He says his perceptions of the homeless community totally altered after a stint of volunteering with Belfast’s Welcome Organisation – now student Paul Loughran wants as many people as possible to see beyond the stereotypes. It’s why he’s set up an initiative called Regenerate NI. ...

They came from interfaces across the city to tell their stories.  For most of them it was the first time they’d held a microphone & faced an audience.  And yet here they were sharing their experiences of a cross-community project which had taken them to...

It jumped out at her as she browsed online – she could have just clicked on to another page – but instead Gemma Wilson decided to stand against this source of injustice & humiliation.  This is her story of how she made her voice count… ...

Four months ago I moved to Belfast from Gap in France, writes Jeff Vachier. Coming to live in Northern Ireland was a chance to meet people from here – and discover more about this place and its way of life…. One of the things that...

“I sat glowing”; “It was like watching pure gold melting” – Eddie Spence searches for words to do justice to the moment when his west Belfast community garden project scooped the top accolade at a City Council award ceremony.   The Brighter Belfast Awards celebrate...

Every day I park my car a few minutes walk from university. I’m pretty sure the walk from my car into class is one of the most enjoyable I will ever get to experience, writes Hannah Stewart, and here is why…  Along part of the...