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YouthBuild
The Greater Shankill Youth Build Initiative is a pioneering community development project anchored by Belfast Activity Centre (BAC) and operates throughout the Greater Shankill through strong community partnerships.
Through partnership working BAC can share their extensive experience and resources to support, enable and empower organisations to deliver and co-ordinate opportunities that will build future capacity for the Greater Shankill community.
On the ground BAC brings unique development opportunities through the powerful outdoor and experiential learning environment, with tries and tested long term strategic personal development programmes and through the delivery of high quality leadership training.
Youth Build consists of two main initiatives:
1. The Shankill Young People's and Youth Issues Initiative
2. The Shankill Training and vLeadership Initiative
These initiatives focus on:
- children and young people in education
- young unemployed people
- young people involved in anti-social behaviour
- young people from young groups, church and uniformed organisations
- parents and families
- volunteers and staff from organisations in the Greater Shankill area
YOUTH BUILD PROGRAMMES SUPPORT OVER 1000 YOUNG PEOPLE AND COMMUNITY LEADERS EACH YEAR
The Shankill Young People's & Youth Issues Initiative works with those who have the greatest need and are considered most disadvantaged in the Greater shankill area.
The young people have a diverse range of needs and experience muptiple barriers to participation including low educational achievement, low self esteme, poor access to resources, facilities and training opportunities, negative peer pressure, exposure to drugs and alcohol abuse and poor support structues within the home and family.
The Shankill training and Leadership Initiative promotes capacity building, dialogue and partnership through pro-active leadership training courses for young people and those working with young people in the Greater shankill area.
The Initiative offers a dynamic programme engaging leaders and potential leaders to participate in experiential learning activities and to explore leadership development to support sustained and enduring capacity building for the future.
Youth Build integrates a range of recognised and accredited training within it's delivery programmes including:
- Rescue Emergency Care (REC) First Aid
- Basic Expedition Leader (BEL) Level 1
- Open College Network (OCN) Leadership in the Community
- Canoe Leadership training
For further information on leadership training please contact info@belfastactivitycentre.com
