Murphy Unveils Winning Christmas Card Artwork

Regional Development Minister, Conor Murphy today visited Foyle View School to unveil the winning artwork for a Christmas card competition.

The Christmas card competition was launched earlier this year under the Community Engagement theme of the Department for Regional Development’s (DRD) Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Policy. The winner of the competition from Foyle View School was Lauren McDonagh, whose artwork was used for the Minister’s Christmas Card.

The Minister said: “As part of my commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility, I launched a Christmas card competition with two special needs schools to design the artwork for this year’s DRD cards.

“I welcome the opportunity to meet today with the children at Foyle View School who participated in the competition, to hear how enjoyable the experience was for them. I have been impressed by the standard of artwork and I really had a difficult job to pick the winner.

“I have enjoyed the opportunity to visit the school to meet with the children, their families and staff and to see first hand the excellent work that takes place at Foyle View.”

Notes to editors:

1. The DRD Corporate Social Responsibility policy document can found at www.drdni.gov.uk or by calling Strategic Planning Branch on 028 9054 0930.
2. The two schools that participated in the competition were Rathore School, Newry and Foyle View School, Derry.
3. Each school held an internal competition and submitted their top entries to the Department. The Minster selected a winner from each school and choose one as his Ministerial Christmas card (Foyle View School) and the other winning entry for the Departmental card (Rathore School).
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