Mencap NI Youth

13/10/2026

🚀 HEROES+ IS RECRUITING! 📣

Are you aged 17–24?

Do you want to:

* Meet new people?
* Try new activities?
* Learn new skills?
* Go on trips and residentials?
* Get involved in volunteering?
* Build your confidence?
* Make a difference in your community?

Heroes+ could be for you!

Sessions run on a Tuesday and Thursday evening at the Mencap Centre in Newtownbreda!

Sign up below ☺️

https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/SzxqQC67RK

📩 Get in touch with the Heroes+ team if you have any questions by sending a private message.

23/09/2026

🌟 JOIN HEROES PLUS! 🌟

Are you 17–24, have a learning disability and/or additional needs, and live in Belfast?

Our next Heroes Plus cohort starts Tuesday 20 October 2026, with sessions every Tuesday and Thursday evening, running through to summer 2027.

Heroes Plus is a youth-led project where you can:

✨ Meet new people and make friends
✨ Build confidence and develop new skills
✨ Take part in activities, trips and a residential
✨ Get involved in your community
✨ Try new things and create new memories
✨ Explore personal development, good relations, citizenship and employability
✨ Access one-to-one mentoring and support if you’d like it

🌟 TASTER SESSION – TUESDAY 13 OCTOBER 🌟

There will be a taster session before the project starts. When you register your interest, we’ll give you a call to chat through the project and, if you’d like to attend, arrange your place at the taster session.

📝 INTERESTED?

Complete our Expression of Interest Form:

https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/SzxqQC67RK

📩 Any questions? Send the Heroes Plus team a private message or email [email protected]

Please share with anyone who might be interested!

04/09/2026

🚀 HEROES+ IS RECRUITING! 📣

Are you aged 14–24 and looking for a chance to meet new people, try new experiences and develop new skills?

Join Heroes+ project and get involved in exciting activities, trips, workshops, residentials, volunteering and new experiences, while building confidence, developing new skills, meeting new people and making a difference in your communit

📝 Interested in joining? Complete our Expression of Interest Form to find out more and register your interest.

https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/SzxqQC67RK

📩 Get in touch with the Heroes+ team if you have any questions by sending a private message.

01/09/2026

Greenhill Resi 🙌😎

Young people smashed it at Greenhill! 👏 👏

From firing arrows at archery, flying down the zip line, taking on the high & low ropes and getting stuck into bouldering. There were 100’s of laughs, funny moments and memories made! 😂🙌

Such an unreal residential and an experience we won’t forget! 🤝

Helping Hands Autism Support

24/08/2026

☀️ Mencap Youth Summer Fun Day 2026! 🎉

An unreal Saturday with so many of our young people! 🙌☀️

Inflatables, ice cream, games and plenty of laughs 😎

The perfect way to make the most of the summer before it’s over! 💛

21/08/2026

Streamvale Farm event 🎉🎉

We’re so grateful to everyone who came along and made it such a brilliant evening. It was lovely seeing so many young people and their families there enjoying the night!☺️

Thanks so much for coming! we hope you all had as much fun as we did! 🐄🌾

Here’s a little Snapchat of some of the photos from the night 📸 feel free to add photos to the comments ☺️

16/08/2026

Girly garden party 👯 🌺

Last night the girls came in for a garden party. We had a bake and sip and team games 🧁

Our girls’ nights are all about connecting, building friendships and creating a space where everyone feels welcome, supported and included. 🫶

A huge thank you to KFW Group for providing the beautiful flower displays 🙏

12/08/2026

🙌🙌

Happy International Youth Day!

Today we are celebrating International Youth Day, a day where we can celebrate all of the amazing young people we work with across Northern Ireland.

To our young people, each and every one of you are truly amazing individuals and we are so proud to have you as part of Mencap NI Youth.
Whether you're currently taking part in one of our programmes or have moved on to new opportunities, we are proud of everything you've achieved and excited to see where your journey takes you next.

10/08/2026

🌊🏄‍♀️ Paddleboarding with Heroes+

A class day out on the water! It’s been so good getting to know this group of young people over the last 8+ weeks, and today was another great day full of laughs, new experiences and plenty of wobbly moments! 😂

01/08/2026

Over 18’s BBQ 🍔 🌞

Nothing beats a summer evening spent with great people!

It was so good to see familiar faces again, catch up with people we haven’t seen in ages and hear all about everyone’s latest life updates! 🙌