Sharing a little summation video of our cross community contact programme with Townsend Street Outreach Centre. The programme delivers a cross community contact programme across three age bands; 8-11, 12-14 and 15-17 years of age.
YWA Common Purpose Project
YWA together with a number of youth partners with the support of Children in Need are involved in delivering a research programme and project design to help tackle non-violence in Lower Falls and Shankill communities. With our partner Townsend Street Outreach we have recruited ten young people to undertake the research and create a project over the coming months.
Pre-teens Young Mens Group
The Preteens Young Mens Group recently had a residential at Greenhill YMCA as part of their social and life skills programme. The young lads are working on self-awareness and will be undertaking a six week programme in Drugs & Alcohol Awareness over the coming weeks.
Good Friday Agreement Anniversary Celebrations
The Ambassadors for Peace group with support of students from Lebanon College undertook a social action project to tackle the imagery of Lanark Way Gates, renowned for recent interface violence. The young people designed a new mural replicating the front page of the Agreement booklet but with their own silhouettes rather than the family picture.
Launching New Delivery Model
On Monday of last week the centre launched a new operational model for it programme of offer. The model focuses on relational, strength-based and trauma responsive youth work all embedded in a strong safeguarding and human rights frame. The model connects the young person with family school and the youth centres work and supports them through three key transitions in their lives.
All Ireland Women's Book Launch
A group of young women from the centre have been working with Prime Cut Promotions on a book articulating the voices of women from across the country. These ten young women have had their stories and issues highlighted and published. The book was launched in the Mansion House in Dublin and the girls had a great time on their visit.
Rhode Island Exchange - Nonviolence in Lower Falls
Our exchange programme with Highlander High School and the Nonviolence Institute focused 26 young people aged 15-18 yrs of age on how we tackle violence within our communities. The young people from Highlander visited Belfast during October and undertook training in nonviolence and conflict resolution techniques.
Global Service Learning
A group of young people aged 16-17 years of age visited the United States over the summer as part of their International Service Learning. This year long programme took the young people through a developmental programme of self-awareness, understanding prejudice and cultural competencies.
SPARK Project
The SPARK project is funded by the Education Authority and is a summer diversionary project focusing on social action. The young 14 men aged 14-17 years of age undertook a number of social action projects that aimed to improve the community. The group also worked at the Feile and supported a number of community events over the summer.
Junior Ambassadors
The Junior Ambassadors TBUC programme is a cross community contact programme with out partner group Townsend Street Outreach from Lower Shankill. The young people aged 8-12 years of age have a fortnightly contact programme where we visit each others centres and build relationships while having fun and playing games.
