Five young people from the Galway/Roscommon area have been selected to take part in the National Youth Council of Ireland.
Charlie Ward from Loughrea has been selected for East Galway and Alanna O'Brien and Sonya Naumova from Galway City will represent the West.
While Chloe Earley from Ardcarn and Ciara Duffy from Boyle have been selected for the Galway/Roscommon area.
They will take part in The Local Champions programme - a national initiative that supports young people to adovocate for youth work.
Charlie Ward says well supported youth work changes lives -