Youth Participation Web Page
17 young people from across Northern Ireland
recently attended a workshop to share their ideas about a Youth
Participation Web Page with the Equality Commission.
The workshop, facilitated by NCB NI, began
with a series of activities that raised the young people’s
awareness of equality law.
The young people were encouraged to comment on
how the Youth Participation page should look.
They were able to try their hand at developing
items for the page.
They helped the Commission in its efforts to
reach out to young people, increased their knowledge of equality,
made some new friends, and had a lot of fun!
The web-page
was launched in Equality House on 25th January 2011 at
the Equality Commission.
Everyone who attended the launch received a certificate from the
Chief Executive of the Equality Commission; Evelyn Collin CBE who
said: "It’s great to see young people coming together and
focusing on these important issues, and I think our web pages for
young people are greatly improved as a result."
We then enjoyed a drumming workshop to end the evening on a high
note!
To view the Youth Participation web
page please follow this link:
http://www.equalityni.org/sections/default.asp?cms=News_Youth+Participation&cmsid=1_183&id=183&secid=1