously in their own development and in the development of society.

Volunteers play a huge role in Balbriggan Youth Service and are crucial to the development of young people and the local community.

Current volunteer leader Neil Lacey says "I'm a volunteer youth worker with Foróige. I work a full time job but look forward to my few hours working with the young people of Balbriggan every week. They never cease to amaze me in a positive way and I feel I have something to offer them in return by way of my life experience and by being a role model. Working side by side with the project workers in the youth service gives me invaluable experience going forward as I seek to work professionally in this field ".