shOUT! has put together a very small survey (10 questions people!!!). We really want to know what you think about the group, the activities, as well as what we can work on to make shOUT! the best it can be.
Please go to this page to fill out the survey (will redirect you to SurveyMonkey.com) . The survey is completely anonymous.
The survey will be available until the 19th of July.
We appreciate your help!
This year’s Galway Film Fleadh is taking place 6-11th July. The Fleadh runs an ‘Out on Film’ LGBT strand, and there is a great line up this year. We are asking you, the lovely people of shOUT! to make a vote on the film you would like to watch most.
A suggestion has been made to view a “Documentary Double Bill”, which takes place in the Cinemobile (which I’ve never been to!) on Saturday evening: the two showings will include Edi & Thea: A Very Long Engagement, a lovely story of a lesbian couple who, after 42 years of being together, decide to get married. After that, the second showing that evening will be: Stand Up: My Best Friend, which is a series of interviews with young Irish LGBT people and their straight best friends/family.
You can view the full line up and more details about each documentary on the Out On Film part of the Fleadh’s website.
Please text or email your votes in by Monday!
Hey All! I just want to make you are aware that we are changing our shOUT! time to 1/2 hour earlier: meeting at 3:30 on Saturdays to better accommodate members in the group who take buses and other public transport to get into Galway city. If this new time change is a problem, please let me know – we want everyone to be able to join in the shOUT! fun! :)
Hey shOUT! peeps! After a very busy day of Samba in Dublin pride last week, we will tone it down a bit and do a Yoga workshop. We will meet at 3:30 sharp at YWIG and walk over to the Spirit Centre, which is a volunteer-run, not-for-profit, community organisation in the heart of Galway city. You can check out their website on: http://www.spiritcentre.info/
Hope to see you there!
Hey Everyone, there are a few opportunities to help with two different documentaries currently in progress:
1. We need people to be interviewed for our anti-homophobic bullying documentary!!!!!!!!!!! We are looking for individuals who have been affected by bullying. If you don’t want your face to be shown – that’s OK, we have ways of working around it. Please ask your friends and/or family if you think they may be interested. We need as many people as we can get, it’s a great opportunity to raise awareness about homophobic bullying, to get our point across, and to promote the importance of our group! The idea is that we can later show this 10 minute documentary in schools/community groups/and youth clubs. It’s you’re documentary, so please help us! You can contact me on : 087 773 8529 for more info.
2. AMACH! (Galway’s LGBT community Group) have been granted the ID Film Project, and would like to get someone from shOUT! on board to be on the Sub-Committee for the documentary that they will be working on over the summer. If working behind the scenes and coming up with ideas for that project is more of your thing, please contact AMACH! at: PR@amachlgbt.com There will be a meeting about this on Friday, 25th June at 7pm in the VEC Office on Docks Street.
It’s here at last….. Dublin Pride!!!! Our Samba Group have been practicing hard these last couple months to gear up for the one and only Dublin Pride. We will be marching in the Parade, along with many others on Saturday. If you’re not joining us, we hope you’ll be there with us in Spirit! Remember: There is no group on Saturday, as we will be Samba-ing our little hearts out!
Hey everyone. We are having a workshop with Jigsaw, which is a project based here in Galway, which focuses on positive mental health. We will be meeting at the Youth Work Ireland Office at 4pm sharp on Saturday, hope you can make it!
Hey gang, we won’t have the group this Saturday, as it’s the bank holiday weekend. Enjoy the long weekend!!!
Can you believe it? shOUT! turns 3 years old this month! The group has accomplished so much, since it began those three years ago by volunteers and Youth Work Ireland Galway staff. The group have participated in pride parades, marriage equality rallies, and IDAHO to name a few. The group have done many activities ranging from the infamous pet rocks, pot luck dinner, horse back riding, petersberg, and much much more. Many have come and gone within the shOUT! group, but the most important thing, is that this service has been available for any LGBT or questioning young person. The group continues to stand strong – may it last for many many years to come, as an advocate and support to LGBT young people in Galway and surrounding counties!
To mark our lovely 3rd Birthday, of course we’re going to have a birthday party, with loads of games, and yummy cake and ice cream too. We hope you can make it – what a great accomplishment and day to celebrate!!!!
Saturday we’re going to make kites!!!! Some of you haven’t done this in years (or at all), but it should be fun, we’ll get to put them together and decorate them…and hopefully fly them in the Galway wind. See you there!
