Restricted Beauty by Aidan Kelly Spray paint and self-made stencils. Restricted Beauty expresses ‘feeling trapped in addiction: how people in addiction are judged and the beauty goes unnoticed. Give everyone a chance because everyone is capable of blossoming – everybody is a work of art.’

Shattered Lives by the young people of Crinan Youth Project Mixed media sculpture Similar to a ‘tree of hope’, through this piece the young people of Crinan have expressed the many struggles and difficulties they have faced through addiction, the steps they have made to recovery, with the hope of overcoming the negative and blossoming […]

The ‘Black Box Sketch’ video was made by program participants! Take a look! The 2017 Media award was won for the black box sketch, which some of the young people of Crinan with the help of students and staff made as a tribute piece for our 20 year anniversary in December 2016.  The aim of the sketch […]

On Wednesday, 22nd of April, staff from Crinan attended the Alcohol Forum National Conference in Croke Park. The theme for the day was ‘Best Available Evidence’. Delegates heard presentations from international and Irish experts on alcohol policy, such as Dr. Thomas Babor whose presentation was entitled “Looking Upstream: Evidenced based solutions for Alcohol – related […]