EA Youth Service, in partnership with Translink and Young Enterprise, is delighted to announce the launch of Deck the Stalls, a festive Christmas market created to celebrate and empower young entrepreneurs from across Northern Ireland. Building on the success of the Horizons Programme market held in May, Translink in partnership with EA Youth Service are…
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Launching today (Monday 3 November), youth organisations can apply for funding across a number of opportunities including Local Area Based, Regional Project, Regional Development and Regional Strategic funding. The funding awards released for 2026-2029 are an increase of 11% (£1.2 million) from the 2023-2026 period. Following a year-long engagement process with youth service stakeholders, including children…
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The TBUC Ambassadors programme is now recruiting for 2025/26! This unique opportunity is open to young people aged 15-19 who have previously participated in a T:BUC Camps Programme (2023/24 or 2024/25). As youth leaders, we know that you play a crucial role in supporting and inspiring young people and we would really appreciate your support…
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Poverty, employability and climate change are considered the most pressing for children and young people surveyed by the Education Authority (EA), with nearly a third (30%) selecting it as the most important of the eight themes discussed, followed by play and leisure (19%) and emotional wellbeing (16%). * 80% of those surveyed said poverty affects…
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The Education Authority (EA) has today announced additional funding to support the delivery of an 18 month youth leadership programme; Horizons. This additional funding through “A Fair Start” has been considered in the context of the assessed needs of children and young people to further enhance the programme of offer already provided through Local Area…
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Education Authority (EA) Chairperson, Barry Mulholland, unveiled the reopening of Derry and Strabane Youth Resource Centre, in Derry, on Monday, 25th November 2024. The resource centre provides a hub for the development of creative youth work to support the children and young people of the city and district of Derry and Strabane. In particular, it provides a…
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Education Authority (EA) Youth Service and Cedar Lodge School are proud to announce the launch of a strategic partnership, which will enable Cedar Lodge School to provide space and facilities for its 16 years+ pupils daily from Monday to Friday at Fortwilliam Youth Centre, in Belfast. The centre will also open four evenings a week…
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The regional assessment of need is now live and we need all youth workers to be promoting completion to all young people.
To assist, we have created a series of posters which can be displayed around youth centres, on the back of bathroom cubicle doors, at entrances and exits – everywhere that can capture the…
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‘Connect’ project in hospitals reduces violence and demand on public services A new report reveals youth workers in emergency departments helped over 1,400 young people escape violence and exploitation in one year. The report, published today by the NI Executive’s programme on Paramilitarism and Organised Crime, evaluates the Education Authority-led CONNECT project which was undertaken…
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This week, our Education Authority Chief Executive Richard Pengelly met with the uniformed hub group, with representatives from Scouts NI Scout Foundation NI Girls Brigade The NI Boys Brigade Girlguiding Ulster Catholic Guides of Ireland Uniformed youth provision provides young people the chance to meet with their friends weekly, studying areas of interest and gaining…
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