People like Blair Anderson and Marc Young say youth groups funded with EU money helped turn their lives around. But now, because of Brexit, hundreds of groups will lose that money within weeks, with 1,700 jobs being put at risk:
Blair Anderson says getting help meant she could "find my voice to continue to ask for support""If this service gets taken away there's going to be loads of vulnerable people in deep water."
"When I say I had no hope for the future, I remember going into a meeting with my social worker and saying like: 'I'm happy to be on the dole, I don't want or need to work because I have the option of being on benefits.'Marc Young said the opportunity provided by the European Social Fund turned his life around
"I was involved with alcohol and other substances that was impacting my life, impacting my mental health.""I had a lot of mental health issues and there was a lot of pressure on me in school to actually do well," he said. But eventually he began a 12-week employability programme run by the Include Youth organisation through the Alternatives group on the Shankill Road.Both said that had turned their lives around. Both, now in their 20s, are youth workers and back in education.Both Blair and Marc spoke at an event held by East Belfast Mission to highlight the risks to groups if the funding is not replaced soon.
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