AYE enews - January 20
Community events in and around the area
Women's Tec - Mind Your Head - Information session on Mental Health and Wellbeing
Monday 24 February, 10am to 12.30pm, Women's Tec, 29 Chichester Avenue. Light lunch. Limited creche places.
Healthy Places - Bright Ideas workshops
Healthy Places is a Health Promotion Agency initiative based in the North Belfast Urban Village area. They are looking at innovative ways to hear residents’ ideas to improve our social environment, consulting on 4 themes (access to public and green space, community cohesion, mental health, anti-social behaviour) in a fun way.
A 'Bright Ideas' engagement space will be launched in front of Houben Centre, Crumlin Road, on Friday 28 February, with pop-up events and growing workshops.
Healthy Places want to set up consultation workshops between now and the end of March. If you would like them to come to your group, contact Khadidja Konate khadidja@urbanscaleinterventions.com or Cathal Tunney cathal@urbanscaleinterventions.com.
Health and safety training
Wednesday 4 and Thursday 5 March, 5.30pm, ABC Trust Building, Old St Gemma's, Ardoyne Avenue. Contact Elaine at Ardoyne Association 028 9071 5165, or email ardoyneassociation@hotmail.co.uk.
Wellbeing session for young people
NewLife Counselling and Jigsaw Community Counselling would like to invite you to a Wellbeing for Young People session at Grow Community gardens, Westland Gardens, Thursday 12 March, 4-5pm.
Meet other young people, try some relaxing, energising activities in the outdoors.
For aged 15+. Limited number of places available.
Contact meabhivers@newlifecounselling.net 028 9039 1630 to reserve a place.
Meet the Neighbours
North Belfast Women's Initiative and Support Project's community day for Ballysillan, Ardoyne and neighbouring areas will be at Everton Centre, Crumlin Road, on Saturday 21 March, 10.30am to 2pm. With family fun, gardening workshops, arts and crafts, health checks, free beauty and holistic therapy treatments and benefits advice. Everyone is welcome.
The Big Red Cancer Bus will be there. Bookings for check-up will be first come first served and it's advised to book early. Contact Kerry at NBWISP 028 9039 1028.
Irish language classes for beginners
Tuesdays 7.15pm at Marrowbone Community Hub Teach Eilis (entrance via Ardilea Street). Free
North Belfast Friendship Club
International meet-up every Tuesday, 6pm to 8pm, R-City Café, Houben Centre, Crumlin Road. Free tea, coffee and nibbles. Local people welcome too.
Want to do some gardening?
North Belfast Women’s Initiative and Support Project is looking for gardening volunteers and for trainees in OCN Level 1 and 2 gardening certificates. Contact NBWISP on 028 9039 1028, info@nbwisp.com
Keep sending us info about your upcoming events and we will gladly share, here and on our social media.
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Training tomorrow's youth workers
Congratulations to the 14 newly qualified youth workers who have graduated on our OCNNI Level 2 Award in Youth Work Practice. We are currently putting another group through this fantastic course, with support from the North Belfast Strategic Good Relations Programme.
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Promoting youth well-being
In partnership with Ashton Community Trust and New Lodge Arts, we have started to work with two groups of young people on Uniting Opportunities, a mental health and creativity programme. Together with youth workers and artists, they are working to create something beautiful to promote wellbeing and self-care. As a spin off from this group, the girls from the Thursday group have started a homework club.
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Bringing Ardoyne and Ballysillan youth together
Our 6-month MADE programme (Monkstown Ardoyne Diversity and Empowerment) is coming to a close. The group went away to Dublin on a shared history tour of Dublin Arbour Hill Cemetery, Decorative Arts Museum and the site of the Battle of the Boyne. They relaxed together over archery, mazes and a campfire in Carlingford.
MADE is a partnership between Ardoyne Youth Enterprise and Monkstown Boxing Club where young people explore diversity and social action together. The project is funded by North Belfast Strategic Good Relations Programme.
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Reaching out to young people
Throughout the winter, our youth outreach team is involved in a mix of programmes, drop-in and outreach detached work round the streets of Ardoyne and Marrowbone. You can contact them through our Facebook, Twitter or Instagram accounts, or email youth@ardoyne.org.
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Welcoming Newcomers to North Belfast
Small Worlds workshops + North Belfast Friendship Club
Small Worlds are events where participants get to meet people from around the world and find out about their story of migration and their countries of origin. They are facilitated by Belfast Friendship Club. We recently brought Small Worlds to Sacred Hearts Primary School and Ballysillan Youth for Christ. More workshops are planned for next month, with Glenbrook Surestart, Ardoyne Youth Club and R-City Youth.
These workshops are part of our Welcoming Newcomers to North Belfast Programme, supported by the North Belfast Strategic Good Relations Programme.
The programme has also enabled us to support North Belfast Friendship Club over the winter, with food for their Christmas party and a few nights of transport for participants. If you think you could help through putting on a bus for one night, or helping pay for bus fares or food for their meet-ups, get in touch with us, or with them directly on their Facebook page: North Belfast Friendship Club.
Thanks are due to many groups for joining in the project this year, particularly Belfast Unemployed Resource Centre, NBWISP, GROW Community Gardens, Ardoyne Kickhams, Alternatives Restorative Justice, R-City, Carezone, Ballysillan Community Forum, Sacred Heart Primary School, Our Lady's Primary School, Ardoyne Youth Club, Ballysillan Youth for Christ and South Belfast Roundtable.
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AYE meeting room
Our meeting and programmes room has been in great demand lately, used for community groups meetings and youth programmes. The room can accommodate up to 15-20 people. It has audio-visual and self-catering facilities.
Get in touch if you would like to use our room or garden for your own meetings and courses: 028 9074 1479.
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