Donegal ETB, in conjunction with the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration, and Youth (DCEDIY) provides administrative/financial support, either directly or collaboratively for the following Youth Programmes throughout Donegal:

• Foróige Donegal (UBU Your Place Your Space)
• Involve CLG Donegal (UBU Your Place Your Space)
• Donegal Youth Service (UBU Your Place Your Space)
• Letterkenny Youth Information Centre
• Local Youth Club Grant Scheme
• Capital Funding Scheme for Staff Led Projects/Services and Volunteer Led Clubs/Groups
• Targeted Youth Employability Support Initiative
• LGBTI+ Funding Initiative

Donegal ETB is seeking an organisation to deliver a Youth Service in Co Donegal

We are currently seeking an organisation with experience of providing services to young people, to deliver a youth service to young people in Inishowen, Co Donegal. This new project is being established in line with the UBU Your Place Your Space scheme funded by the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Inclusion and Youth (DCEDIY).

The organisation we are seeking should:

• Exemplify good practice in relation to vision, methodologies, governance, compliance, programme design, delivery and evaluation.
• Be experienced in working with targeted young people aged 10-24 years with complexity of needs, using non-formal educational methodology.
• Operate in an out-of-school setting, including evenings, weekends and school holidays.
• Understand the nature and needs of young people living in disadvantaged communities and offer appropriate responses.
• Be able to devise and measure effective responses to the needs of the target group.
• Be committed to on-going sharing of learning and collaboration.

Further details are available at www.etenders.gov.ie, Ref ID 195364. The closing date for receipt of tenders is 25 August 2021.

The Local Youth Club Grant Scheme (LYCGS) aims to provide funding towards the needs of volunteer led youth groups and clubs in all areas of Co. Donegal. Closing date for receipt of applications is Friday 19 April 2024. Forms should be emailed to paddymuldoon@donegaletb.ie or jacquieknox@donegaletb.ie.

Application Form 

Guidance Note 

The National Quality Standards Framework (NQSF) is a support and development tool for the Youth Work Sector.

The aim of the Targeted Youth Employability Support Initiative (TYESI) is to engage and support harder to reach young people aged 15 to 24 years who are not currently in employment, education, or training.  The focus of the initiative is on soft skills and developing these in relation to employability. 

The focused interventions are intended to provide community-based support to assist young people to attain a level of confidence and agency to engage in a wide range of currently available progression routes, programmes or services, for example Youthreach, Community Employment Schemes, Traineeships, Apprenticeships, Pathways to Work and/or progress into employment. 

The TYESI is funded by the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth and administered by Education and Training Boards.

For Application Form and Guidance Note, please contact the Youth Work Administrator at jacquieknox@donegaletb.ie.