Young people receive legacy bursary

By The Newsroom
Published 6th Feb 2020, 16:06 BST
Mrs Joan Christie CVO OBE, Paul Dinsmore (Antrim Youth Information and Counselling Centre) with Emma Gault Young Volunteer (Clare Hares Disability Rugby Team) Sarah Gilmore and Ballyclare Rugby Club President Clifford Gilmore receiving their bursary awards.Mrs Joan Christie CVO OBE, Paul Dinsmore (Antrim Youth Information and Counselling Centre) with Emma Gault Young Volunteer (Clare Hares Disability Rugby Team) Sarah Gilmore and Ballyclare Rugby Club President Clifford Gilmore receiving their bursary awards.
Mrs Joan Christie CVO OBE, Paul Dinsmore (Antrim Youth Information and Counselling Centre) with Emma Gault Young Volunteer (Clare Hares Disability Rugby Team) Sarah Gilmore and Ballyclare Rugby Club President Clifford Gilmore receiving their bursary awards.
Theatre at The Mill hosted the inaugural Mrs Joan Christie CVO OBE, Legacy Bursary Scheme awards evening on Thursday, January 30.

Young musicians, volunteers and schools from across the borough were the first to receive this special bursary.

The Legacy Bursary Scheme was launched last year in honour of Mrs Joan Christie who stepped down from her role as Her Majesty’s Lord Lieutenant for the County of Antrim in June 2019 after 11 years of service.

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The scheme is for the support of young people, helping them to believe, achieve and succeed.

Young Musician Bursary winners Niall Black and Oliver Gunning with Mrs Joan Christie and Peter Corry.Young Musician Bursary winners Niall Black and Oliver Gunning with Mrs Joan Christie and Peter Corry.
Young Musician Bursary winners Niall Black and Oliver Gunning with Mrs Joan Christie and Peter Corry.

A total of eight bursaries for £1,000 each were available across three categories, two for young musicians, two for young volunteers and their club/organisation and two for a horticultural project for schools promoting the education of children with learning and /or physical disabilities.

The evening was opened by the Theatre at the Mill’s Home Spun Youth Theatre group who performed a number of musical hits from the Wizard of Oz which opens on Tuesday, June 30.

Local volunteers Jodie Gourley from Monkstown Boxing Club and Emma Gault from Clare Hares Disability Rugby Team, Ballyclare, were both awarded in the young volunteer category, each receiving a bursary of £1,000.