Cross Border Exchange Programme

We continue to work iin partnership with the young people of Poppintree Youth from Ballymun, Dublin. This programme focuses on tackling violence and radicalisation in the youth populations in both communities.

Social Action

At St. Peters different groups have different responsibilities. We have support from Garfield Weston Foundation, TBUC and Halifax Foundation all supporting social action within different groups we have operational. This year we are focusing on the Grovenor Interface. This is a very neglected area of our community and the young people identified this as a priority in our environmental audit completed in June 24. Over the summer months various groups will be undertaking works to help improve the community.

Summer Diversionary Programme

Every year together with Community Safety we create a diversionary programme to ensure young people are involved in diversionary projects to keep them from becoming involved in interface violence. This year was a great success.

Hidden No More Lottery Funded Programme

June saw us complete the first year of our Empowering Young Peoples funded programme. Our external evaluation report has been completed and the feedback from the evaluators has been very positive.

Junior Summer Programme

The junior summer programme has been completed over the first three weeks of the summer holidays. The young people had a wonderful time and we completed nine day trips for over 360 young people aged 9-11 years of age.

Young Mens Work

Many thanks to CFNI for sponsoring the work with this group of lads for the coming year. We will keep you up to date with their progress. Many thanks to S7L Trust for their ongoing support of our work with young people!

Increasing Drug Problems

The safety and security of the children who play around the Centre are being put at risk by the high numbers of people using needles and disposing of them inappropriately. Help from City Council & Extern have been very helpful.

Violence is Everywhere

This poster outlines the Youth Centres commitment to tackling violence in all its shapes and sizes.

Production of 'Teechers'

We had the visit of ‘Teechers’. A production exploring many of the barriers young people can face we they progress through education. This was a great night and with Holy Trinity and Matt Talbot Youth Centres young people they undertook workshops on their own barriers and how to improve educational outcomes themselves.

Mid-term Scheme

Here is the poster outlining our work over the mid-term week.