Include Youth

Include Youth

100 GPS
100 Great Patrick Street
Belfast
BT1 2LU
United Kingdom

Opening Hours

9.30 am to 5.00 pm Monday to Friday

Include Youth is a rights-based charity for children and young people in or leaving care, from disadvantaged communities or whose rights are not being met. We work to improve employability, personal and social development enhancing inclusion, integration and good relations. Include Youth influences public policy led by the voice of children and young people, evidence based practice and international children’s rights standards.

Our work is underpinned by 4 core values; Equality, Inclusion, Opportunity and Integrity.

 

Services

We work with young people aged 14-24 across Northern Ireland. Many young people we work with have left school with little or no qualifications, are care-experienced and may be at risk of child sexual exploitation. We provide a safe space for young people, rebuilding their confidence, developing life-skills, enhancing employability skills and providing life changing opportunities.

 

Policy

We influence public policy that has an impact on young people’s lives.  All our work is underpinned by the voice of children and young people and evidence-based practice which enables us to produce well-informed and researched publications, including briefing papers, submissions to public consultations, young people’s submissions and manifestos. Our work is founded on the voice of young people, listening and actively campaigning in their best interests.

 

Training

We believe in continued professional develop and have created a suite of accredited and awareness sessions that we can deliver. Topics include: Awareness raising workshop on Child Sexual Exploitation, OCN NI Level 2 in Understanding Child Sexual Exploitation, Awareness raising workshop on supporting Care Experienced Children and Young people, OCN NI Level 4 in Supporting Care Experienced Children and Young People OCN NI Level 2 in Mentoring Practice

 

Our main offices are based in Belfast, Lisburn, Armagh, Ballymena, Derry/Londonderry and Omagh.

Socials @includeyouth

 

Include Youth's Content

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Watch Include Youth's animated child-friendly summary of the RQIA's Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) in Northern Ireland.

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Include Youth is one of twelve community and voluntary sector organisations which has been awarded United Youth money to support young people who are not in education, employment or training (NEET) in a transformational good relations programme.

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YOUNG people involved in an employability scheme in Newtownards returned to The Savoy in Bangor to catch up with 'old' friends.

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INCLUDE Youth has achieved the Investing in Volunteers quality standard recognising how the charity works with volunteers.

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In the Headlines is a resource for children, young people and those that work with or for them. Made by Include Youth, it aims to help children and young people talk to the media positively about issues that matter to them.

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NEW and unique research highlighting how children and young people in Northern Ireland are portrayed by the media was launched today by Queen’s University Belfast in association with Include Youth.

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LEADING advocates for children and young people gathered at Queens University Belfast this week to call on the Northern Ireland Executive to implement the 2011 recommendation to raise the age of criminal responsibility.

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We seek to raise the age of criminal responsibility in Northern Ireland from 10 years old to 12, as recommended in the Review of the Youth Justice System in NI.

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INCLUDE Youth is proud to confirm that our Director, Koulla Yiasouma, is to take up post as the new Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People next year.

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MORE than 70 people gathered in the Black Box in Belfast to celebrate the achievements of young people involved with the Belfast Trust’s Employability Service.

More Information

Type of Organisation

VCSE

Company Number

NI 38084

NI Charity Number

NI103383

Team

  • Jackie Hynds