YOUth MATTERs Project

The West and South Offaly Youth Project is a community-based youth initiative funded by the Health Promotion Services of the Midland Health Board and West Offaly Partnership. West Offaly Partnership facilitates the daily management of the project. Some of the actions that the project is currently undertaking include:

• Supporting local communities to establish socially inclusive local community based youth services.
• Schools projects including, Homework Clubs, Facilitation of ‘Future Education Options’ with Transition Year students and training of Student Councils.
• Coordination of Youth Leaders Forum – Training, information provision and networking opportunities for voluntary youth leaders in the area.
• Maintaining the South and West Offaly Youth Forum and supporting young people from the locality to participate in both the Dail na nOg and the Offaly Comhairle na nOg.
• Summer Projects that include art camps, activity weeks and the summer school of rock.

The project currently targets young people in the 12–18 age group who:
• Do not have equal access to developmental, educational, recreational and training opportunities.
• Live in communities where youth service provision is inadequate
• Are not engaging fully with the school system.
• May be in danger of leaving school early.
• Are existing early school leavers.

 

For further information contact:
MJ Grogan
Youth Development Officer
Tel: (057) 9151622
Email: mjgrogan@westoffalypartnership.ie

 

 

Youth FM