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Status
Received: on time
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Income
£130.8K
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Spending
£95.3K
Public benefits
Public Benefit 1 DDYWP will provide a Detached Youth Work provision to young people aged 8-25 yrs in the Craigavon and North Lurgan areas. This provision will offer proactive and reactive support service to the marginalised or 'at risk' young people and to try to re-integrate these young people back into their communities. The Direct Benefit of
this is the young people talk and interact with the Detached Team and are involved from the start, ensuring that any pro active or reactive provision is in response to the issues that the young people have. Staff complete nightly reports and attend regular team meetings, to help highlight and plan interventions in relation to the issues that the young people have identified. Private Benefit to Trustees is the opportunity for family members to engage with the Detached Provision, this is incidental. Public Benefit 2 DDYWP provides social and personal development programmes, classes, workshops, events etc to young people aged 8-25 yrs from the Craigavon and North Lurgan areas. The Direct Benefit of this is the educational engagement with the beneficiaries increasing and improving their knowledge and skill base to make better life choices. This will be monitored with pre and post baselines and evaluated on an ongoing basis. The Private Benefit to Trustees is the ability to refer family members to these needs led programmes. Public Benefit 3 DDYWP also liaise and engage with Stakeholders within the Craigavon and North Lurgan areas. The Direct Benefit of this is to increase the capacity and willingness, within the local community, to support the local young people. Giving everyone a sense of belonging and promote the participation of young people within their community. The Private Benefit to Trustees is the opportunity to identify and highlight areas for engagement within the local area, as all Trustees reside and/or have a personal interest within the Craigavon and North Lurgan areas. Public Benefit 4 DDYWP works strategically to influence policy and practice within the local areas. DDYWP staff and young people attend and are members of a number of forums/groups and work in partnership with number of statutory, community and voluntary groups. The Direct Benefit is ensuring that the young people have their voice heard at all levels inclusive of Statutory, Community and Voluntary. Working together, to help improve the services and provisions available to young people, giving young people a sense of citizenship and help to enhance community development. The Private Benefit to Trustees is the opportunities to self refer themselves or family members to partners and agencies.
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
Our Project focus’ on three Priority areas 1. Engagement with those young people who are marginalised or ‘at risk’ and to re-integrate them back into their communities 2. Engagement with communities to increase their capacity and willingness to support their young people And to 3. Work strategically to influence policy and practice in our local
area. We do this by: • Offering a pro-active and re-active supported detached youth work service • Addressing the needs and wants of young people • Responding to local community needs. • Combating social exclusion • Promoting and developing good relations. • Giving young people the skills, knowledge, self esteem and opportunity to ‘Give Back’ through community based projects • Giving young people a voice We have built on meeting the needs of the young people through various means of Partnership working that has become one of the most effective developmental strategies we effectively utilise to underpin all of our work. We now have working partnerships with many relevant agencies and funding bodies to enhance and progress the ever-demanding need of our unique service and the programmes we deliver.
... [more] [less]The charity’s classifications
- The advancement of education
- The advancement of citizenship or community development
Who the charity helps
- Addictions (drug/solvent/alcohol abuse)
- Children (5-13 year olds)
- Community safety/crime prevention
- Ethnic minorities
- Ex-offenders and prisoners
- General public
- Interface communities
- Men
- Mental health
- Parents
- Sensory disabilities
- Specific areas of deprivation
- Travellers
- Voluntary and community sector
- Volunteers
- Women
- Youth (14-25 year olds)
How the charity works
- Advice/advocacy/information
- Community development
- Counselling/support
- Criminal justice
- Education/training
- General charitable purposes
- Volunteer development
- Youth development
