Strengthening the Network

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This year's conference was a follow-up to the 2008 conference "Empowering and Enabling"  where we presented the outcomes of a University of Ulster consulation with the voluntary youth sector on:

• policy and strategy
• collaboration/relationships
• support/delivery/resources

The theme of 2009 was "Strengthening the Network" and participants examined a number of areas including:

• Shaping the Future of the Youth Service
• Support
• Representation
• Resourcing

These themes are further explored in the Conference Paper which outlines the background to each theme as well as providing a list of questions which were discussed by the Workshop groups at the conference. 

Presentations made to the conference are available to download below

Cathy Galway, DE Youth & Schools in the Community Team - Priorities for Youth Work as Part of Education 

Claire Mangan, Director of Children and Young Peoples' Services (Designate), Education and Skills Authority -
Update on Developments within ESA


Sam McCready, Youth Service Sectoral Partnership Group (YSSPG) - Shaping the Future of the Youth Service 
This presentation should be read in conjunction with 
the summary document Shaping the Future of the Youth Service, a proposed model from the YSSPG which is a working group from the voluntary and statutory youth work sectors in Northern Ireland in partnership with the Community Youth Work Team from the University of Ulster. 

Breda Friel, Community Youth Work Team, University of Ulster - Consultation Response

Tony Morgan, Community Youth Work Team, University of Ulster - Summary of Feedback from Day 1 Workshops