Newhill Youth & Community Centre

Background:

In March 2022 Newhill Youth & Community Association merged with the Upper Springfield Development Trust (USDT) to create a new project, USDT’s Newhill Youth & Community Centre. USDT has over 25 years’ experience at the forefront of leading community development and urban regeneration within the area and has a unique and ambitious vision to end inequality, disadvantage, and social isolation. Newhill Youth & Community Centre is central to the success of this vision.

Vision:

To end inequality, disadvantage and isolation.

Mission:

To lead positive change in people’s lives through sustainable social, economic and environmental regeneration. We will do this through community development, campaigning and service delivery.

USDT Strategic Goals

  1. Connect People
  2. Influence Change
  3. Promote Health
  4. Realizing Potential
  5. Improve Place

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Newhill Youth & Community Centre

Adult MMA program

Our Adult MMA program continued on Sunday afternoon; this week the focus was on grappling! Some of the lads even stayed behind for some extra

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Community Consultation Report

A massive thank you to all our young people, adults, parents, and residents who participated in our community consultation report this film was put together

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Helens Bay Sunrise Swim

On Saturday morning we braved the cold and headed to Helens Bay for our first Sunrise Swim. The scenery was beautiful, the water was freezing…but

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USDT’s Newhill Youth & Community Centre Organisational Culture:

  1. Commitment – We are committed to the people on whose behalf we work, we are committed to the development and regeneration of our community, we are committed to the maxim, Na hAbair é, Déan É’ (Don’t say it, Do it)
  2. Participation – The participation of those people on whose behalf we work is essential to building a healthy and democratic society, this is true also of the workplace where we are committed to fostering a horizontal organising model in which the views and voices of all workers, volunteers and young people is included in the decision-making process.
  3. Accountability – We recognise the privileged position we are in, working on behalf of the people. Accountability runs through all our work, we are accountable to the community in which we work, our colleagues within the organisation, and the people we serve.
  4. Lifelong learning & development – We value and cherish all our staff and volunteers and are committed to supporting them on a lifelong journey of personal growth and development. This means supporting people to live a balanced, healthy and happy lifestyle in which work, and life is in harmony.
  5. Trust – People are at the heart of the U.S.D.T Newhill Youth & Community Centre organising model. We trust our staff and volunteers to be motivated and independent agents for change and will actively work to support autonomy and independence within all organisational roles from bottom to top.
  6. Communication – Good active communication is essential within any organisation or group of people; it is a two-way process which must be respected and adhered to and worked at on a constant basis. This is even more important in a horizontal organisational structure in which the participation and ownership of staff in decision making processes is crucial.
  7. Solidarity – U.S.D.T Newhill Youth & Community Centre provides hope in an increasingly divided world. We aim to provide imaginative alternatives to the competitive individualism which characterises modern society. We do this by working every day at building strong internal bonds of community, solidarity and well-being.
  8. Honesty – In order to develop and grow as a people, as an organisation, and as a society we need an honest analysis of where we are. Honesty and a willingness to critically reflect on us and our organisation is crucial to personal growth and organisational strength. We will be open and honest with ourselves, our colleagues and the community.

Strategic Objectives:

  1. Regeneration of Newhill: To establish Newhill Youth & Community Centre as a vibrant multi-purpose hub at the heart of the local neighbourhood which connects people in solidarity and hope. (Improve Place)
  2. Youth Work: To provide high quality youth work which enhances the social inclusion & participation of young people from the Upper Springfield area. (Realising Potential)
  3. Inclusion & Participation: To enhance the social inclusion of local people and to support their active participation in the issues, services and decisions that impact on their lives. (Connect People)
  4. Lifelong Learning & Development: To provide opportunities for local people which raise their aspirations, confidence, self – esteem and their ability to learn and grow. (Realising Potential)
  5. Health & Well Being: To provide community and youth work-based programmes which improve the safety, health and well-being of local people. (Promote Health)
  6. Community Action: To use community youth work and community development as a model of organising, advocacy, campaigning, and empowerment which builds community spirit, identity and solidarity. (Influence Change)

Services:

  1. Youth Club for young people ages 9 – 18 years of age Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday evenings.
  2. Youth ‘drop in’ for young people aged 11+ Saturday, Sunday and Monday evenings.
  3. Outreach Detached youth work at the weekends.
  4. Homework club for P4 to P7s Monday, Wednesday and Thursday 3 pm to 4.30 pm.
  5. 1 to 1 mentoring programme for young people aged 9 to 18 years of age who need additional social & emotional well-being support.
  6. Woman development groups.
  7. Healthy Living programmes for adults and older people.
  8. Community Development and community actions projects.
  9. Féile na gCloigíni Gorma – annual community health and well-being festival organised each May.
  10. Summer Youth engagement programme.
  11. Blackmoutain4Life Programme which leads education programmes and voluntary conservation work on the Black Mountain.

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