St. Peter's Immaculata Youth Centre Belfast

18/06/2026

The Childrens Commissioner calling out the exploitation of children in the recent riots needs celebrating and those guilty brought to justice.

17/06/2026

Somethings brewing…..👀🎤🎙️🎪

17/06/2026

Apologies to parents the summer scheme forms will not be out tonight as we have had put the scheme back a week due to a clash with school closures

16/06/2026

Many thanks to YouthAction Northern Ireland for the invitation to our Senior Members Forum to attend NICVA future voices consultation representing Youth Work Alliance

16/06/2026

Massive well done to Caihlà 🏆 and all our members who play in the mac❤️

Caihla Walsh in P6 took part in a tournament in Stoke City with her football team Immaculata. They came away placing 2nd in the tournament! Well done.👏

11/06/2026

CCE yr2 creating a podcast tonight on the recent race riots. Watch out for the launch on the coming days. The National Lottery Community Fund Northern Ireland

11/06/2026

The CCE yr2 team were presenting as part of their OCN in Youth Work tonight with YouthAction Northern Ireland

11/06/2026

Many thanks to the Clonard Partnership for these kind words.

I write this article having looked into the scared and fearful faces of our children and young people last night who are experiencing and watching the racist violence and it has exposed a hard truth and challenge for me and other youth workers. we are watching hate being created in young people. It is being learned. It is being shaped. It is being passed down through words, attitudes, and behaviours that they are seeing and hearing every day. This morning I’m asking myself what is my role and responsibility here?
When young people are taught to fear difference, they begin to see others as a threat rather than as friends. When hateful narratives go unchallenged, they grow stronger. Over time, this creates division. It creates anger. It creates violence.

Violence does not only harm those directly targeted. It damages whole communities. It creates fear in families as we have seen over the last few days. It limits our young people’s opportunities. It impacts their mental health and wellbeing. It teaches young people that conflict is solved through aggression and violence rather than compassion and understanding. This will shape life choices, relationships, and futures. Young people are at a critical stage of their development and this is everything they don’t need. They are forming their identity, their values, and their sense of belonging. If they are surrounded by hate, they will begin to normalise it. If they are supported with opportunity to talk these issues through, show care, respect, and have positive role models, they can reject this hate.

At a youth workers, we take that responsibility seriously. We create safe spaces where young people feel valued and heard. We challenge prejudice through reflection and dialogue. We promote respect for everyone. We help young people explore identity in a positive way creating more pluralist and interdependent adults. We encourage them to build friendships across cultures, backgrounds, and beliefs. We focus on what is strong in young people not what is wrong. We help them develop empathy, confidence, and critical thinking. We support them to question hateful messages and to make informed, positive choices. We celebrate diversity as a strength, not a problem.

Our young people see difference. They experience it. They learn from it. They celebrate it. In the face of recent violence, we have seen something powerful in our young people. Many of our young people made a conscious decision not to get involved. They chose not to follow hate. They chose not to engage in violence. They chose respect, safety, and community.

We are proud of our young people who made a decision not to get sucked into interface and hate related violence. Our youth workers stepped up and went beyond their responsibilities. What we have decided is our continuing priority to keep young people safe and learning.

11/06/2026

I write this article having looked into the scared and fearful faces of our children and young people last night who are experiencing and watching the racist violence and it has exposed a hard truth and challenge for me and other youth workers. we are watching hate being created in young people. It is being learned. It is being shaped. It is being passed down through words, attitudes, and behaviours that they are seeing and hearing every day. This morning I’m asking myself what is my role and responsibility here?
When young people are taught to fear difference, they begin to see others as a threat rather than as friends. When hateful narratives go unchallenged, they grow stronger. Over time, this creates division. It creates anger. It creates violence.

Violence does not only harm those directly targeted. It damages whole communities. It creates fear in families as we have seen over the last few days. It limits our young people’s opportunities. It impacts their mental health and wellbeing. It teaches young people that conflict is solved through aggression and violence rather than compassion and understanding. This will shape life choices, relationships, and futures. Young people are at a critical stage of their development and this is everything they don’t need. They are forming their identity, their values, and their sense of belonging. If they are surrounded by hate, they will begin to normalise it. If they are supported with opportunity to talk these issues through, show care, respect, and have positive role models, they can reject this hate.

At a youth workers, we take that responsibility seriously. We create safe spaces where young people feel valued and heard. We challenge prejudice through reflection and dialogue. We promote respect for everyone. We help young people explore identity in a positive way creating more pluralist and interdependent adults. We encourage them to build friendships across cultures, backgrounds, and beliefs. We focus on what is strong in young people not what is wrong. We help them develop empathy, confidence, and critical thinking. We support them to question hateful messages and to make informed, positive choices. We celebrate diversity as a strength, not a problem.

Our young people see difference. They experience it. They learn from it. They celebrate it. In the face of recent violence, we have seen something powerful in our young people. Many of our young people made a conscious decision not to get involved. They chose not to follow hate. They chose not to engage in violence. They chose respect, safety, and community.

We are proud of our young people who made a decision not to get sucked into interface and hate related violence. Our youth workers stepped up and went beyond their responsibilities. What we have decided is our continuing priority to keep young people safe and learning.