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Status
Received: on time
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Income
£231.1K
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Spending
£243.0K
Public benefits
Deaf children and young people will participate in a specialised youth service and young adults will participate in employment service which will enable them develop new skills, capacities and capabilities. This will enable them to live independent lives and to participate and integrate fully within society. The specialised youth service consists
of trained qualified youth workers who design and develop weekly and annual programmes including summer schemes and residential programmes across Northern Ireland. We run weekly children’s and youth clubs which enables deaf children, young people and young adults to integrate and participate in inclusive activities and programmes and this results an increase in confidence, an increase in learning new skills and improved social inclusion. The employment service enables deaf young people not in education, training and employment to gain new qualifications and specialised support to enhance their employability prospects. Deaf young people’s confidence will increase as a result of participation and learning new employment skills. We have a Deaf Youth Forum consisting of 12 deaf young people aged 16 to 25 who currently work to raise awareness on the issues deaf children, young people and young adults face as a result of their deafness. Awareness is raised with the General Public by producing Deaf Awareness videos and delivering Deaf Awareness training. The Forum also engages at political level to raise awareness on education, training, employment, health and much more. We engage directly with families of deaf children and young people by providing support programmes when necessary. This includes providing sign language courses and early intervention programmes. The benefits are recorded on a designated organisation database which determines individual participation, levels of confidence, achievement and completion of programmes and accredited qualifications. Our youth workers are required to produce evaluation reports for each club session/activity, summer scheme and residential programmes. The reports are uploaded onto the database and is monitored by our Youth Support Coordinator. Our Employment Coordinators are also required to produce monthly reports for progression on each beneficiary in the Employment Service which entails progression of soft outcomes, progression on completing agreed qualifications, and progression on the implementation of an agreed individual action plan. Three members of the Deaf Youth Forum including the Chair report to the Board of Trustees at its quarterly meetings to present progress on raising awareness and work they are doing on a campaign level. Reports are presented to the Board of Trustees at each quarterly board meeting by the Manager. We have evidence that deaf young people are marginalised as a result of their deafness and due to inadequate support provided by public bodies. Recent evidence from the 2011 Census and other sources tells us that there is work to be done to ensure deaf children, young people and young adults are on par with their hearing peers to achieving a better quality of life. Deaf children, young people and young adults aged 0 to 30 are the intended beneficiaries. There is no harm or potential for harm as a result of the purpose being carried out. No one gains a private benefit as a result of the purpose being carried out.
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
We currently provide a youth support service, a youth employment service and a youth transitions support service for deaf children and young people living in Northern Ireland. Funding support from the Education & Library Boards has enabled us to deliver regional youth support services in Belfast, Craigavon and in Ballymoney. We run deaf children's
clubs, aged 4 to 11, on a weekly basis in Belfast and Craigavon as well as a monthly deaf children's club in Ballymoney. We also run a weekly deaf youth club aged 12 to 17 in Belfast and also a monthly deaf Seniors youth club, aged 16 to 25 in Belfast. We also provide personal development projects e.g. media skills training, confidence-building, youth leadership training to deaf young people aged 16 to 25. As well as delivering weekly and monthly clubs, we also provide summer schemes and residential programmes for three different ages groups (4-11, 12-17 and 16-25) across Northern Ireland on an annual basis. We are working on plans to deliver a youth support service in the Western areas of Northern Ireland. Current funding from BBC Children in Need and the Education & Library Board enables us to employ a Youth Support Coordinator, a team of qualified youth workers and volunteers to support this type of delivery. We deliver accredited training qualifications to enable deaf young people to improve their educational and employability prospects. As a registered centre with OCN, we are able to deliver vocational, youth work and ICT qualifications to deaf young people aged 16 to 25. We also support deaf young people going through a transitional period after leaving school. We work with identified organisations to ensure deaf young people receive the necessary support in achieving their educational and employability prospects. We also organise social events for deaf young people to meet up on a regular basis. Our work is about promoting social inclusion, enabling deaf young people to meet their deaf peers, reducing barriers.
... [more] [less]The charity’s classifications
- The advancement of education
- The advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation or the promotion of religious or racial harmony or equality and diversity
- The relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Who the charity helps
- Adult training
- Children (5-13 year olds)
- Language community
- Mental health
- Preschool (0-5 year olds)
- Sensory disabilities
- Unemployed/low income
- Volunteers
- Youth (14-25 year olds)
How the charity works
- Advice/advocacy/information
- Community development
- Disability
- Education/training
- General charitable purposes
- Human rights/equality
- Volunteer development
- Youth development
