FRG Updates

by Patrick Fay on Dec 21st, 2013 - 2204 Views

This picture was created during activities within our JUNIOR YOUTH services on Basin Street in Dublin 8. Please click on the picture above to view it in a larger size, and you can read plenty of our Kids’ stories, and view lots of their pictures here.  Read More »

by Eoghan Brunkard on Dec 14th, 2013 - 2429 Views

Our Pre–School kids made the rather convenient trip (say nothing) to Jervis Street this year to see Santa Claus, and to demand that he cough up the goods this December 25th! It will be one of two appearances that Saint Nic will make to our playschool kids. The second will be next week on the Wee Tots... 

by Fountain Resource Group on Dec 14th, 2013 - 2051 Views

The ‘Tree of Remembrance’ will be lit up on December the 16th at 4.30pm in honour of the late Marion Mulligan RIP and Becky Mullins RIP, both former members of the board of Management of the Fountain Resource Group, who were instrumental in securing funding for our Fountain Youth Project... 

by Fountain Resource Group on Dec 10th, 2013 - 2627 Views

Over the last two weeks many of the young people in our Fountain Youth Project have enjoyed a session of Football Zorbing! This crazy game has been popular amongst our youths, and has benefited them in many ways, including fitness, decision making, teamwork and more. Here are some photos that we took... 

by Fountain Resource Group on Dec 10th, 2013 - 2653 Views

The Fountain Youth Project held it’s first disco at the weekend, with three of the youth club members djing on the night! Jason Fitzpatrick, Gerard Fox and Craig Hanlon took part in our recent Djing And Music Production tuition, held at our Fountain Youth Project premises on Basin Street in Dublin... 

by Damien Hughes on Dec 10th, 2013 - 1691 Views

Along with creating a relevant Newswire for the local Dublin 8 area, we want this website to become a repository of local information, so we are really glad to let you know that we have re-published three more issues of our Fountain News Digital newsletter over the past few days. Timeline of FRG Local... 

by Fountain Resource Group on Dec 5th, 2013 - 2152 Views

Some of the young people who are members of our Fountain Youth Project/Junior Youth Project, on Basin Street in Dublin 8, have created some very special decorative baubles to add to their Christmas Tree. The ‘Tree of Remembrance’ will be lit up on December the 16th in honour of the late... 

by Damien Hughes on Dec 4th, 2013 - 1877 Views

You may remember that we posted news about our brand new Youth Club on Bridgefoot Street, called Busy Bees, announcing that we were looking for Youth Workers to staff the new community service for Dublin 8 residents. We currently still have a limited number of places left for locals who wish to get... 

by Damien Hughes on Dec 1st, 2013 - 9100 Views

We broke all records again during November, with huge month-on-month increases. Visitor numbers were up by 37.3% and the average pages viewed (per visitor) was up by 19.7%, which, coupled together, led to a 64.1% increase in the total number of pages viewed. The average time spent on the site, by each... 

by Damien Hughes on Nov 30th, 2013 - 5316 Views

The South West Inner City Network (SWICN) hosted its annual community and youth awards last week at St Catherine’s Church on Thomas Street. We here at the Fountain Resource Group (FRG) were honoured with a handful of our staff and volunteers receiving awards on the night. FRG’s Eoghan Brunkard... 

by Eoghan Brunkard on Nov 28th, 2013 - 2474 Views

Last Thursday night, the South West Inner City Network (SWICN) hosted its annual community and youth awards. The event was held in the beautifully redecorated St Catherine’s Church on Thomas Street. The award ceremony was conceived with Kevin Street Garda Siochana and funded by the Iris O’Brien... 

by FRG.ie Admin on Nov 22nd, 2013 - 2637 Views

With the assistance of The MY Project (Music for Youth), the Fountain Youth Project is collaborating with the Swan Youth Project in a programme to train our music mad young people in the proper use of DJ equipment. Under the supervision of Evan Kenny from The MY Project, young people from 15-21yrs are... 

by Damien Hughes on Nov 19th, 2013 - 4332 Views

On Friday coming, the 22nd of November 2013, we will be taking part in a gathering of local community groups from the area, which is aimed at creating better methods of drug addiction prevention, through dialogue between the groups, and through the sharing of ideas. The annual event is run by the South... 

by Fountain Resource Group on Nov 19th, 2013 - 3972 Views

This year’s FRG Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony will be held in memory of the late Marion Mulligan RIP, and Becky Mullins RIP. The event takes place as usual at our Basin Street home of the Wee Tots Creche, Junior Youth Service and Fountain Youth Project, on Monday 16th of December. We have decided... 

by Fountain Resource Group on Nov 6th, 2013 - 2442 Views

A group of our Youths headed down to The Cavan Centre last week, and had a wonderful time! They had plenty of fun-filled activities during their trip to the countryside, as you can see from the pics added below. We have also added photos of their day Quad Biking in nearby Monaghan too. About The Cavan... 

by Fountain Resource Group on Nov 6th, 2013 - 2788 Views

Here are some pics, taken during our trip to The Cavan Centre last week. Members of our youth project got to try out Quad Biking at Irish Country Quads (Facebook/Twitter) in nearby County Monaghan. The facility is situated close to Inniskeen, and not only features a Quad Biking Adventure Centre, but... 

by FRG.ie Admin on Nov 4th, 2013 - 7798 Views

Here are some of pics from last Thursday’s Halloween party, which was held at the Fountain Youth Project on Basin Street, Dublin 8. They include scenes of face painting, our smokey haunted house and one of the youth workers dressed as Tigger. We began the afternoon with a face painting session... 

by Damien Hughes on Nov 1st, 2013 - 10505 Views

IMAGE: Map showing the high concentration of Dublin visitors to FRG.ie in October 2013 (via Google Analytics) This website has really taken off throughout 2013, culminating in our visitor numbers more than doubling in October. There were well over 3,000 visitors to FRG.ie during the month, up from last... 

by Fountain Resource Group on Oct 30th, 2013 - 3791 Views

We are currently recruiting Youth Worker’s for our new youth club on Bridgefoot Street. Busy Bees is located just around the corner from Thomas Street, and it caters for children from 4 to 14 years of age. Applicants can ring the FRG main office on 01 454 6753 for more information about the posts,... 

by Fountain Resource Group on Oct 30th, 2013 - 3276 Views

The kids at our after school Junior Youth Project, on Basin Street in Dublin 8, have digitally drawn us some pictures to pass on their festive greetings! The images turned out really vibrant and colourful, the kids should be extremely proud of their creations. These halloween pictures were created as...