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BELONG

A family support programme promoting a sense of belonging for black & minority ethnic children through:

• Cultural Confidence &

Competence

• Anti-Bullying & Anti-Racial

Bullying

• Education

BELONG Beginnings

• Southern Area Children & Young

People’s Committee

• Working Group on the Rights and

Needs of Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) Children and Young People

• Improving outcomes for BME

Children and Young People through early intervention

Underpinning Concepts

• Interagency Approach
• Early Intervention
• Ecological Model (NI Family

Support & Whole Child)

• Explicit focus on Children’s Rights

BELONG Believes… “Unless we put children & young people, and in particular those that have been historically excluded, at the centre of our service,

• ur development goals will

continue to evade us.”

A Need to BELONG

• Harter’s Scale of Self-Perception
• Rotter’s Locus of Control Scale
• Adapted version of Anderson,

Butcher & Conroy’s ‘Belonging to an After School Programme’

• Olweus Bullying Scale
• Resilience Scale (Wagnild & Young)

Children’s Perspectives

What helps? What hinders?

• Friends/supportive

community

• Family/parents
• Play (including

Sports/Arts)

• Education/school/

teachers

• Self-esteem/confidence
• Money
• Discrimination/racism/

sectarianism

• Drugs/alcohol/smoking/

health

• Criticism/low self-esteem
• Bullying/peer pressure
• Violence/abuse

Social Determinants of Health & Well-being among Young People

• Communication with parents
• Peer friendships and contact
• School Experiences

= Need for programmes to involve multiple social contexts

“A Bit of Peace”

Promoting a sense of belonging

Reduce Bullying Build Resilience Increase Participation

Work with Children

• Hear My Voice – rights based

creative arts programme addressing cultural confidence; diversity awareness; anti-bullying; action

• We R U – youth participation

programme with ‘majority’ and ‘minority’ groups working in parallel towards integrated activity

• Additional Educational Support

Work with Parents

• Workshops on Anti-Bullying and

Parental Advocacy

• Rights-based Information,

practical support & guidance on education, bullying, participation

• Ongoing engagement and

consultation

• Education & Learning Support

Work with Schools, Youth & Community Groups

• Training on: children’s rights; racial

bullying awareness; cultural competence; inclusive practice; diversity awareness

• Teaching Resources: anti-bullying;

assessing external learning & skills

• BELONG Charter project for youth

& community groups

Strategic Work

• Representation on CYPSP bodies
• Children’s Rights Implementation

Group at NICCY

• NI Anti-Bullying Forum membership
• Input to OFMDFM for UNCRC

monitoring and reporting processes

• Partnership work with Parenting NI
• AP Grantee Network

BELONG

BELONG Programme Office Community Support Centre 64 Main Street, Coalisland BT71 4NB www.belongni.org deirdre@belongni.org Tel:028 87741960