Education Authority: Youth Service Funding Schemes
Overview
Inclusion Scheme
The scheme is specially designed “to target communities of interest and those who may be at greater risk of social exclusion, marginalisation or isolation, because they experience a combination of barriers to learning.”
The Inclusion Scheme enables EA Youth Service to engage young people who would not regularly participate in Youth Programmes. Primary focus is given to projects with the following target groups/communities of interest:
- Young people with special educational needs or disabilities
- Young people who are newcomers or have English as an additional language
- Young people in care
- Young carers and young parents
- Young people who are gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender
- Young people from the Traveller Community
Applications only are invited from EA Registered youth organisations.
Launch of Youth Intervention Programme
The Programme aims to target young people living in interface areas and areas where there is potential for heightened social unrest during the summer months of July and August. A particular focus of the programme is engaging young people on weekend evenings and during times of high community tensions such as the traditional marching season.
Essential Criteria:
- Applicant groups must be registered with the Education Authority and demonstrate a good track record in delivering projects, completing financial monitoring and submitting returns by deadline
- Programmes will be delivered during July and/or August
- Programmes must demonstrate value for money by engaging a viable number of beneficiaries and delivering the programme for a minimum duration
- The programme specifically targets young people in the age range 10–25 and must divert young people away from becoming involved in sectarian activities civil disorder or other crimes
- The application must relate to a project which is additional to normal activities provided by that organisation
- Programmes must involve a minimum of 30 hours face-to-face work with young people
- The project must take place in an interface area or in an area where there was the potential for heightened unrest
- They must operate at those times when there is a demonstrable risk of heightened social unrest or when interface incidents are likely to occur, particularly at late evenings and/or weekends
- Where practical, the project should have an element of cross-community involvement