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Through hands\u2011on songwriting, group collaboration, and discussions on social issues, students will develop their creative voice and craft original songs that reflect their experiences and perspectives.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/lukeclerkin\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Luke Clerkin<\/strong><\/a> is a Dublin-based songwriter, workshop facilitator, and mental wellbeing speaker. Through his <strong>Louder Voices<\/strong> framework, he combines creativity, care, and community to support young people\u2019s personal and artistic development.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Part of @CultureHouse Sessions in The Carnegie.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For more information please contact <a href=\"mailto:CreativeFingal@fingal.ie\">CreativeFingal@fingal.ie<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":40345,"template":"","class_list":["post-40344","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Louder Voices \u2013 Creative Wellbeing &amp; Songwriting Programme - Creative Ireland Programme<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Louder Voices is a six\u2011week creative wellbeing and songwriting programme for Transition Year students from Fingal Community College.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/louder-voices-creative-wellbeing-songwriting-programme\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Louder Voices \u2013 Creative Wellbeing &amp; Songwriting Programme - Creative Ireland Programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Louder Voices is a six\u2011week creative wellbeing and songwriting programme for Transition Year students from Fingal Community College. 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