I am delighted to welcome you to the YOUTHREACH Website.

Computers are central to the way we live, at work and at play. Each YOUTHREACH Centre has been equipped to give young people the opportunity to learn new skills and abilities in these exciting new technologies. Already this policy is bearing fruit, and the young people themselves have been involved in developing many of the Centre web sites to which this national site is linked.

We have no doubt that this site is only a first faltering step into the information age for the young people on the programme and that they will continue to surprise and impress us with their newly discovered skills in the months to come.

Dr Dermot Stokes

National Co-ordinator, YOUTHREACH

Department of Education and Science.