She could feel her fingers begin to freeze as she sat there trying to fill out forms in a living room which clearly hadn’t been heated for some time.  There was no carpet on the floor, no food in the fridge, no hope in the face of the woman sitting opposite her…
Jacqui Robb knew this [...]

Well, what can I tell you about Shaw Street?  We moved here nearly two years ago while I was heavily pregnant with my son, Teddy.  It’s just a regular terraced street in east Belfast with its own wee unspoken rules… writes Janette Myles.
These little rules included the fact that cars on the left can park [...]

He can now look his friends in the eye.  He can give his mum a hug.  He can play football. And it’s all because of a big hearted gift from his local community…
Fifteen year old Scott Osprey has cerebral palsy and has been confined to a wheel chair all of his life.  But on Valentine’s [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

The kids gather on the starting line, parents lean forward ready to cheer them on, the starter’s gun slices the air …and they’re off.  There they go, galloping up the school sports field…except that is for one child back on the starting line.  He stands watching, waiting until the winner breaks through the tape and [...]

So many of our children have a very negative picture of a Mum and there are many scars there. They need to know that they are loved and cared for, that they are precious. Having a positive mother figure helps them move in their relationships with others…