Starting next week! New Lodge Youth Centre & New Lodge Arts "North Belfast Summer Bake Off" Weekly baking challenges for you and your family to create fabulous desserts, cakes and treats. We will provide Ingredients, Equipment and Tutorials! Join our Facebook...
A sectoral advisory panel, made up of leaders from the voluntary, community and social enterprise sectors has been established to advocate the views of the sector and to influence and advise the city’s Community Planning Partnership in taking forward Belfast’s long...
Despite the restrictions of lockdown Bridge of Hope are hoping to begin delivery of our VTCT Accredited programmes in Reflexology and Swedish Body Massage at the beginning of September. If you are interested in applying for either of these industry recognised...
Ashton Family Services team distributing money management packs to Marie from DePaul Floating Family Services. These packs promote positive family budgeting and were kindly provided by our colleagues at North Belfast Advice Partnership. For further information on...
Lockdown in New Lodge Before lockdown the New Lodge Youth Centre had 50 participants in the START Programme engaging in a range of different ways. Group work, one to one Mentoring, International Leadership Programmes, Youth Justice Diversionary Programmes, Mentoring...
The Breakthrough Programme works with young people aged 14 to 24 years across North Belfast, focusing on personal development, one-to-one mentorship, encouraging active citizenship/volunteering and providing an opportunity to be involved positive Good Relations work....
At New Lodge Youth Centre we are continuing to work with and support those young people in need within our communities. With the Covid-19 pandemic and government guidelines forcing the closure of the Youth Centre we have had to find new innovative ways to work with...
The CALL/ICT project is Ashton’s Essential Skills programme, part of the Training and Employment department. We provide accredited courses in English and Maths using computers for residents of the Greater New Lodge area. Classes are small and we also offer one-to-one...
As with everyone else the Bridge of Hope team went into lockdown at the end of March but they very quickly settled into the new ‘normal’ of working from home to support our clients during these challenging times. Since the 25th March the team have worked with over 850...
Ashton Community Trust is pleased to be working with community and voluntary groups across New Lodge and Ardoyne, with the aim of creating positive social change, as part of four new Communities in Transition programmes and projects. We aim to inspire, encourage and...
Given these strange times we realise that families may be experiencing some difficulties across a range of areas. During the Covid 19 Pandemic we have continued to support families living in North Belfast in a creative and safe way through telephone calls and emails,...
During the current health crisis we are delighted that the Lower North Belfast Family Support Hub has still been operational providing services to families who live in Lower North Belfast. The Family Support Hub provides early intervention services to families and...
The Belfast Works training service offers a range of free training courses to unemployed people to help in their search for employment. Courses include; child care, health and social care, hospitality, business administration, travel and tourism, retail, personal...
Supporting 16-24 Year Olds The CORE team assist people aged 16-24 living in the North Belfast and Newtownabbey areas through a support service that provides clients with an opportunity to achieve their goals through free training and employability skills. Working from...
When news of lockdown hit we were devastated that we were unable to continue our programmes in the same manner. But that didn’t stop us! So, as an Arts organisation we began to do what we do best…be creative! Here’s what we have been up to. Online Classes Tune in...
The Belfast Works Employability Programme offers a tailored service which meets your needs whatever your situation. If you are unemployed or working less than 16 hours per week we can give you the help and support you need to get back into sustainable employment. Once...
Are you aged 14-24 and interested in a new training opportunity? Do you live in North Belfast / Greater North Belfast (including, New Lodge, Cliftonville, Ardoyne, Marrowbone, Lower Oldpark, Shankill, Lower North & Newtownabbey)? Would you like to receive up to...
The Ashton Early Intervention Family Support Programme, funded by Belfast Charitable Society, has now been operational since October 2019 and continues to provide support to local families during the current pandemic. The project was devised to provide 1-1 Family...