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Youth Integration Project
YIP
Tees
Valley
(Middlesbrough,
Stockton
, Darlington, Redcar and
Cleveland
and
Hartlepool
)
YIP supported the
Redcar
and Cleveland Refugee families Association to create a project which would
involve both parents and young people. The project is called Moving Onwards By Involving Learning for Everyone (MOBILE).
So
far the following activities were delivered under the project.
- Bollywood
& Bhangra Dance Session.
- In the summer YIP supported young refugees to set
up a football team which had several friendly matches against similar
teams in the region. The team is now working to get into local
tournament. YIP believes that sport is one of the best methods of
integration as this proven to be the case with the newly formed team
-
YIP
Tees
Valley
encourages the involvement of young people on different levels /themes
of Local Strategic Partnerships. In line to this YIP delivers training
on the LSP structures and opportunities of involvement.
- YIP disseminates information on local, regional
and national events and ensures young refugees representation.
Some
examples are:
v
Multicultural
Fashion Show Extravaganza (2 December 06)
v
Middlesbrough
Youth Festival (26 November 06)
v
AIDS/HIV
awareness Training (25 November 06)
v
Cultural
Fest (4 November 06)
v
Taste
of
Africa
(6 October 06)
-
YIP
Tees
Valley
hosted a young advocate from Changemakers who developed a project of
her own called Drum Majorettes group. Young advocate had been
supported by YIP to make a funding application and received £1000
from the Big Boost (Lottery Fund)
- YIP has taken young people to a week long youth
music theatre residential (
Youth Music Theatre
UK
) in
Manchester
. A multicultural group of 30 young people from different parts of the
UK
worked together towards a performance at the end of the week. The
young people developed the storyline, wrote the songs and developed
dancing, singing and performing skills. They all enjoyed the
experience, made new friends and learnt new skills.
-
YIP
Tees
Valley
in conjunction with YIP Tyneside and Wearside have recently organised
a three day residential at
Kielder
Forest
, Northumberland. There were 21 young people from the region who
benefited from the residential. At the residential young people
participated in different outdoor activities such as Orienteering,
Climbing, Canoeing,
Bell
boating, Mask making etc. They have also visited the Bird of Prey
Centre. Young people learnt new skills, built their confidence and
self esteem. Young people from the residential formed a new regional
group called Together Integration Experiences (T.I.E). The
T.I.E is looking forward to organising a social event to meet up
again, as this was one of their many future plans. The group very much
welcomes new members, 16-25 years olds.
For information on any of these projects or activities in your area
contact
YIP
Tees
Valley
worker at:
North
of
England
Refugee Service
Erimus
House
4
Queens Square
Middlesbrough
TS2
1AA
Tel:
01642 220 250,
Mobile
: 07840541027,
Email:
bina@refugee.org.uk
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