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The Fingal Centre’s Back Up Family Support Programme recently ran a very successful photography course. This five week Workshop was designed and developed in collaboration with photographer Gianpaolo La Paglia. Participants were delighted with the course.

What some of the participants said:

• “This workshop was fun!”
• “We learned how to take the perfect picture.”
• “You will learn how to improve your photos on this workshop.”
• “I learned that it’s quality over quantity.”
• “This workshop was interesting, we learned a lot about the rules of photos – I enjoyed the workshop.”
• “Now I am one of the best photographers in Ireland!”
• “The workshop was about more than just taking a photo it was how to take an interesting photo
  I learned that there is so much more to taking a photo than just the usual way and that you can tell a story with your photos.”
• “I thought it was great and a lot of thought and effort went into the workshop.”

Find out more about the Back Up Family Support Programme, and keep an eye on The Fingal Centre’s website and Facebook page for information about similar upcoming courses.

The Home School Co-ordinators  of Finglas have written to Minister Pat Carey to express their concern at the loss of the Opt-In Youth Programme and the impending loss of the Back Up Family Support programme. Both of these programmes were facilitated by the Fingal Centre, which is committed to empowering the community of Finglas in combating poverty and social exclusion.

View the full text of the letter. (PDF format)

More information on the Back Up Family Support Programme and on other programmes run by the Fingal Centre can be found on the Programmes page.