Youth News is a regular email service which provides sectoral news alongside programme and funding opportunities. It is circulated to a readership of 700+ including youth clubs, regional voluntary youth organisations, government departments, MLAs, Education Authority, policy makers, practitioners, sponsors and various grant giving trusts and foundations. We welcome items for inclusion - post@boysandgirlsclubs.net - or call 028 9066 3321.
Do Something Active
Our Do Something Active project which equips female leaders to become peer educators in health & well-being programmes has been running across Belfast youth organisations over the last few weeks.
Below are some participants from John Paul II Youth Club explaining why they enjoy being involved in our project.
John Paul II Youth Club participants explaining why they enjoy being involved in the Do Something Active project.
Contact us if your youth organisation is based in Belfast and interested in availing of a grant of £500 for the Do Something Active project to be ran in your youth organisation.
Boys & Girls Clubs will host our annual Boys 5-A-Sides Tournaments this Winter for Boys Under 12's and Boys Under 14's.
Places can now be booked for you and your youth organisation to play in Lisburn, Omagh or Newry with successful teams to advance into the NI Final in Manchester.
Education Authority Public Consultations on proposed Funding Scheme
We would like to remind our readers that The Education Authority (EA) is seeking the views of Youth Service stakeholders including children, young people and other interested parties on a proposed funding scheme for Regional and Local Voluntary Youth Organisations.
Consultations on these proposals will take place between the 6th November 2018 and 5th February 2019.
Following consultation and approval by the EA Board and presentation to DE, a summary report of responses to the consultation and the agreed new Funding Scheme for regional and local voluntary youth organisations will be made available to the public on the EA website www.eani.org.uk.
Many young people across our youth club membership have been getting involved in our good relations project 'Do Something Together'.
This project has helped build community relations across the Portadown area with a range of youth organisations including Scotch Street Youth & Community Centre, Dungannon Youth Resource Centre, Oasis Youth and Seagoe Youth Group.
The Education and Training Inspectorate Chief Inspector's Report
The Education and Training Inspectorate has released their 2016 - 2018 Chief Inspector report for the Department of Education, Department for the Economy and other Commissioning Departments.
This report looks at youth as well as pre-school, primary, post-primary and special school education.
Social enterprise NOW Group is seeking donations to make up Christmas hamper's for its award winning Family Service that supports parents with a learning difficulty or autism and are expecting a child or have a child under 5 in the Greater Belfast area.
They are looking to gift each of the 48 families they work with and have collection points to donate gifts in Belfast and Crawfordsburn.
Boys & Girls Clubs is a Voluntary Youth Headquarter Organisation that works to support and represent a membership of over 150 youth clubs and youth organisations with a collective membership of some 15,000 young people across Northern Ireland. Working alongside our membership and network we involve, support and enable young people, particularly those from disadvantaged and less fortunate backgrounds, to participate in positive activities, new experiences and learning opportunities.
Services - Find out more about how Boys & Girls Clubs can support and help your club.
Programmes - Find out more about our programmes such as Youth Council, sports competitions and exchanges.
Training - We offer a number of training courses for young people, staff and volunteers.
