Ness Youth Group on Rapal

The North Lewis Gaelic Initiative has formed a new youth group in Ness, which hopes to work on various upcoming new projects through the medium of Gaelic.

The group consists of Lionel School pupils from Primary 7, S1 and S2. The group was formed to create and provide Gaelic activities outwith the school.

Over the last four months, the group has been meeting regularly after school, producing a radio programme, alongside the BBC.

Topics which are of interest to the Ness community were chosen for the programme and various related pieces of music were also selected by the group.

Among the topics, there are pieces on the new Spòrsnis facility and the initiatives to stop global warming in Ness.

The group researched the various topics and also conducted the interviews for the programme. They attended the BBC Studios on two occasions, to put the programme together and to record it.

The group received assistance from a number of sources but in particular from Andrew Robinson, a producer with the BBC.

Maggie Mackay, chair of the North West Lewis Gaelic Initiative said,

“This is an example of the sort of project that the Initiative will be working on, providing young people with the opportunity to use their Gaelic and at the same time developing skills in new media. This kind of project will give the young people confidence in speaking Gaelic and it gives them the opportunity to learn new skills from professionals, like Andrew.”

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