Youth Apprentice, Cian, was hard at it today Today he: Met the staff and young people at the Magnet Centre, Newry. Planned out his upcoming training, events and programme delivery. Explored his hopes, fears, expectations and needs as the new Change Project Youth Apprentice. There are a lot of amazing things in the pipeline for Cian...
Last week, the Young Women’s Voice group took on the Upside Down at the SSE arena. Laughs where had, team work was on point, and communication was key Did we escape? Nope. Did we have the best craic? Yes! The group are into their closure phase and are winding down over the next few weeks. Stay tuned to see...
We’re back after an election & summer recess! Tonight we had Homeless Connect & @nichildcom
Our Youth Apprentices have been busy over the past few days… delivering flyers to over 15 organisations, schools, colleges and youth clubs! Have your voice heard by decision-makers and the chance to speak on issues that affect you and your community! The programme will be fun, meeting new people, having new opportunities and experiencing new...
These 3 legends up in Stormont today to speak to the UN special rapporteur for adequate housing Talking about youth homelessness issues and how we can put and end to this! Super proud of these 3 inspirational role models
Tonight we held our second meeting of the APG on Youth Participation focusing on Housing and Homelessness! With a focus on homeless prevention legislation, we heard from Shannon Gordon a youth apprentice at NIYF and then Grainia Long the CEO of the NI Housing Executive Thank you to the 8 MLA’s from all main parties and...
What an amazing group of young people they have shown some phenomenal dedication to this program and we have been super busy over the previous weeks. Over the past weeks we have : Participated in a civic initiative workshop Looked at housing rights Selected working groups for the CHF Looking and self care and crating positive affirmations for each other Transitioning...
We would like to congratulate our Blair Niyf for winning the Best Housing Story award, what an incredible achievement This award was in...
6 young people who engage within NIYF projects have participated in a 2 day workshop completing a Level 1 OCN in pre-tenancy life skills HUGE CONGRATULATIONS TO EACH OF YOU Together they looked at - Rights & responsibilities as tenants Applying for different housing options and processes of these Money management Understanding what it means to...
Another busy night for our first official meeting as an ‘All-Party Group’!! Natalie & Colin presented on our health summary report Eoin & Carla opened our new theme of Housing & Homelessness providing context on what is the current situation in NI & what ongoing work are NIYF doing. Paul & Amanda joined them to answer questions...
NIHE Development Group Busy recap for the group who have been full steam ahead over the last month They have been involved in: - Housing rights training delivered by youth apprentice - Meet with GRO's and CDO's round at the housing executive - Setting up integration plans into the Central Housing forums working groups - Shadow GRO's...
Great to get young people from the NIHE Youth Forum round to the housing centre today to meet with with the Community cohesion team Good Relation Officers Community Development Officers These young people have so much to offer on a local and regional level. We look forward to seeing this collaborative work develop
Week 3 of our DFC Springvale plumbing group! For the final session we… Recapped what we had learned Explored what the Housing Executive do Discussed the point system and support Went over children’s rights! Most importantly we had fun! Played a few team games and got PUMPED for go-karting next week!
We are so proud of our staff member Blair Anderson who has been shortlisted for the Best Housing Story @ The All Ireland Housing Awards.
Last night the young people braved the cold and we: Had food Engaged in amazing conversations Looking at goals and how they can affect us in all aspects of life Looking at the next steps of the program Planning other activities we can do as a group And most importantly had fun It was great to...
What an amazing few days @sheep_island_view with this inspiring group.of young people each and everyone pushed themselves and gave it their all Plenty of laughs, emotions, insightful conversations and finally the gift of just being present in each others company Massive thank you to Tony Clarke from
Orla and Shannon have been out to @blessed_trinity_college on Friday passed to deliver the change project to the year 12 LLW class Focusing on...
We have a new project starting TOMORROW If you are interested in - Housing issues and creating change - Having your voice heard - Learning and growing as a person - More importantly, having an amazing time Contact the page or James directly for more information Thank you to the Housing Executive for their continued support
The HOME Project funded by NIHE supported young mothers in exploring the impact of the cost-of-living crisis and how this impacts their daily lives. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PyWA0Py1i8
The wait is over!! Have a look at the first day of our recent residential https://www.facebook.com/NIYouthForum/videos/203846448792709 The group celebrated their culture and educated their peers in the different aspects of what makes their culture unique We explored; - Traditional music - Traditional Dance - Traditional Food - historical Structures and buildings Have a look and witness...
Our Sustaining Tenancies Support worker Blair Niyf was out & about at a shared learning networking event arranged by
