Youth Work at The Churches Trust

We deliver a range of projects throughout the year focusing on good relations, personal development and skills development using a variety of creative pathways.

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⭐️Youth Committee⭐️

Our Youth Committee had their very first meeting last night. We discussed the function of the committee and the various roles. We played team games including minefield to establish and develop relationships.

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Our Synergy Group had a fantastic day at the TBUC Camps in the Community event!

We enjoyed hearing about the other TBUC projects and got to do animation, drawing, circus skills and drumming. https://t.co/9ClGBwJB6T

[ibuki taiko @IbukiTaiko]

All set up for a morning of #taikolove @LondonderryYMCA for the groups from @churchestrust This is going to be amazing! #taikoforhealthandwellbeing #empowerment #ownyourspace #creative #japaneseartsinthecommunity @foyleobon

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🌞TBUC Synergy
Camp- End of project Celebration🌞
We are extremely proud of all of the young people who
took part in this years project. They have each become
more respectful and tolerant towards other people and
lasting friendships have been formed!

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🌞TBUC Synergy
Camp- Day of Social Action🌞

Today we worked on our Social Action Project.

Our theme this year is “Taking young people seriously”.

We ended the session with a table quiz.

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🌞TBUC Synergy Camp-Day 3🌞
Our third day focused on good relations,we went to the tower museum to learn about the history of Derry~Londonderry.Synergy is a Together Uniting Communities project funded by The Northern Ireland Executive, The Education Authority, and TBUC Camps.

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We were delighted to have been asked to facilitate some good relations sessions as part of Life Summer Camp!
Using the example of Columba, the children and young people learnt about the importance of peace and how everyone can see things differently.

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🌞TBUC Synergy Camp-Day 2🌞
We had a fantastic trip to Doagh Famine Village.We learnt about life in old Ireland, the famine and the troubles and seen an Orange Hall. The best parts were definitely the Safe House and the Haunted House.
We also had a quick trip to the beach nearby!

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🌞TBUC Synergy Camp-Day 1🌞
Yesterday we had our first session of our 2022 Synergy TBUC Camp!
We spent the day getting to know each other, creating a group contract, and playing some 'minute to win it' games.

[Derry Now @DerryNow]

Derry screening of ‘The Life of Saint Columba’ at the Playhouse https://t.co/sC9c26PWWL

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@churchestrust

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✨Exciting programme for 11 to 14-year-olds ✨ Churches Trust is running an exciting 7-week programme over the summer!
To register for the camp follow this link: https://t.co/5d3Uwnpt8d
#tbuc #tbuccamps #summer #summerfun #derry #londonderry #derrylondonderry #summercamp

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🖼️” Connections”; Art Exhibition🖼️
We want to thank everyone who attended our art exhibition launch on Wednesday.
The exhibition is in The Playhouse, 5-7 Artillery Street, and is open to the public from Monday 23rd to Wednesday 25th of May from 10am to 3pm.

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🏘️Community of Homes- Wednesday 11th of May🏘️
Tonight we worked on our last piece for our exhibition. Each young person and a good relations theme and a box to decorate based on that theme.

#churchestrust #derry #londonderry #art #diversity #goodrelations

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🏘️Community of Homes- Wednesday 4th of May🏘️
Tonight we continued working on our design on the shipping container with UV Arts. The group have really enjoyed using the spray paint and learning graffiti techniques!

#churchestrust #derry #londonderry #art #diversity

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🏘️Community of Homes- Wednesday 27th of April🏘️
Tonight with artist Sinead Crumlish we learnt how to do styrofoam prints and then made our own on the theme of identity.

#churchestrust #derry #londonderry #art #identity

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🏘️Community of Homes- Wednesday 14th of April🏘️
Last night we did some light graffiti with artist Sinead Crumlish using a slow shutter speed on the camera and the torches on our phones to create art pieces!

#churchestrust #derry #londonderry #graffiti #art #lightgraffiti

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🏘️Community of Homes- Wednesday 6th of April🏘️
Last night we continued working on the designs for our shipping container art piece on the theme of diversity in nature.

#churchestrust #derry #londonderry #graffiti #nature #art

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🏘️Community of Homes- Tuesday 5th of April🏘️
For our last session before Easter break we did some Easter crafts. We made clothes peg bunnies, sun catchers and peek-a-boo chicks!

#churchestrust #derry #londonderry #easter #art #bunny #chick

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Just posted a photo @ Eglinton, Londonderry, United Kingdom https://t.co/E7lxliuwDp