The Pave Project Report - Queen's University Belfast

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“… we did one year with the group, we went… we took young ones to a… football
match across the water. And we had a very, very good group of young lads. And
that it stuck out in my mind to see those children’s faces at that football match,
they were never at this before. … . And you would have thought in their child’s
faces that their father walked in through the door again or their parent or
whoever they lost. … it was just like the world had changed for them. If the
funding was out there, I’m not joking you, I would have them children away once a
month, to a football match or activity, the way they enjoyed that.”
(Interviewee
C)
“… the children were badly affected during the feud, and everybody knows that,
kids had to change schools, change houses, move away from their friends and… So,
what we done was… we started to take them on trips. We’ve had ten trips in one
year. And camping, go karting, skating… tones and tones of different things, big
parties for them, to get them out and take their mind of things, because… they
were badly affected, … Anybody that comes to this group will volunteer to work
with the children and would volunteer to go and accompany them.” (Interviewee 4)
Recommendations:
Based on our findings, services could be categorised as youth work if they include
the following:
1. Organised group activities, such as sport, music, art, special events etc.
2. facilitated by trained and experienced facilitators;
3. specifically aimed at young people;
4. pre-arranged activity, time and location;
5. a selection process to identify facilitators and service users;
6. supervision of facilitators.