Home News Who We Are What We Do Get Involved Get in Touch info@belfastcentralmission.org Housing Support for Young People Housing Support for Young People BCM Housing support for Young People operates in Armagh & Dungannon, Magherafelt and North Down & Ards. Working with young people aged 16-25 who are homeless, leaving care, or experiencing difficulties in relation to their tenancies. Support is offered in a range of areas, including: managing tenancy and accommodation self-care and living skills budgeting education, training and employment and much more Service users will be provided with a dedicated support worker, and can avail of the service for up to two years. The projects are user led and based upon the needs of the service users. To access the service, young people must want the support of the service, and meet the eligibility of the service for which they are applying. Referrals can be made directly by the applicant, by social services, NIHE or by community and voluntary organisations. Various groups also operate within the projects for service users to access. Previous groups have included young mothers groups, budgeting, football and short film making. "My life was a mess before I started with the project, I didn’t care about myself or my house and I was wrecking everything. With the help from my support worker I have met new friends and have started a new course at tech and things are finally looking up for me." "I was homeless when I first joined the project and I had no idea about how to get a house. They were able to tell me and help me with what I was doing and now I’m in temporary accommodation and hopefully soon I will have a house, my support worker is helping me with lots of things so that when I get a proper house I will know how to cope." "They don’t shelter you from the world but teach you how to survive it independently. They show you your options, your rights and help you grow. Without the project and the staff I wouldn’t be in the same situation, financially secure and happy. I would gladly recommend them and their help to anyone." You can access the online referral form here: https://www.belfastcentralmission.org/housing-support-referral-form Or, for further information please contact: North Down & Ards Liam Miley, Project Manager Email: lmiley@belfastcentralmission.org Email: ardsadmin@belfastcentralmission.org Tel: +44 028 9182 7783 Armagh, Dungannon and Magherafelt Joanne McCourt, Project Manager Email: jmccourt@belfastcentralmission.org Tel: +44 028 8775 0175 Michelle's Story Samantha's Story Tara's Story YOUNG PEOPLE Housing Support Therapeutic Counselling Parents' Support Supported Housing Volunteering SEARCH FORM From BCM’s foundation in 1889, volunteers have played a vital role in the life of the Mission and this remains true today. In fact this is an expanding area of our work and the contribution made by our volunteers has been calculated as an amazing 11,100 volunteering hours in the year Jan - Dec 2015 alone... READ MORE > BCM | Grosvenor House, 5 Glengall Street, Belfast, BT12 5AD | T: +44 (0)28 9024 1917 | F: +44 (0)28 9024 0577 | info@belfastcentralmission.org Registered with The Charity Commission for Northern Ireland NIC 101271 | Company limited by guarantee NI 55693 Privacy and Cookies © BCM 2015 Content cannot be copied, republished, posted, broadcast or reproduced in any form without the prior written permission of BCM. Site by Stereo and Avec Solutions