Setting Up and Operating a Youth Committee
Orla O’Shea
Youth Development
Tralee Credit Union Ltd.

Why set up a Youth
Committee
• Dedicated Team to meet the needs of youth in the common bond.
• Youth are the future.
Abraham Lincoln: “Youth are the people who are going to carry on what we have started.”
• Create, Develop and Promote an appreciation and understanding of TCU.

Tralee Credit Union’s
Youth Committee - Setup
• March 2008:
Board of Directors appointed a full time
Youth Development Worker.
• June 2008:
Youth Officer was appointed from the Board of Directors.
• November 2008:
Volunteer Drive and three new members where chosen by the nominating committee.

How it operates
• Five Members on the Youth Committee
-Boards Youth Officer
-Youth Development Worker
-Three Volunteers
• Youth meetings are held once a month

How it operates?
• Youth Policy
• Youth Budget
• Youth meetings are held once a month –
Youth Development Worker reports to the youth committee on youth events
• Youth Report included in the Board pack each month.

What have our youth
Committee achieved?
• Youth Mascot:
Ellie is the youth mascot of Tralee Credit
Union Ltd.
• She is used as an educational tool to show children that saving can be an adventure and fun and…
• Through Ellie children have become financially aware

Hello
Everyone

Primary School Saving
Initiative
• €1 Ellie saving stamp scheme
• 27 Schools participating each week

Secondary School Credit Union

For every new Ellie
Account Opened
• Ellie Wallet
• Ellie Certificate
• Ellie gift – backpack or Piggy

Youth Newsletter
• Summer and Winter Newsletter
• Issued to over 3,000 youth members
• Includes youth news and competitions
• Since the youth committee formed – growth in new accounts opened and children saving.

Other Youth Services
 Youth Events
 Website – www.traleecu.ie
 Student Loans
 Newborn Accounts
 Ellie Gift Cards

Questions
Or
Suggestions!

Thank You!