Take a few young people with a vision to make a difference on the streets of Belfast; take a few flasks of soup and hot drinks - and plenty of warm layers to combat some of the coldest nights of the year. This is a project known as Beautiful Feet.
It started out as an idea [...]

Dusk was falling, offices were emptying as workers headed home on a damp and drizzly night, but laughter sounded from an interface area in the west of the city - as young people dreamt about a Belfast without walls.
Sixteen year old Rachel says the ‘peace walls’ have always been part of her life: “You grow [...]

Naomi Long is buzzing.  It’s the day of Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s visit to Belfast and she has back-to-back meetings and engagements.  But she’s not complaining: “I entered politics to get involved.  I could see what was wrong out there and I want to make a difference.  I love this city… I love what I [...]

For almost forty days now his feet have stood on ‘divided’ ground, his eyes have peered upon the comings and goings of two separate communities, and yet it seems that the longer he watches the more those divides seem to melt away.
Gripping a stark wooden cross Pastor Jack McKee, of New Life City Church has [...]

It began with a road trip around Ireland; just two guys, the open road and a whole island to explore. Open eyed and open hearted they toured the country, observing, listening, getting in touch with its diversity, its heartbeat.  These were the beginnings of Project 32.
 ‘Youth for Christ’ (YFC) is behind the initiative which has [...]

The Clark Kents and Spidermans of our childhood may well define our idea of what it means to be a superhero. Whether it be flying, climbing or saving the world from evil these characters have captured the minds of children for generations. But what would we think of a superhero with a disability? 
“Not Disabled, Differently [...]

They came, queued, waited, performed and set the place alight; little girls in princess dresses, boys in rap outfits, wannabe girl bands and so many others…
‘Woodvale’s Got Talent’ was the occasion, the first time such an event has been held in the area and it certainly struck a chord in the local community.  ‘Simon Cowell’, ‘Piers [...]

It started with an idea to make a million – and to give it away - before his 20th birthday for Holywood teenager Cameron Stewart. As the founder of ARK (Acts of Random Kindness) clothing, Cameron Stewart in his own words wants his company to operate ‘with a purpose other than profit,’ and so every [...]

Ideas ranged from Doorsteps sandwich chain, to the Belfast Wheel, to the Northern Irish sense of humour; just some of the responses scrawled on the Tell It In Colour ‘Love Belfast’ wall at this year’s Summer Madness festival.
TIIC went along to Ireland’s largest youth festival at the King’s Hall in Belfast from the 3rd to [...]

She was a little old lady from Sheffield with thoughts of retiring, but then life redirected her to Belfast where she found a passion for good news in a city more familiar with the bad…
Margaret Walker, now 83, was contemplating life after retirement when she felt God call her to west Belfast.  She was watching [...]