Impact Report 2021/22

ACTIVITIES 2021-2022 

The Coronavirus pandemic has presented huge challenges globally to the health and wellbeing of everyone. Boys & Girls Clubs adapted to the new circumstances, legislation and social restrictions whilst reducing disruption where possible to support services and programme delivery.
Our offices remained closed to the public in the first part of the year with staff continuing to work from home. As covid restrictions eased in the summer months, staff returned to the office on a rota basis and our services and activities transitioned to a hybrid delivery of both digital and Face 2 Face.

Despite the challenges, Boys & Girls Clubs had a lucrative year and successfully attracted project funding across a wide range of sponsors. These projects complemented the core services that we offer to support our membership organisations.

Throughout the year our priorities focused on developing these services and activities achieving this through a dynamic programme of youth work which included the Accredited Youth Work Programme,

(AYWP), an 18-month project that involved designing, trialling, piloting and developing the first ever youth work specific framework across five areas;
Good Relations:
Living in Safety & Stability:
Participation: Health & Wellbeing:
Diversity, Inclusion and Equality of Opportunity.

The project was funded by the Education Authority and the resources have been uploaded onto the EA website.

We engaged & supported 2293 young people and their support staff during 2021-2022 through the

Do Something Healthy & Do Something Active ( health & wellbeing activities) :
TBUC, Together Building a United Community: work force development courses; Training programmes and the Youth Fest programme which was run over 3 days in August and provided the opportunity for young people to learn, enjoy and achieve together after a long year of covid-19 restrictions.

Impact Report 2020/21

ACTIVITIES 2020-2021 – YEAR 1 OF THE PANDEMIC.
The Coronavirus pandemic has presented huge challenge globally to the health and wellbeing of
everyone. Boys & Girls Clubs adapted to the new circumstances, legislation and social restrictions
whilst reducing disruption where possible to support services and programme delivery. Our Offices were closed to the public from 18th March 2020.
Due to previous investment in digital infrastructure, Boys & Girls Clubs was able to successfully and rapidly move all staff to homeworking in line with Government legislation and guidelines and to fundamentally change our mode of service delivery. Our priorities were focused on supporting staff to adjust to new ways of working, supporting their wellbeing and their capacity to provide service to others and to rapidly transition to remote delivery so we could maintain high levels of responsiveness to the needs of young people and member youth organisations.
Boys & Girls Clubs initially responded to the impact of the pandemic on young people and member
clubs by producing and circulating COVID-related information and guidance, self-help videos on
physical & emotional resilience and maintenance of personal health and wellbeing, as well as engaging and supporting young people and their support workers through new health & wellbeing projects and workforce training programmes and support services delivered online.
We also continued to develop services to our membership throughout the year; Boys & Girls Clubs
engaged & supported 908 young people and their support staff in 2020-21. To achieve this, we
organised a dynamic online programme of youth work & Health & wellbeing activities and club support services which included: the Do Something Healthy & Do Something Active, health & wellbeing programmes as well as two Together Building a United Community (T:BUC) projects through which young people could learn, enjoy and achieve together in online activities.

Impact Report 2019/20

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Annual Impact Report
We are pleased to present our Annual Impact Report for the period from April 2019 to March 2020 and we hope this
report provides a positive impression of the work and values of Boys & Girls Clubs.
Boys & Girls Clubs aims to promote the inclusion, engagement and development of all young people regardless of their
cultural, political or religious background. We deliver a wide range of programmes, projects and services to young people
and those who work on their behalf.
Vision
We envision a fair and inclusive society which values and supports the development of young people.
Mission
Boys & Girls Clubs aims to realise the personal development and social education of young people and to work in
partnership with our members to realise our vision.
Values
As a voluntary youth organisation and charitable company, we value:
§ the potential of all young people, our members, volunteers and staff;
§ the active participation of young people in community development;
§ the work of all those who support local youth provision wherever it is needed;
§ effective youth work and positive activities in community-based youth centres;
§ young people’s health and well-being;
§ the contribution of all who provide leadership for our shared vision to be realised; and,
§ the protection & preservation of the natural and physical environments for the benefit of future generations.
Activities (2019-2020)
Through our activities over the past year, Boys & Girls Clubs directly engaged 2,020 young people and youth workers. To
achieve this, we organised and delivered a dynamic programme of youth work events, activities and club support services
which are open to all member youth organisations and through which they can enjoy and achieve together.