"Why?" is an interactive talking about race workshop designed to help young people learn about having empathetic, meaningful conversations around the topic of race. This Workshop IS: Games-based & interactive, practical & conversational, made with and for young people from any background. This Workshop IS NOT: Myth-busting, delivered by an ethnic minority (although it is heavily influenced by those with lived experience). This Workshop covers: Terms & slurs, ‘What is racism?’

The New Community Project, delivered by Youth Initiatives (YI) and funded by the National Lottery, Empowering Young People Programme, was a four-year, youth-led programme targeting 1,600 young people (aged 13–18) from high social-need areas of Inner East and Outer West Belfast. The initiative aimed to support young people in navigating the post- COVID-19 landscape by improving their mental, emotional, social, and spiritual wellbeing using Youthwork methodologies and aligning

On Monday, staff from across all six of our Youth Community Hubs came together in Derry/Londonderry for our annual staff retreat. It was a chance to step away from the busyness of everyday work and create space to pause, reflect, and pray together at the start of a new year. We discussed the theme “What If?” A simple question, but one that opened up honest conversation, creativity, and reflection. What if we were a little braver in our work this year? What if we trusted more?

Our West Belfast Community Hub had a very special visitor before the Christmas break when Santa Claus came to town!! Mr Claus took time to have some very important Christmas conversations, take some photos and hand out a few early Christmas presents to all of the boys and girls. Just around the corner, the Igloo Café was keeping everyone warm and well fed with Christmas chips and festive bakes, and the giant snow globe was a hit! The atmosphere throughout the day was brought

Youth Initiatives Good Relations Manager, Lynda Whinnery, recently shared about peace building and creating a hopeful peaceful Belfast at a Belfast City of Sanctuary