It was a former ice-cream shop - that then lay derelict - before volunteers in Carnmoney transformed it into a thrift shop, which hands out free school uniforms and food hampers to struggling families.
“The whole intention,” says Paul Elliot who has been involved in the project right from the start, “was to create a thrift [...]

Flags: they can define us, divide us, inspire us, provoke us… These pieces of coloured material that flutter in the breeze, decorating our neighbourhoods, can often spark some deep reactions…
And so a visual artist from Belfast decided to try and use flags to forge new links between our communities here.  Raymond Watson was in Tibet [...]

If there had been no intervention they probably would have remained as faceless enemies their entire lives.    One came from the Falls, the other from the Shankill.  Both had lost brothers in the Troubles.  Both had witnessed so much harsh history.  But Sean and Rab forged a unique affinity, which has taken them into [...]

It was a night where vintage and urban chic met to create a quirky backdrop for another Tell It In Colour storytelling night.  The venue this time was a warehouse in Ballymena, which had been transformed for this latest gig in our ‘Stories of Life’ tour.  Cold grey walls were now covered in fairy lights, [...]

Stuart, Joel, Thomas, Mark, John, James, Dean.  Seven friends with a dream for Belfast.  Seven guys with a passion to see city neighbours become friends…
‘Everyday Belfast’ is an idea which began in student circles at Queens University in September 2010.  Stuart Bothwell, was one of of the initiators:  “I guess we saw that student culture [...]

The tattered old book sat in the middle of the vintage style stage, bursting with stories which would soon be told.  The photographs and art were in place, the musicians and story-tellers ready.  And then the Black Box in Belfast’s Cathedral Quarter started to fill up.  There was a buzz in the air.  The city [...]

He was smaller than the other guys, had never been that great at football and was used to feeling like ‘the loser’.  That was before he entered ‘The Cage’.  There he shone, there he felt valued – and now the older kids were clamouring to have him on their team.

Nomad Football Cage sessions, which [...]

Autumn was turning to winter, the nights were noticeably colder and darker, but that didn’t deter those sleeping in their cars in a Belfast church car park for the night; they were taking part in a national act of solidarity to highlight the cause of those broken by debt.
It may seem like a crazy idea, [...]

They were two red-coats at the end of their shift on the streets of Belfast; they’d got the usual amount of hassle and very few smiles. Then they were approached by a group who made a strange request;  these people offered them the chance to have their photos taken for free.   The two men [...]

3.12 am. I sat there in silence. One small spotlight illuminated the room and lit up a window full of post-it notes and an old wooden cross draped in green ribbon, writes Ben Connelly. DC and Bean lay on the floor sleeping. “Great! This is my slot, and I can’t even listen to music.” No [...]