Include Youth

FOURTEEN young people from Youth Initiatives in the Colin area jumped aboard the Belfast Barge last week (Tuesday 29 October) to celebrate having sailed through the first phase of a new employability programme.

TWELVE young people from Lisburn YMCA jumped aboard the Belfast Barge last week (Tuesday 29 October) to celebrate having sailed through the first phase of a new employability programme.

A CHARITY working with young people who need education, employment and training is giving employers across the country an opportunity to pull their socks up, quite literally.

Include Youth's annual conference 'More Than a Job - supporting young people who need education, employment and training' was held on October 25 at the La Mon Hotel & Country Club, Belfast.

Koulla Yiasouma, Director at Include Youth, said:

“We welcome the publication of the Pathways to Success Strategy, aimed to address the needs of young people not in education, employment or training."

A PROGRAMME supporting young people in north Belfast to progress their career goals and aspirations marked the achievements of the first group of participants at a celebration event yesterday in theBlack Box, Belfast.

WITH youth unemployment nearing its highest rate in Northern Ireland for more than 15 years the services provided to young people, often outside of the mainstream, through Include Youth’s Give and Take Scheme can be invaluable.

DERRY tutor Lisa Blee had worried the young person she’d been paired with might not like her but after more than two years of volunteering with Include Youth she says she has no regrets.

AFTER being made redundant Leone Boyle decided upon a complete career change and embarked on a journey into youth work.

CHARLOTTE Turner had never worked directly with vulnerable young people before; keen to try something different she applied to be a mentor with Include Youth’s Give and Take Scheme.