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Status
Received: on time
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Income
£216.0K
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Spending
£208.9K
Public benefits
Irish-medium youth work provides important non-formal educational opportunities for young people through the medium of Irish. This is beneficial as it has been long established that youth work contributes to young people's personal development and social skills. The Irish-medium youth sector provides the same benefits and opportunities and also
brings with it the additional benefit of contributing to young people's social language skills and provides and opportunity for fluent Irish speakers to use their language in a safe, social environment. The benefits as identified above can be demonstrated by the number of young people who attend Irish-medium youth clubs and by the number of youth clubs which are being run. Consultations with young people and research carried out by Fóram na nÓg and others has shown that the provision of Irish-medium youth services and the assistance provided to the clubs which carry out these activities are an essential part of the educational experience of these young people. There is no harm arising from the purposes. The beneficiaries of Fóram na nÓg's work will be young Irish speakers who engage in youth work. There is no private benefit flowing from the purposes.
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
Fóram na nÓg offers support, guidance and advice to the committees of Irish-medium youth clubs across the north to help them to provide high quality non-formal educational and social experiences to young people. Fóram na nÓg offers training to youth workers and volunteers on youth work programmes and also offers training, support and guidance to
other youth organisations who have a role in the provision of youth services to increase the understanding of Irish-medium youth work e.g. through sitting on regional and local youth planning committees. Through developing a theory of change for the organisation and for the sector over the next number of years and through working with partners in local authorities, the education authority and with other regional youth organisations, Fóram na nÓg will lead the development of a strategic, long-term plan for the Irish-medium youth sector. Fóram na nÓg recruits members for Coiste na nGael Óg, trains these members and facilitates the meetings and activities of this group to enable them to participate fully in the planning and work of Fóram na nÓg and therefore the development of the Irish-medium youth sector. Fóram na nÓg sits on advisory committees to represent the interests of the Irish-medium youth sector, works to raise awareness of Irish-medium youth work and seeks out new opportunities to work with other partners in a way that will benefit the Irish-medium youth sector.
... [more] [less]The charity’s classifications
- The advancement of education
Who the charity helps
- Children (5-13 year olds)
- Voluntary and community sector
- Youth (14-25 year olds)
How the charity works
- Community development
- Cultural
- Volunteer development
- Youth development
