Ambitious for North Carrick?
By Stuart Lindsay NCCBC Development Manager
Younger people often tend to be more optimistic, enthusiastic, and ambitious for the places where they live. But here in North Carrick, they are massively under-represented in the organisations that are working to improve the area. We aim to change that.
The money that has been spent on project development work in the Foundations for Recovery programme leaves us with lots of projects that are ready to go to the next stage. If we can get those projects done, then all the communities in North Carrick will be much better places to live, work or visit.
The plan now is to set up a new North Carrick Development Trust to take the lead on driving projects forward. But this won’t be just another committee of older people. We aim to ensure that younger demographics are always equally represented. And we will organise it so that young people, including parents with young children, can take the lead. Simple things can make all the difference. Things like having the Trust’s meetings on a weekend afternoon and having a play group so that children can be looked after whilst the parents take part in the meetings. And who says that the Trustees can’t have fun too? Of course, they have to do the formal work, but we will make sure that there is time for socialising and learning too.
So, if you’re 18-35 and you want to make this place better, why not contact us to see how you can get involved? Contacting Stuart or Claire now will cost nothing and, who knows, it might be your first step to being part of something big.
(stuart@nccbc.org.uk; claire@nccbc.org.uk)