Phoenix Education Centre organised summit to call for better distribution of funding aimed at tackling disadvantage
Stormont decision makers need to rethink how they hand out funding if they want to make real difference in disadvantaged communities, a major conference is expected to hear on Thursday.
But she insists that staff at the Phoenix who are “on the ground” could do much more if funding providers stopped “playing it safe” by funnelling large sums to “established” groups. She adds that reports and policy decisions “really miss out working class opinion”, with authors and decision makers “engaging with policy makers, politicians and big charities” but not “people like me on the ground”.
“Northern Ireland has the highest proportion of young people leaving school without five GCSEs as a result. A staggering one in twelve 16-24 year olds are not in employment, education or training - higher than anywhere else on these islands.
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