Our Funders
How We are Funded
CLAY is a registered charity and a company limited by guarantee.
CLAY has two main sources of funding:
CLAY’s UBU Youth Work Project is funded by The Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth through City of Dublin Youth Services.
CLAY'S Youth Diversion Project is co-funded by the Government of Ireland and the European Union as part of the ESF+ Employment, Inclusion, Skills and Training (EIST) Operational Programme 2021-2027.
How You Can Help
Whether you want to help, fundraise for us, make a donation or get involved in one of our campaigns, there are many ways you can help. Remember that whatever way you choose to get involved, your help is invaluable in making a difference to the lives of young people in the Crumlin community, and potentially change their future for the better. Whether you have a few hours to spare or would like to make a more long-term commitment, there are many ways you can get involved and help change someone’s life. If you would like to become involved helping to change the lives of young people with fewer opportunities start by contacting us. Why not have the opportunity to make a difference in someone’s life? We look forward to hearing from you! You can also donate to CLAY here
Our Services
UBU Your Place Your Space Programme
CLAY’s UBU Your Place Your Space is a funding scheme which provides local youth work services for young people aged 10 upwards. The programme is available to young people after school hours and to suit school holidays, evenings, and weekends. The UBU scheme prioritises young people with fewer opportunities from the local and surrounding communities. The UBU scheme is funded by The Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth through City of Dublin Youth Service Board.
CLAY’s “Your Place Your Space” work with young people starts at the point of “where they are at” and through their voluntary participation the programme intends to impact and promote the young person’s personal growth and positive experiences. The direct relationship that CLAY’s UBU Youth Workers focus on with young people is centred around their social and personal development. Non-formal education programmes through creative methodologies of learning and engaging are core to young people’s learning and supportive involvement. CLAY works with young people to foster each individual’s wellbeing and support them through their transitional development.
Youth Diversion Programme
CLAY CLG, as a Community Based Organization (CBO) line manages CLAY Youth Diversion Project, which is a Community youth work based, multi-agency youth crime prevention initiative. CLAY YDP primarily seeks to have the specific impact of diversion on the lives of young people, working through the family and supporting the young person with direct Youth Justice work.
At the core of its programme is a youth diversion programme (12 - 18 years) that supports young people’s development through intensive small group and one to one interventions, activity, and programmes. Aligned with this work is a family support programme and its main activity is supporting the self-sufficiency of families whose children/young people are part of CLAY Youth Diversion Programme through small group and one to one activity that includes parents, guardians, and kinship relationships.
The focus of the work is interventions that are planned to engage young people in conscious-raising activity that increases their awareness and understanding of personal actions around schooling, their part in the family, their relationship with others, especially peers and activities that put themselves and community wellbeing at risk. CLAY’s newest programme is the YDP extension of services which includes Early Intervention (8 - 11 years) and Family Support, both of which are targeted and referral based. Early Intervention focusses on providing wellbeing and personal supports at the earliest possible stage. Family Support is a programme aimed at identifying and supporting families of young people who have offended or are at risk of offending, with the aim to reduce the offending behaviour.
As part of the wraparound practice outlined in the Youth Justice Strategy 2021-2027 relationships with young people, their families and other professionals are at the core of CLAY YDP work.
CLAY YDP is co-funded by the Government of Ireland and the European Union as part of the ESF+ Employment, Inclusion, Skills and Training (EIST) Operational Programme 2021-2027. Please see www.EUFunds.ie for more information