Westcourt Centre Social Justice Desk

04/06/2026

Best of luck to our friend Adam Devlin as he sets out to walk from Derry to Belfast tomorrow to raise awareness of Homelessness and funds for People's Kitchen Belfast 🙌
Adam is a member of our Edmund Rice in Society group and a former pupil of St. Mary's CBGS Belfast
If you can support Adam please click on the link below to help him reach his target

I’m taking on the challenge of walking from Derry to Belfast to raise funds for The … Adam Devlin needs your support for Derry to the Peoples Kitchen Belfast

05/05/2026

Today is the Feast Day of Blessed Edmund Rice. We think it's fitting to share the efforts of our friend Adam Devlin - member of our 'Edmund Rice in Society' group and former pupil of St. Mary's CBGS Belfast
He will walk from Derry to Belfast on June 5th to help raise awareness and funds for people impacted by Homelessness. Adam is inspired by the Edmund Rice mission to help those in need and a great example for us all. Please support if you can by donating and sharing

22/04/2026

To mark Earth Day 2026, we attended the "An Economy of Enough" conference at Queen's University Belfast as part of the Reach '26 Arts & Sustainability Festival. A number of our recent projects were on display and we also facilitated a discussion table during the event to explore how education and creativity can be used to address inequality and foster a more compassionate society. Many thanks to 'Join The Dots Together' and the Laudato Si Movement for the invitation 🙌

18/04/2026

If you can, please support our friend Adam Devlin - member of our 'Edmund Rice in Society' group and former pupil at St. Mary's CBGS Belfast in his efforts to raise awareness and funds for people impacted by Homelessness

We are very thankful to Adam for this brave challenge, walking from Derry to Belfast for the People’s Kitchen. You can show support by scanning the barcode to donate, good luck Adam 👏 🚶‍♂️ 💚

16/04/2026

Many thanks to Brother Martin Byrne who travelled from Dublin today to visit our creative writing class at Rosemount House Limited
We shared some of our latest writings and ideas and heard about Martin's experiences of working with groups in inner city Dublin - a big part of the inspiration behind our current project. Martin also gave us copies of his new publication "A Homeless God On Our Streets" - which includes contributions from some of our participants

02/04/2026

We were delighted to have St. Mary's CBGS Belfast visit us this morning as part of a walking tour on their Staff Wellbeing Day. Our Barrack Street site was the original home of St. Mary's before they relocated to the Glen Road. Edmund Rice network 🙌

01/04/2026

At the People’s Kitchen we are under extreme pressure supporting those individuals experiencing homelessness & poverty, we have seen numbers present rise each week.

We need your support, if your able to donate,

- Sleeping Bags
- Underwear male/female
- Socks
- All non-perishable food

These items can be dropped off at our base at 1 Antrim Road, BT15 2BE - Carlisle Circus.

You can contact the team via email on [email protected] or call our duty phone on 07840853089

Thank you for all your support 💚

31/03/2026

Our most recent statement on the levels of Homelessness here was presented to the Special Rapporteur for Adequate Housing at the United Nations during the 61st session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva. Thanks to Edmund Rice International for securing the slot and Naidi McDonnell for presenting

Naidi McDonnell delivers an ERI Oral Statement at the 61 HRC on 4 March 2026 for the ID with the SR on Adequate Housing on behalf of the Westcourt Centre, No...

27/03/2026

Many thanks to Edmund Rice Schools Trust for the invitation to be guest speaker at the annual Edmund Rice Awards. Very uplifting to hear from each of our 8 schools across Armagh, Belfast, Newry, Newtownabbey and Omagh about their great work promoting social justice and reaching out to help others. Congratulations to all the students and staff involved! 🙌

18/03/2026

Edmund Rice International are inviting members of the Global Edmund Rice, Misean Cara and partner networks and all working in or interested in advocacy to take part in the following free training workshops. Over 2,000 participants have completed the Training since 2020. If interested please register at https://bit.ly/ERIZT2026