Our ED
@Wiseabap
was testifying at Westminster today with colleague
@phairycakes
about the impact of paramilitary violence on young people “these assaults don’t just brutalise their victims/ they brutalise our society”
@StopAttacks1
#StopAttacks
A phenomenal day
@QUBelfast
yesterday for our Role of Westminster Event! A huge thank you to the Secretary of State
@NIOgov
, who spoke to over 200 young people across our projects about creating a
#betterpolitics
in NI👏
Congratulations to all those about to take seats on a new
@niexecutive
and the new Speaker of the
@niassembly
- we look forward to engaging with you all over the coming months and years and to working together to build a
#BetterPeace
with young people
We had a wonderful night last night
@4cornersbelfast
, hosted by
@MartinJMagill
. It was excellent to hear from the youth panel, who spoke about social media, mental health and education. We were delighted to hear from James, a past PiA participant from Friends’ School, Lisburn!
So Emily(our Comms person) had her second visit to Stormont today and Sarah (our new volunteer from UU) her first - thanks to
@MrUlster
and the
@SES_Project
schools who did a tremendous job of presenting their issues
@TNLComFundNI
Today
@joekennedy
read it to day 3 of
#Agreement25
to a packed hall of local and global leaders. We are so immensely proud of Jack and all his peers who were with us yesterday.
We had a great time this morning hosting
@SSUofNI
first board meeting! It was wonderful to hear what the organisation has been up to and what their plans are for the year- we look forward to our future collaboration!
And new Assembly needs to address childcare provision in to support families and support parents to work says
@pcportadown
and
@LoretoMilford_
students
@FundforIreland
to an audience of politicians, parents and teachers
Record-breaking councillor sits final A-level paper via
@RTENews
- well done to Lewis - wonderful to see one of our participants become the youngest ever Councillor
📍21st March 2024
📍Cube Theatre, Crescent Arts Centre
Join our Executive Director, Paul as he co-hosts the Imagine Festival Event! The free event will focus on how to remove barriers for young people to participate in democratic processes. Register at
We are collaborating with
@Start360org
and
@bycLIVE
on the upcoming
@UKYP
elections in Northern Ireland. There is a special event on Monday 11th at 6.30 in Belfast (and online) - please register here to find out more and take part
@TNLComFundNI
📍21st March 2024
📍Cube Theatre, Crescent Arts Centre
Join our Executive Director, Paul as he co-hosts the Imagine Festival Event! The free event will focus on how to remove barriers for young people to participate in democratic processes. Register at
Three Ulster University academics recognised among Ireland’s world class researchers
Wonderful to see one of our founders and Trustee
@MonicaBelfast
recognised for her outstanding academic contribution - congratulations to her and her colleagues
Thanks sooo much to
@FundforIreland
@dfatirl
and
@TheIrelandFunds
for their recent investments in our work. They allow us to contribute a fantastic project (IFI) and give us stability in the uncertain times ahead with time to plan the next few years of building a
#BetterPeace
So delighted to be recipients of an
@TheIrelandFunds
Heart of the Community grant for some exciting work we plan to do with young people involved in our
@FundforIreland
and
@TNLComFundNI
projects- training them as evaluators
We are so delighted that
@FundforIreland
has confirmed funding for a second phase of our cross-border project with
@pcportadown
and
@LoretoMilford_
- we have seen such amazing results from this project and know next year can be even better!
Yesterday was quite a day for politics! Here students from
@St_Malachys
Fortwilliam and
@BelfastRoyalAc
begin their PiA journey with
@dmcbfs
under the watchful eye of JFK!
This
#PeaceDay
we are grateful for our school & youth work partners, politicians at
@niassembly
&
@OireachtasNews
who have engaged with our groups, our funders, and most importantly the amazing young people we work with. We will continue to work together to build a
#BetterPeace
Have you seen our new website? We’ve been working hard with Darkside to create our new brand and site with young people at the centre of the process. We think it looks fab! - oh and you can now donate there to support our work! 🙏🏼
Tremendous weekend at the Share Centre with our
@FundforIreland
Poreto project. Discussing tough issues, working out what to work on together, team building and fun!
#BetterPeace
In Scotland and Wales and a growing number of countries 16 and 17 year olds have the vote. Time this changed here too and across the island
#votesat16
@votesat16
DUP councillor says 16 and 17 year olds voting would exploit ‘youthful idealism’