Youth On Their Own Information Cards - YOTO
Connecting With Youth had received a grant from Castlereagh
Community Safety Partnership to create and distribute
information cards to young people on a
range of teenage issues. The previous youth council had already done
good work but were unable to continue. Six different
young people volunteered to complete the work, Courtney,
James, Jonny, Rebecca, Suzie and Taryn.
The first set of 1000 cards has been printed and distributed
thanks to the very hard work of the young people. These young
people gave up a couple of hours on Friday nights to brainstorm
the issues and select a topic to work on at home. The name of
the cards YOTO was created by one of the young people. The cards
are divided into five sections each highlighting a very real issue for
young people. The information on the cards is aimed at secondary
school-aged pupils and were distributed to schools in the area,
namely Newtownbreda High, Knockbreda High and Wellington College.
The young people attended the schools to distribute the cards.
Courtney and Taryn performed a drama on teenage pregnancy to
highlight one issue included in the
cards and Suzie gave a short talk
on the group and how the cards
had been developed. The cards
were very well received and some
schools mentioned using the cards
as a teaching aid in future lessons. Visit the YOTO web site. |