Alyn Jones

Name: Alyn Jones

Responsibilities: Co-founder, personnel, finance, Kilbroney Centre manager, Camp Alliance, Holy Weekend, Connect Kilkeel, Livewire

Age: 36

Family status: Single confirmed batchelor


Contact details:

Address: AYW Mourne
Life Adventure Centre
Cornmill Quay
Annalong
BT34 4QG

Tel: 028 437 67244
Telephone: 028 417 38401

Email: alynjones@allianceyouthworks.org.uk

What was your first pet, and what was it's name? A goldfish called Moby

When you were younger, you wanted to be a... ? Dinosaur hunter

What about your favourite colour? Green

What's your favourite movie and why? Dead Poets Society - have you seen it? Why wouldn't you love it?

What do you like to do of an evening? Quiet night in - putting the world to rights.

So what is your ideal holiday? A walking adventure in the wilderness.

There are frogs legs on a menu, would you eat them? Absolutely, they taste like chicken, don't they?

Finish the sentence: I love...? Lamp

What annoys you most? Untidiness (I'm a really tidy person).

Alice McAlary

Name: Alice McAlary

Responsibilities: Co-founder, More Than, Connect St. Patricks, Surgery, Grow, International Links

Age: 56

Family status: Married


Contact details:

Address: AYW Head Office
Unit 10, West Bann Development
8 Killowen Court
Coleraine
BT51 3TP
Telephone: 028 703 20814

Email: alicemcalary@allianceyouthworks.org.uk

What was your first pet, and what was it's name? Bobby Bunny and Robert Rabbit

When you were younger, you wanted to be a... ? Vet

What about your favourite colour? Purple

What's your favourite movie and why? André The Seal - cause the wee seal is the girls best friend. So caring and lovely, and because I love animals.

What do you like to do of an evening? Hang out with people I care about and chill out. I love watching horror movies in Donegal.

So what is your ideal holiday? I'd either go to Alaska to see the polar bears, go to New Zealand, or go on safari.

There are frogs legs on a menu, would you eat them? I already have - they taste like sardines.

Finish the sentence: I love...? A puppy dog slabbering all over me - something wild.

What annoys you most? People who leave stuff sticking out of the letter box.

John Phillips

Name: John Phillips

Responsibilities: Connect Knocknamuckley, Grow

Age: 24

Family status: Single



Contact details:

Address: 78 Bleary Road
Portadown
BT63 5NF
Telephone: 028 383 43626

Email: johnphillips@allianceyouthworks.org.uk

What was your first pet, and what was it's name? A dog called Joey

When you were younger, you wanted to be a... ? F1 Driver

What about your favourite colour? Blue

What's your favourite movie and why? Gladiator - I love history.

What do you like to do of an evening? Sitting in watching T.V. with friends.

So what is your ideal holiday? Camping in a farawayoff land.

There are frogs legs on a menu, would you eat them? Absolutely, give them a bash.

Finish the sentence: I love...? Chocolate

What annoys you most? People not driving properly - not turning corners quick enough!

Liz Farnan

Name: Elizabeth Farnan (Liz for short)

Responsibilities: Eden, Environmental Education

Age: Does a lady tell her age? 36

Family status: Married



Contact details:

Address: AYW Mourne
Life Adventure Centre
Cornmill Quay
Annalong
BT34 4QG

Tel: 028 437 67244
Telephone: 028 417 38401

Email: lizfarnan@allianceyouthworks.org.uk

What was your first pet, and what was it's name? A golden labrador called Bran (named after Finn McCool's hound). She was a year older than me.

When you were younger, you wanted to be a... ? Concert pianist

What about your favourite colour? I don't have one favourite but I like autumnal colours - reds, oranges, golds

What's your favourite movie and why? I liked the Bourne Trilogy (that's 3 films!) - they are action packed and kept me on the edge of my cinema seat the whole way through

What do you like to do of an evening? Play my keyboard, or with my pet dog Fran, or watch TV in front of an open fire

So what is your ideal holiday? My favourite holiday was 4 weeks touring New Zealand in a camper van but closer to home I regularly holiday on Rathlin Island and in Donegal where I can see lots of wildlife and go for long walks

There are frogs legs on a menu, would you eat them? I lived in France for a year and have eaten them. I've also tried them in a French restaurant in Belfast.

Finish the sentence: I love...? Nature!

