Every community needs leaders and by acknowledging the leaders of tomorrow, today, our communities will become better, safer, and stronger. For the last four years, we have sponsored the Clare Garda Youth Awards recognising young people who by their presence make the communities a better place to live, or have shown great determination in their own lives should be recognised.
Encouraging young people to stay in education will pay dividends for both themselves and their communities for years to come. Our partnership with the Business in the Community programme working with fifth year students from Ennis Community College has seen many successes in recent years. And our dedicated business education and work experience programme for local transition-year students demonstrates our focus on skills and education.
Education has the potential to drive every community forward and by encouraging creative thinking and innovation in our younger generation, we can map out a future in which we can all prosper. Every year, we host over 700 students from across the country for the ITLG Young Innovators competition and the annual Limerick for Engineering showcase.