Also, in attendance to hear views from participants were leading education policy leaders; Andrew Bell, head of Youth Policy, Department of Education and Paul Brush, Head of Youth and Early Years Directorate, Department of Education.
Eoghan Quigg is an ambassador for the #YouthEmpowered programme, an initiative that provides free life and business skills through training courses to young people across the island of Ireland. Celebrating its third year, the programme delivers both skill-based live workshops with local employers or the option of interactive eLearning courses, available for free at; www.youthempowered.ie. The programme is designed to support and empower 16 – 25-year olds who are not in education or employment across Ireland and Northern Ireland, with the ambition of engaging 1,000 young people throughout 2019.