Youth & Community
THRIVE Youth & Community Partners
- Rathcoole Neighbourhood Renewal
- EA Youth Service
- Monkstown Boxing Club
- Newtownabbey Arts and Cultural Network (NACN)
- Monkstown Village Initiatives
- RATH
- Listening Ear
- Rathcoole Football Club (Girls)
We are working on…
- Increasing opportunities and access to youth services
- Spreading WE CAN messages
- Creating safe spaces for young people
- WE CAN app development
in 2024-25 we have been...
Listening to children and young people. Many youth groups in the area have committed to using the Lundy model to inform they way they encourage young people in their clubs to actively participate in having space to share their views and giving young people audiences to let their views influence positive change.
Reducing the impact of violence on young people’s emotional well-being
Groups worked closely with each other and Dr Colm Walsh from Queens University Belfast on a Common Purpose process. This helped groups think about areas of concern and dig deeper into what might be some of the underlying causes and factors. The impact of violence in the community between peers, against women and girls and in-community tension was identified by those involved as needing collective action.
Training was provided by Dr Colm Walsh QUB and Leigh Whittley EA in the Y Box programme which will be delivered by local youth workers across the community with young males.
Listen to Courtney's Story to hear about the huge impact that Monkstown Boxing Club had on this young woman's life...
News & Updates
A big BOOST for numeracy and literacy in THRiVE Schools
BOOST is a programme delivered to P5 children in THRiVE schools to help improve their skills in numeracy and literacy, build their confidence and help
THRiVE Collaborating for Impact Conference at Stranmillis University, 4th and 5th June 2024
THRiVE hosted a conference for thought leaders, practitioners, policy makers, academics interested in place-based change. THRiVE and their Learning Partner Stranmillis University College at Learning
Voice & Influence Residential
During the last year several youth organisations across Monkstown and Rathcoole have been supported by THRiVE to undertake programmes focusing on developing the capacity and