MAD 2 DAY (Making a Difference Today) Group [NI]
The MAD 2 DAY Group has been in existence since January 2001 and is supported by the Western Area Children and Young People’s Committee. The purpose of this group is to bring the experiences and the voices of young people in to Children’s Services Planning.
The group is a gathering of young people from a range of organisations from Derry to Irvinestown. One of their largest projects was the organisation of R U Serious? which was a peer led conference held in January 2003. Over 120 young people were gathered to discuss their experiences of statutory and voluntary services and to make recommendations about changing these services to benefit children and young people.
This group evolved into a cross - border project named Youth Participation in Policy and Planning.
Contacts:
Gerry Conway
Children’s Services Planner WHSSB,
15 Gransha Park
Clooney Road
Derry
Tel: 028 71 860086
E-mail: g.conway@whssb.n-i.nhs.uk
