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.
The Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People (NICCY) are recruiting young people to join their NICCY Youth Panel (NYP).
The purpose of the NYP is to advise the Commissioner in her day-to-day work of promoting and safeguarding children’s rights in Northern Ireland. It is made up of young people from across Northern Ireland, who share their experiences and thoughts with the Commissioner and her staff to help NICCY make decisions about issues that affect children and young people.
Recruitment is open to young people aged between 12-16 years, or up to 18 if you have a disability or have experienced living in care.
Closing deadline: Friday 11th January 2019 with applicants to be invited to a recruitment day.
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 months. This project has allowed females to participate in yoga, gym sessions and learn about healthy living.
If your youth organisation is based in Belfast and interested in availing of a grant of £500 for the project to be ran in your youth organisation contact us.
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.
West Belfast charity seeking donations to support young people at Christmas
Whiterock Children Centre charity is asking people to consider donating a toy, clothes or pyjamas to a local child this Christmas to support over 200 children who are in financial difficulty.
"Any of us could find ourselves in financial difficulty and it would be good if we could get help, especially at Christmas."
If you would like to support a child, call 02890 438438 and ask for Maura.
Young people across Portadown area participated in the good relations project 'Do Something Together' this week and got festive building and filling Christmas hampers together.
This project helps shape community relations with a range of youth organisations including Scotch Street Youth & Community Centre, Dungannon Youth Resource Centre, Oasis Youth and Seagoe Youth Group getting involved.
Young people from John Paul II Youth Club have been getting involved in the Community Arts Workshop Programme 'Hit the North' creating spray art to represent their work in the community.
We look forward to seeing the completed artwork.
Club Training
Boys & Girls Clubs is hosting a range of training workshops (T:Shops) to support staff and volunteers in a youth work setting.
Contact our office if you or your youth organisation are interested in attending any of the following activities:
Child Exploitation Online Protection (CEOP) Training
First Aid Training
Keeping Safe Training
We will also host a range of one-off training events for club leaders in February 2019 for club leaders.
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.
