OUR VISION:
Love for Life’s vision is of communities in which young people have a healthy respect for themselves, relationships and sex.
OUR MISSION STATEMENT:
Love for Life’s mission is to equip young people and their community with the knowledge, skills and values necessary to form and maintain healthy and respectful relationships and to make informed choices with regards to their sexual health and well-being.
ETHOS STATEMENT:
Love for Life is founded on a Christian model of values and seeks to demonstrate these values in and through the work of the organisation.
OUR CORE VALUES AND BELIEFS:
Core Values:
GRACE: We seek to demonstrate the attitude of Christ in everything that we do.
EXCELLENCE: We strive to develop and deliver in all areas to the best of our ability.
INTEGRITY: We commit to being open and transparent in all of our dealings.
RESPECT: We uphold the intrinsic worth and equal value of all.
PARTNERSHIP: We endeavour to work alongside others in the achievement of our vision.
Love for Life believes in the value and dignity of human life from conception to natural death.
Love for Life believes that human sexuality has a physical, emotional, psychological and spiritual dimension.
Love for Life believes that young people can choose to be alcohol, drug and sex free.
Love for Life believes in the inherent worth of each person, irrespective of what choices they make in any area of their lives.
Love for Life believes that the ideal context for a sexual relationship is within the life long committed relationship of marriage.
Love for Life believes that parents have rights and responsibilities, as the primary educators of their children, with regards to relationships and sexuality education.
Love for Life believes in the collective responsibility of local communities and governments in supporting young people to reach their full potential.
AIMS:
Empowering Young People
To educate and support young people in their physical, emotional, physiological and spiritual development, with particular focus on their relationships, sexual health and well-being.
Equipping Communities
To resource local communities as they support and encourage their young people to be alcohol, drug and sex free.
Engaging with Society
To challenge cultural messages that devalue the individual, relationships and sex, and actively contribute to societal debate and the development of holistic policy.
OBJECTIVES:
To develop and deliver high quality Relationships and Sexuality Education programmes to children and young people in schools and youth settings across Northern Ireland.
To produce resources for young people that are primary prevention centred, informative, skills-based and value rich.
To develop and deliver programmes to parents and carers in church and other community settings, addressing in particular teenage risk taking behaviours through the application of parenting skills and strategies.
To train and resource those working with young people, including teachers and youth workers, around the physical, emotional, physiological and spiritual development of young people and their relational and sexual well-being.
To engage with political representatives, government departments and statutory bodies in the development and implementation of holistic policy with regards to Relationships and Sexuality Education and Sexual Health Promotion.
To train and resource those within the medical profession as they address issues pertaining to underage sexual activity and wider sexual health issues.
To support the Church and wider faith community in actively addressing issues pertaining to relationships and sexuality.
To engage with media in relation to project activity and the promotion of our vision.
To undertake evaluation/research in the area of Relationships and Sexuality Education and Sexual Health Promotion.
To network and partner with individuals, agencies and churches, locally and internationally, in the pursuit of our vision.
The Board of Directors are committed to ensuring that staff and volunteers are adequately resourced and equipped to deliver the above objectives, in line with the mission of the organisation and staying true to its core values and beliefs.