What annoys you most? People being negative

Robin Crockett

Name: Robin Crockett

Responsibilities: Eden, Environmental Opportunities

Age: 24

Family status: Single



Contact details:

Address: AYW Mourne
Life Adventure Centre
Cornmill Quay
Annalong
BT34 4QG

Tel: 028 437 67244
Telephone: 028 417 38401

Email: robincrockett@allianceyouthworks.org.uk

What was your first pet, and what was it's name? Spiro the CollieCocker - he was a Collie/Cocker Spaniel Cross and inspired me to call annoying people 'Spaniels'. He ran away with my teddy, Spot, and I found him in a hedge down the fields. I had to sew Spot back up. See Spot run, see Spot being ripped to pieces. Spiro lived to 21, or 147 in dog years - really should have taught him to play snooker.

When you were younger, you wanted to be a... ? An archaeologist. Coins, clay pipes, old bottles, rusty bits of metal and musket balls litter my childhood bedroom.

What about your favourite colour? I like black, red, green and especially orange.

What's your favourite movie and why? Ooo, tough one. I must confess to knowing all the words to Harry Potter 1 - me and my sister have competitions. And I do own Stardust. Have watched LoTR many times. I like war movies too, and good comedies, and scary movies - but not too scary that I keep looking over my shoulder in the car.

What do you like to do of an evening? Having or going out to friends, and making our own craic. I like making things or doing things outside like walking with the dog, or taking pictures.

So what is your ideal holiday? Whittling my own spoon in front of a campfire, having spent the day canoeing down a river in the middle of the wilderness with good friends and having spotted and photographed some amazingly rare wildlife. Alternatively I love caravaning/camping! Reading books by candlelight and no TV - it's great!

There are frogs legs on a menu, would you eat them? I've had them and they were nice. However the 'escargot' were like picking someone else's nose and eating it - bleugh!

Finish the sentence: I love...? Home - feeling at home.

What annoys you most? I'm very laid back, but if you want to annoy me just gossip in front of me, be narrow-minded in a conversation with me or talk loudly about something you clearly know nothing about.

Gary Gilmore

Name: Gary Gilmore

Responsibilities: Gap Worker

Age: 22

Family status: Single

Contact details:

Address: AYW Head Office
Unit 10, West Bann Development
8 Killowen Court
Coleraine
BT51 3TP
Telephone: 028 703 20814

Email: garygilmore@allianceyouthworks.org.uk

What was your first pet, and what was it's name? Two rabbits called Fluff and Vicky, not very creative but I was only wee!

When you were younger, you wanted to be a... ? Don't think I ever really knew but something to do with animals.

What about your favourite colour? Green

What's your favourite movie and why? Last King of Scotland is incredible and another film about Africa called Shooting Dogs, check it out! Oh and the Bucket List is great.

What do you like to do of an evening? Cooking for friends or eating out!

So what is your ideal holiday? Lots of exploring, somewhere with great weather and lots of new food to try! Would really love to see the Amazon!

There are frogs legs on a menu, would you eat them? No way! That's grotesque, poor wee frogs.

Finish the sentence: I love...? Strawberries dipped in white chocolate

What annoys you most? People who 'can't be bothered' recycling, stop making excuses!

Ian McCaugherty

Name: Ian McCaugherty

Responsibilities: Part-time Youthworker; Connect St. Pat's

Age: 21

Family status: Single



Contact details:

Address: AYW Head Office
Unit 10, West Bann Development
8 Killowen Court
Coleraine
BT51 3TP
Telephone: 028 703 20814

Email: ianmccaugherty@allianceyouthworks.org.uk

What was your first pet, and what was it's name? A golden lab called Honey

When you were younger, you wanted to be a... ? It changed weekly! From a Manchester United midfielder, to a physiotherapist, to a stand-up comedian!!

What about your favourite colour? Green

What's your favourite movie and why? I have a lot of favourite movies - I love ELF, always watch it at Christmas. Anything with Will Ferrel is priceless. Also really enjoy Taken and The Book of Eli.

What do you like to do of an evening? A nice night in, chatting and laughing; or a night out for dinner, chatting and laughing.

So what is your ideal holiday? Sun, sea and sleep.

There are frogs legs on a menu, would you eat them? It depends on the price!! If they were free, then absolutely! Nothing tastes better than free food.

Finish the sentence: I love...? Too much stuff to list.

What annoys you most? I am very impatient with bad drivers. But what annoys me most is my impatience with the bad drivers!