Eighty young people from the Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon area who took part in and completed the Portadown Gets Active Youth programme over the summer months were presented with an Open College Network (OCN) accredited award last week in Portadown. 

In addition to creating a safe place for young people to continue learning and participate in physical activities during school holidays, the programme also fostered their relationship building skills and helped develop resilience to improve emotional wellbeing.

Alan Armstrong, CEO, Almac Group commented “We were delighted to support this innovative programme and it is a privilege to be here this evening presenting OCN certificates to these inspirational young people.  Congratulations to everyone involved in this outstanding project which has had a very positive impact within our local community.” 

Click here to download the press release from the Portadown Gets Active Awards

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For further information and to watch the Portadown Gets Active short video see http://www.ci-ni.org.uk/portadown-gets-active 

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