Youth Integration Project

The Youth Integration Project (YIP) North East is an integration project established with funding from KPMG Foundation, Big Lottery Fund and GONE since 2002.

Through raising young refugee’s confidence and developing their leadership skills and talents the project aims to help young refugees and young people from new emerging communities to realise their potential and enabling them to lead the process of integrating their communities into the wider British society.  The project through various activities and social events aims to include young refugees in mainstream youth services and strengthen the feeling of inclusion and belonging to the North East’s social and cultural context.  

 Ongoing Work:  

• Inclusion of young refugees in existing youth services, youth activities and events.
• Enabling young refugees and emerging community groups to develop their capacity whilst participating and contributing to their local communities.
• Delivering awareness raising sessions and training/activities in schools, youth groups etc.
• Supporting the development of activities that focus on the integration of young people from all backgrounds, such as sport, music and arts projects.  
• Helping young people establish their own ‘young person lead’ community groups that have an interest in integration.
• Promoting volunteering within young refugees and the host community.  
• Working closely with community networks, young person’s families, schools, community youth centres and refugee community organisations.  

 YIP has projects in three regional areas:

YIP Tyneside (Gateshead, Newcastle and North Tyneside)

YIP Wearside ( Sunderland , Washington , South Shields)

YIP Tees Valley (Middlesbrough, Stockton , Darlington, Redcar & Cleveland, & Hartlepool)  

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