Let Youth Lead

13/04/2026

Parents & Guardians – We Need Your Voice!

Parents & Guardians – We Need Your Voice!
Hi everyone, Con here from Let Youth Lead (CCRF)
We’ve created a short, quick survey to gather your views and help us shape and improve what we offer for young people across our community. It only takes a few minutes, but your input will make a real difference to how we plan and deliver our programmes going forward.

Completely confidential

Optional - Prize draw – just leave your details at the end if you’d like to be entered!

We’re all about building the best possible opportunities for our young people, and that starts with listening to you.

Take the survey here:

https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/HHH0XJ/

Thanks so much for your continued support 💙

— Con, Let Youth Lead (CCRF)

Please take a few minutes to take our survey.

25/03/2026

31/01/2026

🚨 URGENT APPEAL: Our Youth Services are at Risk – We Need Budget Clarity Now.

We are calling on the Education Minister and all MLAs to provide immediate clarity on the budget position for Youth Services. The sector is facing a critical deadline that threatens support for vulnerable young people across Northern Ireland.

1. The Immediate Threat to 19 Communities There are currently 19 specific areas waiting for the re-release of Youth Service Local Area Based Funding. These funds were intended for release but are now being held back until a budget is confirmed.

The Reality: If the Department of Education does not give the Education Authority approval to re-release these opportunities within this week, we are at serious risk of young people losing access to vital services and communities losing this provision entirely.

2. The Wider Risk: Voluntary & Statutory Services This uncertainty goes beyond just those 19 areas. If the budget allocation is not confirmed immediately, the impact will be catastrophic across the board:

Voluntary Sector: We are at risk of ALL awarded local and regional funding failing to be issued with a Letter of Offer. This effectively freezes the sector, leading to immediate staff dismissals and threatening the stability of core youth work delivery and regional support structures.

EA Youth Service: This also impacts statutory provision. Without a budget, EA cannot commit to essential costs, placing EA staff at risk of statutory dismissal and threatening the stability of core youth work delivery.

Youth Work Alliance has been actively engaging with local youth organisations, MLAs, and the Education Authority to seek clarity and ensure delivery of services.

Our young people cannot pay the price for budgetary delays. We need the Minister to unlock this process immediately.

30/01/2026

Dont forget to sign and support our lovely neighbours at the Marrowbone YouthClub

Marrowbone Youth Club

30/01/2026

I just signed this petition. 11,000 people rely on these services for mental health and skills support. We need funding for people, not just capital projects. Will you sign too?

22/01/2026

https://c.org/tmHXvWKmK6

Marrowbone Youth Club

22/01/2026

https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/belfast-news/north-belfast-youth-club-risk-33246151?fbclid=IwdGRjcAPcl3RjbGNrA9yXSWV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHgAX6v7_w7F2iQrWxI2yabNQZu4IBhhHpIqCQ43y0yXUyp3KoXR_J7KPsnX1_aem_zdWaPmPqkPXWjt5axAkhQg

"We are not going to be staying quiet, we are going to put up a fight and make sure our doors stay open for years to come"

04/12/2025

This is a fantastic idea! 💡❤️

Community Consultation - Temporary Sensory Garden at Cliftonpark Avenue

We are inviting residents of Lower Oldpark and Cliftonville to share their views on plans to create a temporary sensory garden and play area at Cliftonpark Avenue. This development will take place within the interface land and does not involve any changes to the existing infrastructure.

The proposed space will offer safe, inclusive, and free sensory play for toddlers and children of all abilities, including mainstream and Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) children, and will be open to families from both communities. Alongside the garden, a small pop-up café shed will provide free tea and coffee for parents and local residents.

By increasing positive activity and footfall, we hope to help reduce anti-social behaviour along the interface, support more and improved cross-community events, and create fundraising opportunities for local community groups and organisations.

Have your say and help us shape a positive space for all children in our communities!

📆Date: Monday 8 December 2025
⏰Time: 10 am - 6 pm
📌Location: Girdwood Community Hub

Imagine Peace Barriers Project is a partnership between Lower Oldpark Community Association (LOCA) and Cliftonville Community Regeneration Forum (CCRF) supported by the International Fund for Ireland.

03/12/2025

The festive season is upon us once again and are very own little elves in The LYL Youth Committee have been hard at work planning a festive celebration. This is community wide and everyone is welcome.

Thursday 11/12/2025 6.30pm to 8pm(ish)
Girdwood community hub

05/11/2025

Hello lovely Facebook friends!

This evening we have a senior trip to The Lost City Apocalypse mini golf at the Odyssey.

We have very limited spaces remaining.
Please get in touch quickly if you want a spot.

Bus is leaving girdwood at 6pm so its a slightly earlier start than usual.

Have a very happy hump day!