Antrim Youth Council [NI]
Age Group:15-25 year olds-presently 15 in the group with a core of 10 young people attending on a regular basis
Specific Interest Group: The young people participating in Antrim Youth Council are drawn from across the Borough. The young people come from different socio-economic, religious and cultural backgrounds. They are of mixed gender and there is an even split from the town and rural areas of Antrim
How are the Children and Young People involved?
The young people involved in Antrim Youth Council met at the start of September to discuss and plan their priorities for the period September 2006-June 2007. They took the decision to design and circulate a calendar of events for this period. The group subsequently sent calendars and information about the youth council out to a range of community, statutory, voluntary and detached groups involving young people within the Antrim Borough area. Furthermore the Youth Council meets on a monthly basis to among other things plan, deliver and review each event. The first of these events a trip to the Belfast Giants was attended by 90 young people from various groups and detached projects from across Antrim.
Geographical Location
Antrim Borough
Do you use a specific model/guide/theme?
Yes,
Antrim Youth Council are:
Young people centred
Youth led
Reflect young people’s interests and priorities
Self-managing
Make their own decisions
Plan, deliver and evaluate their own projects
Open to all young people within the 15-25 age range
Responsible for their own budget
Supported by Senior Youth Worker
Reports/ Information relevant to your project:
There is information and a DVD of individual projects such as the Antrim Youth Council/German/Poland International Youth Exchange
Contact
Antrim Youth Council
C/O Noel Gallagher
Antrim Youth Projects Office,
2a Castle Street,
Antrim,
BT41 4JE
E-mail: noel.gallagher@neelb.org.uk
Tel:02894428003
