Gorey Youth Needs Group is a community based youth project which aims to support young people and their families, particularly those who are or who may be at risk of social exclusion.

The Project was established in April 1995 following a local consultation process, which identified a lack of facilities and activities for young people in the area. A committee was subsequently formed comprising local people and representatives of voluntary and statutory groups.

Since its establishment, Gorey Youth Needs Group has always engaged a participative model of youth and community work. The emphasis of this model has been on empowering and enabling those young people who are most excluded from society to take an active role in defining and controlling their own futures and to contribute positively to the communities of which they are a part.

In July 1999 Wexford Community Care approved core funding for a Community Youth Project, with the following objectives:

Project Objectives

• To provide direct intervention for young people “in need” or who can be identified as being “at risk” (e.g. out of home, out of school, early pregnancy) to enable them to grow and develop to their full potential.
• To expand and develop a range of voluntary based community child and youth groups for young people between the ages of 5 – 18 years, particularly those experiencing real exclusion and disadvantage.
• To provide complimentary youth work services to the community as needs are identified and to further compliment the work of local schools and health board staff.
• To bring together in a new partnership, Wexford Community Care., G.Y.N.G., County Wexford Partnership and the local community to provide professional preventative services to children and families.
• To achieve S.E.H.B. aims with respect to its responsibilities under the terms of the Childcare Act, 1991.

Gorey Youth Needs Group is directed by a local Management Committee comprised of representatives from Project Groups, members of the local community, local voluntary and statutory agencies. There is also a facility for co-opting relevant state, voluntary or social partner organisations in order to promote a partnership approach to our work.

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