Aims & objectives

Our key aims and objectives are the following:

• Increase educational, employment and social skills of young people under the age of 25 years
• Help and motivate young people to engage in socially constructive activities so that they become better citizens
• Help prevent young people from getting involved in petty crime and anti-social behaviour

The programmes of activities which SYA provide to young people are:

• Youth club sessions
• Sport facilities
• Educational programmes and training
• Day trips and residential

Shadow Youth Alliance is a dynamic community-based organisation working with young people within the ages of 8 and 25.

Since its establishment SYA has been working to meet the local demands for young people in the area. The young people in the local area continue to face disadvantages by the lack of local opportunities and activities available to them. They still remain detached from many of the mainstream opportunities in education, training and employment. The area suffers from serious lack of youth provision as well as a rise in gang and territorial violence, drug abuse and crime.

Many of the young people SYA has been working with are deprived and disadvantaged. To help prevent these young people becoming like this we provided:

• Activities and facilities for social education and sports
• Worked with community and other organisations to develop youth provisions In the area
• Encourage, motivate and enable young people to develop skills and abilities to their full potential
• Divert those who have become involved in negative activity such as crime, vandalism and gang territorial violence
• Encourage young people to take education seriously
• Train young people physically and keep them healthy through sports
• Break down territorial and cultural barriers