Traveller organisations call for improved mapping of youth work funding
Almost half of the Traveller population live in counties which have no funded Traveller-specific youth projects, according to a new mapping survey.
The survey, launched by the Irish Traveller Movement (ITM), has led Traveller organisations to call for improved mapping of youth work funding to meet the needs of one of the most marginalised groups of young people.
The majority of funding for youth work programmes comes through the Department of Children’s UBU programme, which targets disadvantaged, marginalised and vulnerable young people.
However, the ITM survey found that numerous counties with significant Traveller populations have no Traveller-specific UBU-funded youth projects – such as Cork, Limerick and WEXFORD.
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