Funding

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The International Child and Youth Care Network (CYC-NET) is a registered non-profit and public benefit organisation in South Africa and Not-For-Profit Corporation in Canada running in terms of its own Constitution. CYC-Net is also approved by the South African Revenue Service to be exempt from paying taxes and duties [Section 10(1) (cN) of the Act] as well as to receive tax-exempt donations.

CYC-Net is the coming together of people, ideas, critical thought and literature from the broadest possible spectrum in the Child and Youth Care field. It's a place to share, a place to hang out, a place to meet, and a place to learn.

CYC-Net has been described as the most valuable Child and Youth Care resource in the world and the greatest social innovation in the field of Child and Youth Care for the past 30 years. It serves thousands of unique users every year and has hundreds of thousands of visits each year.

One of the pillars on which CYC-Net was founded is that it is provided OPEN ACCESS to the end-user. Advertising is limited on CYC-Net. It's not that we don't like advertising, but we like to think that "a little goes a long way".

How is Funding Used?

Technology

Maintaining the ICT infrastructure which stores the extensive library of thousands of open-access reference documents.

The CYC-Net Press

Production, management and distribution of resources offered through The CYC-Net Press, including our monthly journal, CYC-Online.

Regular CYC-related News and Information Updates

Updated daily news, information and discussion about the field of Child and Youth Care with reports, opinion pieces, regular features, press releases, links to relevant sites and to our extensive archives. Visit now.

The CYC-Net Discussion Group

Our discussion group on Facebook host thousands of members from around the world. Go here for more information about joining. Many hours are dedicated to ensuring this moderated discussion group enables connections between practitioners, students, teachers, supervisors, trainers and managers throughout the world.

Our People

We run a tight ship! CYC-Net employs a single member of staff. Everything else that CYC-Net provides is achieved largely through volunteer efforts and goodwill from individuals, organisations and associations in our established networks. So when you access CYC-Net, please pause and think about how others have contributed to your continuing professional development through these efforts.

Open-Access

All people interested or involved in the field of Child and Youth Care are welcome to participate in its discussions and make use of the resources on the web site.

CYC-Net was developed with the intention of supporting those who work professionally with children and youth. Often, these people are isolated, unsupported and underfunded, in geographically underserved and dispersed parts of the world, where access to information and low income levels frequently limits access to information. It is only through the voluntary subscriptions by universities, colleges, training facilities, service organisations, associations and individuals that CYC-Net can continue to provide this valuable resource serving the learning needs of the wider Child and Youth Care community.

Those who support CYC-Net financially are listed here. You can support our work by visiting this page.