Issue 45: May 2005 - Youth Work Ireland

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young people’s creative talents through the publishingtheir poems, prose and memoirs.Training to Youth Workers and other WorkersBeLonG To has provided training on working withLGBT young people, creating safer environmentsand policy development to youth workers, teachers,parents, social workers and other health professionals.This work is on-going.Strength in Diversity Project.BeLonG To worked in partnership with SustainableIreland, ECO-UNESCO, Sports Action againstRacism, The Separated Children’s Project and PaveePoint in a project exploring discrimination and promotingdiversity among minority young people andamong young people in general. This project wasinitiated by Sustainable Ireland in January and culminatedin a residential for young LGBT people,young Travellers and young Asylum Seekers inSeptember.Following this residential a youth forum was alsoheld where young participants presented materials totransition year students from schools in Dublin. Thiswork is on-going and has resulted in a strong senseof solidarity among young people from the variousprojects and among the projects themselves.PublicationsBeLonG To are presently completing a ConsultationTool Kit for working with LGBT young people withthree LGBT youth groups in Manchester, Leeds andWigan. The kit will offer a best practice guide toworking with LGBT young people and to consultingthem about the needs and concerns. BeLonG Tohosted the three youth groups for three days inJanuary of this year and were hosted by theManchester group in April. The publication will belaunched soonLGBT Affirmation Poster and BookletThis project began in May 2003 and included alaunch of the resources in The Equality Authority onNovember 26th. The project was developed inresponse to a need identified by young LGBT membersdue to the isolation they experienced beforefinding supports. Resources are being distributed toschools and community centres nationwide and theprogramme is funded by Leargas with support forprinting costs from The Gay Men’s Health Project.1,500 posters and 3,000 booklets were posted toevery school in the country through the Institute ofGuidance counsellors. The National Youth Councilof Ireland sent a further 250/ 750 to youth projectsaround the country, while The City of Dublin YouthServices Board sent a similar number to its affiliates.The response from individual guidance counsellors,teachers, principals and youth workers has beenwonderful. Through the generosity of the Gay Men’sHealth Project, a further 2,000 posters and 20,000booklets were sent out in response to requests fromschools and youth projects. A second launch of thematerials took place in Cork in partnership with TheSouthern Gay Men’s Health Project on 29 March 29,which will help reach more schools in The South.It is of course up to individual schools how theychoose (or if they choose) to use the poster & bookletand no doubt the materials have not appeared inmany schools. That is why young people and othersare encouraged to ask their local schools about themand this has worked with posters and bookletsappearing after in some schools that have been challengedabout them.Young Women’s GroupBeLonG To are in the process of setting up a specificyoung women’s group and to date have had tworeally well attended consultation evenings withwomen from the community. The project has alsotrained two young women in group facilitation –these young women will be attended further trainingin Manchester in March - and hopes to have thisgroup up and running in the very near future.For further information on theBeLonG To Youth Project and itswork programme please contact:Michael BarronBeLong To Co-ordinator105 Capel StreetDublin 1Tel: 01 8734184Email: belongto@eircom.netIrish Youth Work Scene 10 Issue 45, May, 2005
Health & Nutrition Activities SupplementHealth Promotion Summer ProjectBy Catherine KayeINTRODUCTIONThe summer is approaching and its time to startplanning your summer programmeso why not use thetheme of health to get youfocused? Whether you plan onrunning weeklong summer projectsor a series of one day programmesyou will find lots ofideas in this issues programmessupplement. Health is a hugetopic so this supplement will focus on activitiesthat introduce theme of health and get young peopleto think about what health means to them andthe types of lifestyle choices they make.“HEALTH BLOCKS”Aim: To look at the barriers to a healthier lifestyleand for a peer group to participatein developing health strategies thatare appropriate to the group.Age: 12+Materials Needed: Paper, Pens & A boxMethod:Each young person completes the followingsentence on a piece of paper “I want tochange my lifestyle & become more healthybut the one thing that stops me is . . . ”When completed each statement is placed inthe box.Each young person then picks out a statement that is not his/her own and gives asuggestion that might overcome the barrierthat prevents that person from becominghealthier.Allow time for group discussion of eachsuggestion.“THE HEALTHY QUESTION?”Aim: For young people to take part inauditing a sample of their peers eatinghabits and to critically evaluate them.Age: 12+Materials: Flip Chart & MarkersMethod:This activity works well if you have a largegroup of young people taking part in a summer programme or summer project that isbeing run over the course of a week.Form a steering committee of about 6 youngpeople.The group then designs a questionnaire fortheir peers regarding their eating habits. Letthe young people come up with their ownquestions and design how they will carryout the survey. Will it be a page handed outfor the population to fill in themselves, willthey ask questions and tick relevant boxes orwill they simply ask the young people to“Open their Lunch boxes” and note downthe contents?Once they group have tabulated the resultsthey can be presented in a number of creativeways e.g. you could have the young peoplecollecting bar, crisp wrappers and fizzydrinks cans. These can then be used to give avisual representation of what the populationconsume in a week or a single day by creatinga junk food mountain!HEALTHY EATING DISCUSSIONAim: To encourage young people totake part in a critical discussion focusingon healthy eating.Age: 12+Materials: Flip Chart Paper & MarkersIrish Youth Work Scene 11 Issue 45, May, 2005
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