ChillOUT LGBT Youth Project
Manor Street Centre
Manor Street Youth & Community Centre Manor Street, Waterford X91 TY8N
0860218941
Description
Our mission is to provide a safe supportive community where LGBT young people are accepted and appreciated for who they are and encouraged to take PRIDE in themselves. Learning and awareness of LBGT experiences and issues is created and addressed through activities and where young people have a say and take charge of running their own affairs.
ChillOUT Minis Youth Group (10-13yrs) runs on Tuesdays 4.30-6pm
ChillOUT LGBT Youth Group (14-17yrs) runs on Sundays from 2-5pm
ChillOUT+ Youth Group (18-24yrs) runs on Tuesdays 6.30-8.30pm
We work through a wide range of youth work methods generating personal development through to critical social education. Our work happens through developmental group work where young people have opportunities and are empowered to develop their own leadership and teamwork skills. Young people engage in self-directed and peer led personal development, collective action on issues and local and National policy development related to LGBT issues and experiences.
Young people work on projects to raise awareness of what works and what needs to be changed to improve young LGBT people’s lives. By communicating experiences from young people’s point of view they aim to create awareness of the issues, to inspire behaviour change and to improve the focus on better outcomes for young LGBT people.
