On Friday we held our latest Democratic Education Forum meeting! It was a packed day bringing members together to share ideas, shape the future of the Forum and have their voices heard on the future of education in Northern Ireland Dr Jan Eichhorn led an interactive session exploring the purpose, role and future direction...
Never a dull moment at NI Youth Forum! Here’s a little look back at Thursday After our wider staff meeting and reflective practice, the team attended the launch of
Participation Conversations are launching! We’re creating an informal online space for people working in youth participation to come together, connect and learn from each other. We want to hear from the people doing this work about what would make these conversations genuinely useful. If you work in youth participation, come along and help shape what happens...
Busy day for our staff team! Staff Meeting: Operations updates & action plans for the quarter ahead. Reflective Practice: Discussing our youth work values within current funding landscapes. Big Birthday: Celebrating our Youth Apprentice, Cian, turning 25! Cian started with us as a participant and is now a key part of our...
AMPLIFY VISION BOARD SEASON Before the scissors and glue came out, we started with a plan. Our Vision Board Planning Worksheet walked young people through 6 key areas of their life: Growth — something to get better at this year School/Future — a path or skill they were curious about People — what they wanted their...
Another successful 1-1 with cv building and job searching for another YouthStart participant In the next few weeks some of the participants are going to be taking part in a biab course so keep an eye to see what they get up to
Preparing Young People for Democracy On Friday, our team was at Belfast Metropolitan College delivering a Preparing Young People for Democracy workshop. The session explored key themes including: An introduction to democracy Voting and elections Mis- and disinformation How young people can get involved and have their voices heard We’ll soon be launching our booking page, giving...
Something exciting is coming… We’re delighted to be continuing our partnership with The Electoral Commission UK to deliver their Youth Voice Network...
30 Mystery Bags, one great cause. Tonight NIYF the Amplify Group used their creativity to design age and...
Tonight at Amplify, the young women explored what community action really looks like through volunteering with Volunteer Now...
Voice Team Update! We’ve been keeping busy! From bringing together our Youth Steering Group and future Board members, to launching our Keep Me Updated form for the Participation Platform. We’ve also had lots of interesting meetings with Dara from the Equality Coalition, Kathleen from Training for Women Network, our partners at Leaders Unlocked, and took...
The AMPLIFY Group went all out for tonight’s games and challenges night! From balloon challenges and cup stacking to diving into “Common Swap” to get to know each other better and discover shared interests, the team-building energy was unmatched. The session ended with a round of applause, appreciation and thank you to Codie, who...
Tonight’s session at AMPLIFY was all about building life skills and having fun while doing it. The young women kicked things off by planning their own meals and setting budgets, then headed straight to their own grocery shopping. They put their cooking skills into practice and created fajitas, stir-fry, pizzas, picky bits, and a dessert...
Something new is coming! The Participation Platform is a four-year UK-wide programme led by NI Youth Forum in partnership with Leaders...
Our Voices On Wednesday evening, the group welcomed David Toner, a graphic designer, to talk through all things report design. Key learning included the importance of understanding the purpose/message of the report before thinking about colours, fonts & layout Stay tuned to see the final report soon! Supported by
Your Voice, Our Future The Our Voices group would like to send a huge thank you to all young people who participated in our survey and for sharing their views A special congratulations to the winners of the prize draw The results are coming very soon and we can’t wait to share them with...
Today with AMPLIFY they showed of their competitive side by bowling to celebrate everyone’s recent achievements, talking about future goals, job opportunities, and taking their next steps forward. They then headed over to explore world food and wrapped up the day centered on positive self-talk, goals and spreading their good vibes all around. Congratulations AMPLIFY! Supported by...
This afternoon our staff member Rebecca is at the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust ReSET market hall event at Newlife City...
Tonight at AMPLIFY, our young women’s group dove deep into the social action issues that matter most to their community. From sharing research insights to getting honest about their own journeys. With results day tomorrow, they broke into groups to tackle the topic of how to best support students navigating the stress, anticipation, and emotions of...
Yesterday Holly & Josh from our Voice Team and Shannon & Cian from our Social Justice Team attended training by Children's Law...
