Health Promotion Programme wins AONTAS STAR award
Our long-running and life-changing Health Promotion Programme has won an AONTAS STAR award in the Health and Wellbeing category
Athletes Ayoub Deboub and Fiona Brady joined Health and Wellbeing Coordinator Hayley Kavanagh in accepting the award at the ceremony in Croke Park on Friday 10 March.
The Health Promotion Programme was launched in 2008 and has put athlete engagement and involvement in their own health learning and literacy at the forefront. Over 100 athletes participate on a yearly basis, and results have shown positive impacts in health knowledge and healthy behaviours which have been life-changing for so many participants.
This project was one of ten adult learning initiatives recognised at the event. Established in 2006, AONTAS’ STAR Awards acknowledge adult learning groups and projects making positive impacts on people’s lives and in communities across the island of Ireland.
This year, 26 projects were nominated across five categories: Health and Wellbeing; Third-level Access and Engagement; Social Inclusion; Global Citizenship Education; and Learner Voice. The event was hosted by Irish international footballers Stephanie Roche and Áine O’Gorman, and kicked off with music from the Forever Young Chorus from Finglas.
