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Street-based youth work training last night in Walkway Community Association. Great engagement with their team as we discussed the different methodologies & looked at planning, partnership, reflection, & ethical/legal considerations - all while hearing about their vital work in East Belfast

Our Senior Youth Officer attended NI Policing Board launch of 'Children and Young People Report' this evening. Great to see young people from our member organisations engaging & challenging key stakeholders to ensure that the 16 recommendations in the report are taken forward.

Safeguarding & protection training with some more of the volunteers of East Africa Youth NI last night. Great engagement & interaction from the group & excellent feedback about the learning & how they'll use this in their future volunteering. #DevelopingVolunteers #Safeguarding

Information sharing and a collaborative approach with safeguarding professionals to protect young people from harm is crucial in the effort to tackle Child Criminal Exploitation Justice NI Minister Naomi Long has said during a meeting with Meghan Phair from Invisible Traffick

Our Youth Officer attending the Safeguarding Board for Northern Ireland conference today, entitled "Systems to Support our People - Embedding a Trauma-Informed Approach." A full programme of speakers exploring lived experiences and research conducted. #ConnectingSystems

We are delighted to present the opportunity for youth workers and our colleagues in health, justice and communities to participate in a sharing of practice event that explores the role of youth work in contextualised safeguarding. Register Here: forms.office.com/e/4NYZ6WYF4D

New! Customisable online safety policy templates are available on the Online Safety Hub for orgs who work with children and young people! Created by experts NSPCC and partners, the templates cover online safety, photography, and social media policies. onlinesafetyhub.safeguardingni.org/policy-templat…

Beyond the Walls Conference, 14th March 2025 is now 70% allocated. Don’t miss your chance to engage in meaningful conversation with colleagues in Youth, Justice and Health, once they are gone they’re gone. Please click the following link to register: forms.office.com/e/4NYZ6WYF4D

To help voluntary boards/ key staff get started on journey to Good Governance, the Developing Governance Group has organised five online workshops, one for each of the five principles of Code of Good Governance. Click on the following link for details: nicva.org/article/govern…

Our Corporate Support Officer, Claire O@'Hare, co-facilitated this Wednesday's Good Governance Health Check session, exploring Principle 1 of the Code of Good Governance. Great to see our member organisations involved and working to ensure effective management of their centres.

Dear Members, our training needs analysis is now live for 2025 - 2026 - please follow this link to complete it - forms.office.com/e/YAbhqS4Jtu

Online Safety Training Needs Analysis - help Safeguarding Board for Northern Ireland gather important information on current training and identify further needs. Education Authority Education NI Education and Training Inspectorate Critical YW Voice CommunityYouthWork

First of our keynote speakers at our annual conference - Beyond The Walls: Contextualised Safeguarding. Professor Sam McCready, Professor Siobhan O'Neill, Helen McKenzie (SBNI), & our CEO John Lynch.

Our CEO, John Lynch, is discussing the 'Beyond the Walls' model, its connection to government policies, and promoting contextualised safeguarding through collaboration. #YouthWork #Collaboration #Safeguarding

Representative group from our membership met researcher Debs Irwin, as part of the review of NSETS, youth work qualification pathways & frameworks. Great to be able to contribute to this piece and to have the voice of local youth work practitioners central to research.

Street-Based Practice & Principles training last night with the team at Drumgor Detached Youth Work Project. Great to hear all about their work across the area and to work alongside them to review their provision and its focus and impacts. EA Youth Service #DevelopingTheWorkforce #youthworkworks

First of the training sessions this morning with Young Social Innovators - cross-sectorally developing local youth workers to explore issues with young people & inspire social innovation. Many thanks to the facilitators & Corpus Christi Youth Centre for hosting the training.