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Status
Received: on time
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Income
£1.3M
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Spending
£1.3M
Public benefits
The direct benefits flowing from purpose 1 include increased knowledge, skills and qualifications and improved employability for socially disadvantaged young people. The direct benefits flowing from purpose 2 include increased knowledge, skills and work related experience and improved employability. The direct benefits flowing from purpose 3
include increased self esteem and confidence for the workplace and increased access to further education, training and employment. The benefits from purpose 1 are demonstrated through the number of socially disadvantaged young people completing courses and achieving accredited qualifications and by the measurement of progress against employability outcomes through both internal and external evaluations. The benefits from purpose 2 are demonstrated through the number of socially disadvantaged young people. completing creative ICT projects and by the measurement of progress against intended project outcomes through both internal and external evaluations. The benefits from purpose 3 are demonstrated through the number of socially disadvantaged young people progressing into education, training and employment using personal development plans and by the measurement of progress against intended personal and social development outcomes through both internal and external evaluations. There is no harm flowing from our purposes. The charity's beneficiaries are socially disadvantaged young people. There is no private benefit flowing from the purposes.
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
Vision / Purpose: Young people transform their world for good. Mission: Each year we will ensure that over 3000 young people access digital technology in communities of promise. The Bytes Project is a youth work charity that has been working with the most vulnerable young people in Northern Ireland for nearly three decades. We were
established in April 1993, when a small group of people designed an innovative concept for Belfast, based on experience in an inner-city project in the USA. The original aim was to build on the entertainment and amusement attraction computers with marginalised young adults with a focus on 16–25-year-olds. Fast forward almost 30 years and Bytes are still providing young people, aged between 16-25, with the essential skills they need to flourish. Since then we have widened our areas of expertise and we now work across Northern Ireland. Three pillars shape our services: Youth Empowerment – create a cooperative eco-system of voluntary providers to lead on the delivery of all funded youth work and amplify, unify and mobilise the voice of young people to influence the public debate and, when possible, use digital platforms. Youth Employment and Digital – Enable young people from communities of promise to prepare for the future of work. Youth Empathy – Enable young people to widen their connections with others. There are three themes that drive our values and behaviours: Children and young people deserve the best services. At Bytes we aim to ensure we provide the highest standards of delivery. Humanity over bureaucracy. At Bytes we pursue trusting relationships, reducing management tiers, and the principles of horizontal collaboration. Innovation Mindset. At Bytes we are comfortable adopting new approaches based on a culture of continuous learning.
... [more] [less]The charity’s classifications
- The advancement of education
Who the charity helps
- Addictions (drug/solvent/alcohol abuse)
- Asylum seekers/refugees
- Children (5-13 year olds)
- Community safety/crime prevention
- Ethnic minorities
- Ex-offenders and prisoners
- Homelessness
- Interface communities
- Learning disabilities
- Mental health
- Parents
- Physical disabilities
- Sexual orientation
- Specific areas of deprivation
- Unemployed/low income
- Voluntary and community sector
- Volunteers
- Youth (14-25 year olds)
How the charity works
- Community enterprise
- Education/training
- Human rights/equality
- Research/evaluation
- Volunteer development
- Youth development
