LEADERSHIP, ACTIVISM AND PEACE BUILDING

YouthAction NI supports the visibility and active participation of those underrepresented in community and public life.


Through our peace programmes we empower young people to be leaders in their communities, campaigning for change on causes such as young women in peacebuilding, disability rights, minority rights and LGBTQ rights. By providing young people with the opportunity to take part in fun, engaging and impactful cross community and cross border projects, they develop skills in leadership, activism and peacebuilding.


We empower young people to become champions of peace, leading the way in building a shared and peaceful society.



'Doing this project has completely changed my perspective of others, it's just made me want to go out and help more.'

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'Not everyone gets to voice their opinions and to try to make a change to government... YANI and Amplify have given us this chance'


'I am interested in becoming a leader, to show and help others'




(Young people who took part in our AMPLIFY programme)



Lighting the way to a brighter future

YouthAction Northern Ireland supports young people to lead change for a fairer and more inclusive world.

01. Wellbeing

We build young people's health and wellbeing.

02. Creativity

We maximise young people's creative expression

03. Skills

 We improve young people's life and work skills.

04. Leadership

We inspire young people to demonstrate leadership, activism and peace-building.

When life is tough, a youth worker can make the critical difference that will help a young person have hope and a positive direction.

£10 Donation

£10 could help our youth workers to support young people to tackle loneliness and improve their wellbeing through one-to-one support, friendship groups and personal strategies.

£30 Donation

£30 could provide youth workers and volunteers with training and resources to help ensure that youth work is inclusive, fair and encourages safer communities.

£50 Donation

£50 could enable a youth worker to lead a creative workshop for young people who have special educational needs.



Making a difference in 2023


5463 young people benefitted from our youth work and youth arts programmes 


1161 young people participated in our life and work skills projects


257 communities were supported to embed quality youth work to support young people's development


162 members supported directly with governance, quality assurance, safe-guarding and a wide variety of training


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Our projects build young people's confidence and offer a safe space to make friends and have fun.  

 

 

And our team supports young people to express themselves, increase their skills and build their resilience.



"I love performing and being able to express myself and work towards something brilliant. Rainbow gives me a chance to de-stress, it's a break from the rest of life."


Young person who attends YouthAction NI's Rainbow School of Performing Arts