The Bytes Project mission statement is as follows:
The Bytes Project will provide opportunities in an informal setting for young people to accelerate their own personal development through the creative and enjoyable use of technology.
The Bytes Project will encourage and support those young people who, by their social environment or personal experience, face obstacles to personal development.
The Bytes Project will assist young people to achieve their full potential, through progression to further education, purposeful training or the world of work.
All of the Bytes Centres offer the following and much more...
Free Internet Use
Free Email Use
Learn Web Design and Desktop Publishing
Search for Jobs and Courses online
Create a CV to help you find a job
You can get access to Free Qualifications and much much more...
Please contact the Bytes Head Office or check out your local Bytes Centre for more details...
This is a link page for all young people who use Bytes centres or simply need a guide to some organisations which we use.
Click on the hyperlinks below to go to the page required.
Government Organisations, Counselling and Advice Services For Young People, General Support Organisations, Sexual Support Organisations, Addiction Support Organisations, Personal Development and Support Services, Careers and Training, Training Organisations, Employment Websites & Housing Advice.
Support Organisations for Young People:
Counselling and Advice Services For Young People
Young people today face a multiplicity of pressures in their daily lives. These can range from problems in relationships, finding work or training, difficulties in communicating with their family, pressure from peers to take drugs, feeling down or depressed, coping with health difficulties, feeling stressed, in debt etc. Often young people feel isolated when trying to solve and deal with these problems and pressures. If you feel that advice and help would be useful, here are some organizations to contact:
Counseling Services: 02890 249696
Cruse Bereavement Care: 02890 792419
Family Mediation Service: 02890 322914
Parents Advice Centre: 02890 238800
Simon Community: 02890 232882
Youth Line: 02890 456645
The Samaritans:
- Belfast: 02890 323454
- Derry: 02871 371502
Contact Youth Counselling Services: 02890 457848
Nexus Institute - Help for those Sexually abused
- Derry: 02871260566
- Belfast: 02890326803
Aids helpline: 02890 249268
Family Centre Gobnascale, Derry: 02871 347515
Belfast Rape Crisis And Sexual Abuse Centre: 02890 249696
Addiction Support Organisations
Al-Anon Family Groups: 02890 243489
Alcoholics Anonymous: 02890 681084
Dunlewey Substance Advice Centre: 02890 611162
Northern Ireland Community Addiction Service: 02890 664434
Personal Development and Support Services:
Got an idea which you think could become a successful business?
These organizations should be you first stop for advice on setting up and running your own business.
- Live Wire: www.shell-livewire.org
- First Stop Business Shop: www.firststopshop.co.uk
- The Princess Trust: www.princes-trust.org.uk
Each of these organizations give advice and help on setting up and running your own business, how and where to apply for start up grants and how to put together a business plan and assistance in the running and sustaining your business successfully.
Careers and Training. Kick-starting your career may seem a difficult task after you leave school or finding yourself unemployed and not in training, but don't worry, plenty of help is at hand if you know where to start.
The Training and Employment Agency and your local Jobcentre should be the first place to visit. Making an appointment with a careers officer is the best way to get things going and he or she will help you find out about the work your interested in. You'll learn about all options available to you.
If you attend any of the Bytes Projects your centre's Development Officer can guide you in the right direction and set things up for you. It couldn't be easier......you just take the first step.
