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Focus Area 2
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Health & Wellbeing
[/nectar_highlighted_text][vc_column_text]In the next 5 years, to build core life-skills in young people and foster positive mental, emotional and physical well-being.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/2″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_background” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”bottom” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” bg_color=”#ffffff” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”10%” bottom_padding=”5%” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” id=”discover” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/2″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”40″][vc_row_inner column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” text_align=”left” css=”.vc_custom_1504128844236{margin-right: -1px !important;}”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”padding-8-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” background_color=”#00ff70″ background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”large_depth” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none” enable_animation=”true” animation=”fade-in-from-left”][vc_column_text]
Mind, Body & Resilience
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Good health in childhood fosters confidence, stability and positive choices for adulthood. But children’s lives are now and the health and wellbeing challenges they face are currently affecting them. Therefore the problems need to be addressed immediately. From 2020 to 2025, the Irish Youth Foundation will fund exemplary programmes that support physical activity, good emotional and mental health and foster resilience, self-esteem and positive life-skills in young people.
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The problem our funding addresses
[/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”50″][vc_column_text]Daily, our children face physical, emotional and mental health challenges. Serious mental health problems, self-harm and suicide are far too prevalent among our youngest.[/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”50″][vc_column_text]
Physical Health
[/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”50″][vc_row_inner column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” text_align=”left”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”padding-4-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” background_color=”#36464c” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ font_color=”#ffffff” column_shadow=”small_depth” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/2″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none” enable_animation=”true” animation=”fade-in-from-left”][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”28″][milestone heading_inherit=”h2″ symbol_position=”after” subject_padding=”2%” color=”Accent-Color” effect=”count” symbol_alignment=”Default” milestone_alignment=”default” number=”25″ subject=”of 9 year olds meet the recommended 60 mins a day of physical activity. If you grow up in a poor household you are at an higher risk of having a number of health problems in later life, including cardiovascular disease, lung disease & mental health issues.” number_font_size=”72″ symbol=”%”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=”padding-4-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” background_color=”#36464c” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ font_color=”#ffffff” column_shadow=”small_depth” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” el_class=”second-symbol” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/2″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none” enable_animation=”true” animation=”fade-in”][vc_column_text]
According to the 2016 Census,
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Mental Health
[/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”50″][vc_row_inner column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” text_align=”left”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”padding-6-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”small_depth” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none” enable_animation=”true” animation=”fade-in” delay=”200″][vc_custom_heading text=”In 2015, Ireland had the seventh highest rate of youth suicide (aged 15-19) across 33 countries.” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:44|text_align:center|line_height:50px” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1582112663510{margin-top: 30px !important;margin-bottom: 30px !important;}”]One in ten 17/18 year olds said that they had no adult to whom they could turn for help and advice. Students experiencing homelessness present with a number of visible mental health issues, including high levels of anxiety, self-stigma, embarrassment and low levels of self-esteem. The depression rate of 26% for female early school leavers is the second highest in the OECD and the depression figure for early school leaving males is 21%, twice the OECD average.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_background” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”middle” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” bg_color=”#00ff70″ scene_position=”center” top_padding=”6%” bottom_padding=”6%” text_color=”light” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”1″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_color=”#f4f4f4″ shape_divider_position=”bottom” shape_divider_height=”40%” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=”curve_opacity”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”right” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_row_inner column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” bottom_padding=”2%” text_align=”left”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/6″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” centered_text=”true” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”2/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][split_line_heading animation_type=”default”]
The solution our funding provides
The Irish Youth Foundation will identify evidence-based and dynamic programmes that deliver measurable results. In the next 5 years, we will:
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and mentally healthy.”]
Fund smart and innovative programmes
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Support pioneering initiatives
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Target key interventions
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Fund programmes that allow children and young people
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Core Youth Services Worker[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]