Community Intercultural Programme

14/10/2026

Great opportunity for Year 8s, lots activities and even the chance to plan a trip! Don’t miss out and bring some friends!

We have a new RISE Cohort for year 8’s starting next week!

This cohort will be a six week cohort which has been designed to help your young person build resilience, improve their health and well being as well as, learn and develop key transferable life skills through activities that nurture confidence and friendships.

Sessions will take place on Wednesdays 6pm-8pm starting on Wednesday 14th October running until Wednesday 25th October.

Over the course of the six weeks we will cover a number of topics which include:

Confidence building
Problem solving and adaptability
Communication skills
Life skills
Team work
Emotional resilience

If you are interested or know someone with a child in year 8 please let us know by filling out the form by clicking the link or scanning the QR code below.

https://forms.gle/1wg9CV3o4ZcbuxSV7

For more information contact:

Calum: [email protected] 07802 335728
Dylan: [email protected] 028 38335322

13/10/2026

☕️Connect Cafe☕️

Another great Monday morning with people joining us from lots of different cultures and communities. We had health checks delivered by Sean, leather Christmas ornaments workshop delivered by Joanne from Knotingals (Annaghmore Men’s Shed), Pilates was back and we enjoyed delicious food (baked potatoes) and some amazing Brazillian treats (brigadeiros) made by our very own Danielle!
It was great to have Robin and Stevie with us from Portadown Neighbourhood Policing Team who were at had to chat with community attending, answer questions they may have and also get schooled in Brazilian Pool rules (fluke... we will say no more!)

Next week we will have some more creative workshops in the form of fresh flower posie arrangements and also creating your very own vase for the flowers.
We will also have pilates back and again not forgetting the delicious food.

CONNECT is funded by LFT Charitable Trust and The National Lottery Community Fund Northern Ireland

12/10/2026

Join us today🥳

☕️ Connect Cafe ☕️

All made very welcome!

This Monday we have
⛑️ Free Health Checks delivered by Verve Healthy Living Network
🎄 Leather workshop - making personalised Christmas Decorations with Annaghmore Men’s Shed- Knotingal Jo
🧘🏽‍♀️Pilates is back (sign up using link https://forms.gle/2DB4RHAQfkKL4FALA )
🥖 food

Invite your friends and come along, you will be made very welcome! 🫶🏽

☕️ Connect Cafe ☕️

Mondays are all about welcoming the community to our centre, Connect Cafe if a free drop in session where you can take part in various activities or simply just come for a chat and to hang out.
All made very welcome!

This Monday we have
⛑️ Free Health Checks delivered by Verve Healthy Living Network
🎄 Leather workshop - making personalised Christmas Decorations with Annaghmore Men’s Shed- Knotingal Jo
🧘🏽‍♀️Pilates is back (sign up using link https://forms.gle/2DB4RHAQfkKL4FALA )
🥖 food

Invite your friends and come along, you will be made very welcome! 🫶🏽

Connect is funded by The National Lottery Community Fund Northern Ireland and LFT Chartable Trust

08/10/2026

☕️ Connect Cafe ☕️

Mondays are all about welcoming the community to our centre, Connect Cafe if a free drop in session where you can take part in various activities or simply just come for a chat and to hang out.
All made very welcome!

This Monday we have
⛑️ Free Health Checks delivered by Verve Healthy Living Network
🎄 Leather workshop - making personalised Christmas Decorations with Annaghmore Men’s Shed- Knotingal Jo
🧘🏽‍♀️Pilates is back (sign up using link https://forms.gle/2DB4RHAQfkKL4FALA )
🥖 food

Invite your friends and come along, you will be made very welcome! 🫶🏽

Connect is funded by The National Lottery Community Fund Northern Ireland and LFT Chartable Trust

06/10/2026

☕️ Connect Cafe ☕️

Mondays are all about welcoming the community to our centre, Connect Cafe if a free drop in session where you can take part in various activities or simply just come for a chat and to hang out.
All made very welcome!

This week we had Pilates, Hama craft, games, delicious food and lots of chats and check ins.

Next week we have
⛑️ Free Health Checks
🎄 Leather workshop making Christmas Decorations with Annaghmore Men’s Shed Knotingal Jo
🧘🏽‍♀️Pilates is back
🥖 food
Some information

Invite your friends and come along, you will be made very welcome! 🫶🏽

Connect is funded by The National Lottery Community Fund Northern Ireland and LFT Chartable Trust

05/10/2026

We are back!
All welcome 🙏🏽🤗 Grupo So Pa Sabi Oasis Youth Edna VM Sophia Cabral ✨️

04/10/2026

Back tomorrow for our Multicultural Cafe! Get signed up for free Pilates classes https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScbnhmpoSWqTuJ6Vry906JbpWWAbb45_QGTwgHcKZaazjVOrw/viewform

Invite a friend and see you there! 😃

We are launching our first programme for CIP Connect Project on Monday 28th September and will run for 4 weeks.

Open to all to attend at CIP Centre with a variety of activities each week.

Week 1 we kick off with pilates class, some creative activities and a chill space.

Come along, meet new people, bring a friend and enjoy some activities and refreshments!

To register for pilates please follow the link https://forms.gle/3uNtvVtezyyZooe38

To complete our community survey and share ideas on what we should do at the cafes or in the community please follow the link https://forms.gle/V45RJZfbNTPAER8Q6

If you would like more information please contact Danielle on [email protected] or Bethany on [email protected] or drop us a message on Facebook. 🙂 We look forward to seeing you there!

Connect project is delivered by Community Intercultural Programme and funded by The National Lottery Community Fund Northern Ireland and LFT Charitable Trust

29/09/2026

Yesterday morning we had a great first Connect Cafe! We welcomed people through the doors for games, craft, Pilates, delicious food and chats!

We would love to see more people coming along to enjoy the upcoming activities. Will vary each week and we welcome any ideas you may have!

Mondays 10am-1pm at CIP centre, 7 Foundry Street.
For more information message our page or contact Danielle on [email protected]

Connect Project is funded by The National Lottery Community Fund Northern Ireland and LFT Charitable Trust

28/09/2026

Starts this morning 😀

We are launching our first programme for CIP Connect Project on Monday 28th September and will run for 4 weeks.

Open to all to attend at CIP Centre with a variety of activities each week.

Week 1 we kick off with pilates class, some creative activities and a chill space.

Come along, meet new people, bring a friend and enjoy some activities and refreshments!

To register for pilates please follow the link https://forms.gle/3uNtvVtezyyZooe38

To complete our community survey and share ideas on what we should do at the cafes or in the community please follow the link https://forms.gle/V45RJZfbNTPAER8Q6

If you would like more information please contact Danielle on [email protected] or Bethany on [email protected] or drop us a message on Facebook. 🙂 We look forward to seeing you there!

Connect project is delivered by Community Intercultural Programme and funded by The National Lottery Community Fund Northern Ireland and LFT Charitable Trust

23/09/2026

We had a great morning yesterday at the Multicultural Wellbeing Event in Jethro Centre. What a wonderful event with activities, valuable information and lovely refreshments.

Loved sharing about our programmes in CIP and we hope to see some faces along to our Connect Cafes on Mondays.

Thanks you Southern Health and Social Care Trust for the invitation