A short video diary of the Ambassadors for Peace Programmes work over the last year.
CCE Video and training
A short video worked up by the young people who undertook the CSE/CCE Training
Why Riot Programme 25
A short video on the work of the young people in the Why Riot Programme with a report launched with Open University.
Holocaust Memorial Day Exhibition 25
Young people from the Ambassadors for Peace Programme worked on a photograhic and Music piece for Holocaust Memorial Day 25
Why Riot Programme
Together with Open University, ACT, Lagmore, EA and Alternatives the youth centre undertook research over the last two years. The report was launched on Thursday of last week in Shankill Women’s Centre.
Shared Island Programme
Young people aged 15-17 years are in partnership with Poppintree Youth Project from Ballymun. Together the young people are creating a documentary style video that will recommend to our political leaders on what any New Ireland might look like from an innercity perspective. The second leg of the programme took place in June 2025 where the young people from Belfast visited Dublin.
West Belfast Leadership Programme
A partnership project with Holy Trinity Youth Centre, Highlander High Schoo, and The Insitute of Nonviolence at Rhode Island. We have been running the leadership programme over the last nine months. This programme has an international leg which was completed in May 2025 where the young people from Highlander School visited Belfast. Together all the young people undertook nonviolence training with the Institute.
Shared Island
Our partnership with Poppintree Youth in Ballymun Dublin has been successful in securing a grant to create a video on young peoples opinions on what a new and shared island should look like. We have nine months for the young people to create a vision for the island ac5ross social, political, economic and cultural landscapes. The video will be launched later in the year.
Ambassadors for Peace Programme
Using TBUC funding The Ambassadors for Peace Programme involving 40 young people from different communities in West and North Belfast, took part in a four day residential in Greenhill YMCA where they explored issues includding identity, conflict, values and beliefs around the division in our communities. The young people were also working on an OCN qualification and undertook some fun activities to help with terqam work and personal challenge. Overall this was a great success and the young people had a great time building relationships.
Educational Achievement & 3rd Level Progression
SPIYC continues to have strong relationships with all three of our Universities for either research or direct engagement with our young people. This June we had five young people graduate through the Open University, two pieces of research in examining Educational Under-Achievement in the Lower Falls with Queens University and three staff members attending Ulster University for the Youth & Community Course. All of these progression routes help remove the barriers to educational achievement in the Lower Falls and we must thank the three universities for their continued support.
