Youth Projects
Kick Back CafÉ Shannon
Opening Times: Fridays 5 - 10pm, Sat 4-9pm
Venue: Respond Community Building, Rineanna View, Shannon.
Tel: Cathal Dillon or Pat Kerr - 061 364318 or 087 137 4482
Online Brochure: Kick Back Café Brochure 2008
The KBC is now open every Friday from 5-10pm and Saturday from 4-9pm in The Respond Community Building, Rineanna View, Shannon. A very reasonably priced menu offers a range of sandwiches and panini options as well as a wide variety of coffees and beverages and a tuck shop.
Become a Volunteer?
If you want to volunteer please contact Cathal or Pat at Shannon Youth Office 061 364318 and they will be glad to meet with you and provide you with any info you need.
Café shifts are two hours duration and a rota is made out weekly.
Membership
Membership to the KBC is free, anyone aged 16-21 can attend the café no strings attached.
Just call to the door any Friday or Saturday during opening hours and you will be welcomed in.
If you wish you can fill out the optional membership form so that you can be added to the mailing contact list for information on upcoming events and promotions. They are available at the KBC counter every weekend.
Latest News:
A new cafe committee has recently been set up with a total of 10 young people making up the committee. The committee meet every Wednesday night at 7:30pm in the KBC to plan events and discuss issues which affect the running of the KBC on a weekly basis.
The committee are currently planning a volunteer recruitment drive and an advertising drive with the new KBC brochures as the tool for this. Also in the pipeline is training for volunteers and a residential training an team building weekend in Ballyloughran in Kerry in July. Keep tuned in for more details on these events and other activities being run at the KBC.
Story So Far:
The Kick-Back Café is a Youth Café for 16-21 year olds set up and designed by a similar age group. The café took a year to develop and plan and was officially launched by Mayor of Shannon Cllr Tony Mc Mahon on 20th January 2007.
Aim of the Café
The aim of providing such an outlet in Shannon is to offer young people a fun and entertaining place to go at the weekends that is alcohol, drug and stress free. It is hoped that young people aged 16-21 will avail of this safe and comfortable space and consider it as a place that they can call their own in Shannon.
Layout of the Café
The café area includes Jukebox, bookshelf, & seating area with leather furniture and 5 tables set out in the eating area. Upstairs has a pool, table-tennis and air hockey table as well as a Playstation area with comfortable bean bags for hanging out. The second floor also has a youth information display board which is updated regurlarly by the Youth Information Officer with CYS.
Funding
Supported by the Irish Youth Foundation, The Regional Drugs Task Force and Clare V.E.C.
