Youth Diversion Programme

About this Service

These projects are co-funded by the Government of Ireland and the European Union as part of the European Social Fund Plus Employment, Inclusion, Skills and Training (EIST) Operational Programme 2021-2027.

The Youth Diversion Programme is provided for in the Childrens Act 2001. The Diversion Programme is supported by a network of Youth Diversion Projects (YDPs).

YDPs are community-based multi-agency crime prevention initiatives, which seek to divert young people who have become involved in crime/anti-social behaviour and to support wider preventative work within the community and with families at risk. 

YDPs aim to bring about the conditions whereby the behavioural patterns of young people towards law and order can develop and mature through positive interventions and interaction with the project. They are primarily targeted at 12-17 year old “at risk” youths in communities where a specific need has been identified and where there is a risk of them remaining within the justice system.

The objectives of the YDP are to:

·    promote focused and effective interventions to challenge and divert young people from offending behaviour

·    utilise YDP resources in areas of greatest need and to establish effective crime prevention supports in co-operation with other youth service providers nationwide

Actively promote crime prevention policy through focussed educational interventions influencing positive development of young people towards becoming responsible citizens.

We provide a tailored, bespoke, challenging and ultimately positive support for the young people and their families.  

Participation in this project is on a referral basis.  We run regular groups and one to one work where activities are formulated around a young person’s needs.

CDYS has Youth Diversion Programmes in Mallow, Cobh, Charleville, Midleton & Fermoy

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