What a great announcement! We have been awarded an ARTiculate grant by the Arts Council NI to work with young people in our area, encouraging them to build their own resilience skills through art activities. We will be working with Big Telly Theatre Co. to enable participants to explore soundscapes and become more attuned to their Inner Echo.
What a brilliant evening at the Social Enterprise Awards 2018, we had such a fabulous time. Congratulations to all the winners and highly commended.It was a fantastic night and even though we didn’t win in our category we did win the beautiful centrepiece!! It’s wonderful to see the inspiring work being carried out in this…
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Colin Flinn – our new Chair, spoke after our latest Board meeting – At our board meeting of The Hummingbird Project NI in our new premises at Portstewart. I’m honoured to be chosen a Chair of this project promoting mental health resilience. See the Hummingbird logo produced skilfully in wood by a Men’s Shed with whom we…
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We have been quiet for the last few weeks because we have been super busy! Launched the first phase of our young people’s resilience building project, funded by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation. We’ve already had some amazing sessions with a group of spectacular 8-11 year olds, co-designing and using their voices to help other young…
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We have begun workshop sessions with Amplify on The People’s Accelerator. By joining the People’s Accelerator, we have the opportunity to develop our project in a supportive and fun environment; to be part of a community of people who share our commitment to tackling social issues and inequalities; to affirm our capacity to realise our idea,…
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Our co-director Leigh Carey attended the magnificent Gala in aid of The Goliath Trust on the 11th April in the Europa Hotel, Belfast. Now and then, we have the privilege of meeting truly inspirational people but none more so than Senator George Mitchell. With our keen interest in the preventative ethos to ensure good emotional health…
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We are excited and honoured to have been awarded the ideas and pioneers grant from The Paul Hamlyn Foundation. With this funding and support we will be doing ground-breaking work with children and young people to co-develop and create early intervention and prevention tools and workshops to strengthen their confidence, emotional resilience and coping strategies. We…
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Many thanks to The Community Foundation for inviting us to be a part of your Christmas Celebration, was a proper festive, relaxed and hopeful evening.
Proud of us Hummingbirds to have won our pitch to receive Unltd funding to strengthen our connections with other inspiring professionals and make our training be the best in the recovery business. 2018 is going to be a cracker
Had a great couple of weeks delivering our “Why Work?” program over 2 half day sessions to Network Personnel clients in Magherafelt, who have been struggling to overcome their work barriers and get confident and motivated to step into the world of work. The feedback from Network Personnel staff and the participants has been amazing, anyone interested…
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