About Us
Lordshill Youth Project was established in 1999 to support disengaged young people.
What we do
We act as a resource for young people living in the Lordshill area by providing advice, assistance and organising programmes of physical, educational and other activities. We aim to help young people by supporting them to develop their skills, capacities and capabilities to enable them to participate in society as independent, mature and responsible individuals.
Developing Life Skills
Promoting Community Safety
Enhancing Employability Skills
Recreation and Leisure
History
In the early years, the LYP initiative was supported by the local police, the local church and Sainsbury’s, right through to the present day, where we still work closely with these organisations.
The housing services and the City Council’s Youth Services were also supporters of the Project’s development, the latter providing the staff resource to line manage the initial programme delivery.
Following a competitive process, LYP’s service delivery has been provided by Youth Options for the last few years. This arrangement has been a very fruitful one.
Recently LYP has been awarded Lottery funding, along with a move into The Zoe Braithwaite Centre, allowing LYP to further its work with young people.
- 1999
The Lordshill Youth Project was established
- 2000
National Community Care Award for Interagency Partnership
- 2012
Partnered with Youth Options
- 2013
Youth Options' Club of the Year
- 2017
Acquired the lease for Zoe Braithwaites
- 2017
Awarded significant National Lottery Grant
- 2018
CIO status achieved
- 2019
The 20 year anniversary of the LYP celebrated
- 2022
Received National Lottery funding for our project from The National Lottery Community Fund
- 2024
Lordshill Youth Project Celebrates 25 Years of Community Impact
- 2025
Clive Lewis Memorial Awards Commence
- 2025
Community project by Willmott Dixon Revamping Zoe Braithwaite Centre