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Orlaith Clinton

South Belfast project brings young people together for special football tournament

A project which brought young people from different backgrounds together has concluded with a World Cup Final style night.

Organised by LORAG, in South Belfast, the youth building programme has been running for six weeks and focussed on togetherness through sports.

The competition final took place on Friday night at Shaftesbury Recreational Centre and was attended by over 100 young people.

Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey was at the celebration and met with the young people involved.

Minister Hargey said: "This competition has been going on for the last few weeks and we have seen over 100 young people here from right across this city representing all backgrounds.

"It's a great project LORAG are working on and it has been running since 2015. It's only going from strength to strength.

"And it is not only getting young people into football, it's also tying them into youth programmes, building good relations, looking at diversity and inclusion in our city.

"That is something we want to build more of in the time ahead."

The tournament is organised by LORAGs Creating Community Cohesive project funded through the Executive Office Central Good Relations

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