How do the Projects run? |
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Youth Initiatives consists of 7 main youth programmes or projects, each of them with their own clear purpose and focused in a specific field of action. The next chart represents this. Each project run's in its own environment but all of them are linked through Youth Initiatives. You can click on the program's icons to know more about them and to see some of the features concerning each of them.
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| The following is a summary of our projects with numbers of staff and volunteers. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Creative CrossLinks |
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A partnership project with Oasis Caring-in-action in East Belfast, since 1998. This arts-based Community Relations project looks at the many challenges our young people face through community relations workshops, the creative arts and residential weekend workshops. 60 young people from West & East Belfast each term. (5 volunteer leaders help 2 staff) Note: YI young people usually attend CrossLinks plus one local-based programme in their agegroup
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N.U.T.S.[Never Underestimate Teenagers] (11- 14 yo) |
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90 young people attend high-energy activities and learn life skills, through fun games nights, day trips, two residentials a year, an anti-bullying course, diversity awareness discussions at local housing estates – Poleglass & Lagmore, in West Belfast. (11 young volunteer leaders help 2 part time staff) .
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LifeLine (15-18) |
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40 young people attend each week in Poleglass, for: *employability skills training *drama & presentations skills, *personal and social development. They receive 2 Training Residentials a year, and many attend Summer Scheme Leadership Training (to lead 11-14s over two weeks) Many are graduates of the 11-14 APL Programme. (9 volunteer leaders + 3 staff).
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Target Project - Boys (14-18) |
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A team of young male leaders, with help from staff, plan events for the guys – according to their interests and needs. (5 volunteer leaders + 2 staff + an international volunteer).
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Single Gender events for Girls (14-18) |
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A team of young female leaders, with help from staff, plan events for the girls – according to their interests and needs. (5 volunteer leaders + 2 staff + an international volunteer).
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Volunteering Programme |
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90% of YI volunteers (aged 16 –24) have been first participants at Youth Initiatives programmes. YI programmes being run by young leaders, from Catholic & Protestant traditions across Belfast, is a key to our ability to sustain the results of this community relations youth work in the lives of beneficiaries over the long-term. Also the GAP Programme with young students comming from different countries all around the World.
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