Youth Council for Northern Ireland.
Comhairle Ógra um Thuaisceart Éireann
Council o Youth for Norlin Airlan

NORTHERN IRELAND YOUTH AWARDS 2009

PEACE BUILDING AWARD

WINNER
VOYPIC - PACE Project (Promoting Active Citizenship Education)

Over 70 children and young people (12-15 yrs) completed the PACE programme resulting in dramatic changes of attitude and personal control in their lives. Young people, on a Northern Ireland basis, availed of the opportunity of a 12-week programme and shared their learning through a cross community forum. (VOYPIC – Voice of Young People in Care)

RUNNER UP WELB Peer Educators for Community Relations 'Our Time for Peace' was the theme of a young people's event for Community Relations Week involving 70 participants (15-19 yrs) from the Limavady and Derry areas. Young people planned, facilitated and presented their own experiences at the event.	RUNNER UP SELB Youth Service - Our Shared Future Group (Cookstown) Using music and photography young people (15-17yrs) from Cookstown planned a residential and developed workshops for their peers and for other young people from different cultures. The project will be able to build on this success and continue to build cross cultural relationships in the area.
HIGHLY COMMENDED Ballysally Youth Club; Caw Youth Club; Israel Exchange; Coleraine Youth Council; Enya Murphy; Femanagh Youth Council; Kids Konnect 2008; Berlin/Kilcooley & Flying Horse; North Down Cultural Understanding Programme.

Further details from Karen Witherspoon:
T: 02890.643882
kwitherspoon@ycni.org

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