Ms Sophie Corry:

This is Co-operation Ireland's flagship initiative. Ms Lucey played quite a massive part in founding it. It is a three-level programme. Initially, we have our bronze level, which brings together schools from both the North and the South in a cross-Border initiative. They then work together. For example, we might have a school in Derry-Londonderry paired with a school in Galway. They would work together over a year in team-building residentials, leadership residentials, social action projects and employability workshops. That would involve roughly 160 students. Once they complete that, the schools can apply for the silver level. This involves our all-island youth forum. These guys applied last year and were interviewed by myself, Ms Lucey or other members of the future leaders team. They go through an interview process and are selected based on that process and their applications. It is quite similar with the gold level. The participants apply again. It is sort of like a funnel. At each level, it gets a little bit smaller but the participants get to take up great opportunities like this in the areas of social action, lobbying and the world of work. That is why they are going to London. We have a partnership with Morgan Stanley. They are going to London in two weeks to see that world of employability and to build those skills. We are currently funded by programme ambassadors. Different organisations and businesses come together to work with us in different capacities. For example, Morgan Stanley will host us for our world of work residential. That is how it contributes. We are very lucky to have a diverse range of ambassadors helping us. As with other charities and initiatives, we are always looking for new opportunities for funding. It is a very worthwhile initiative and we all enjoy being a part of it.