Integrated Services for Children and Young People

What the Project is about

The purpose of the HAZ Integrated Services for Children and Young People Project is to tackle inequality and improve the life chances of children and young people by developing better service integration. This will be achieved by targeting services using the Integrated Development Fund and other available resources for children and young people in West Belfast and Greater Shankill. IDF funds are structured under four ‘pillars’ . (North Belfast is not eligible to receive funding from the IDF but the Project will offer opportunities to apply similar approaches and search for potential funding.)

In 2004 the Health Action Zone submitted a funding application for £5million to the Integrated Development Fund. The purpose of the HAZ IDF Project is to tackle inequality and improve the life chances of children and young people by developing better service integration. On 29 January 2007 Enterprise Minister, Maria Eagle MP, announced a £7million Education and Health Initiative, from the Integrated Development Fund, specifically aimed at raising education achievement in West Belfast and Greater Shankill. This announcement includes the HAZ funding application for £5million.