 |
 |
|
Springers
Childcare
Don’t
know what to do with your
child over the summer? Why not register them with Springers
Summer
Childcare We offer lots of fun activities including: arts &
crafts, sports, cooking
& games. Opening Hours: 9-5pm weekdays Cost: £10 per
child per day
or £5 for half-day. For more information or to register your
child
please contact Siona Masters.
Volunteering
We are
always keen to recruit new
volunteers to help out in various projects including youth,
afterschools, café, seniors programme, gardening and
retail If you
know of anyone is interested ask them to simply call in for a chat,
phone 90313945 or contact
Maura Moore at fscoordinator@btconnect.com.
Volunteers in Mission
Volunteers
in Mission (VIM) was established by the United Methodist church in the
United States to promote, encourage, and enable Christians to
exemplify “Christian Love In Action” through
short-term mission service in the United States and abroad. Forthspring
was delighted to host this year’s VIM group. They were a
fantastic group who in a few days built a 40 foot deck to enhance the
garden project and inspired us with their enthusiasm, energy,
commitment and sense of fun. To find out more about
their visit you can go to their blog which has photos and very interesting account
of their trip.
Community Festival
Thanks to
funding from Belfast City Council we will be organising our own
festival during the summer. The festival will be for all ages and
will be held over 2 days and 2 evenings on 27th and 28th July. A
detailed programme will be available from the beginning of July
‘Paperboy’ Launch
We had a
great evening in early May with the launch of Tony Macaulay’s new
book, Paperboy, a memoire of a childhood spent growing up in the
Woodvale and Shankill area. The book gives a real flavour of life in a
working class Protestant community, and captures the spirit of Belfast
in the 80’s. It’s a great read and is available from
all good booksellers (and Amazon). Jackie Redpath, from the Greater
Shankill Partnership, drew on his own extensive experience of the
Shankill to conduct a very entertaining interview with Tony, who also
read extracts from the book. Thanks to the congregation for the
use of the church which was a wonderfully appropriate venue for the
event.
Youth Club
The Junior
Group are working on a puppet making project during May and June which
will culminate with the group taking part in the Belfast City Carnival
parade on Saturday 19th June. The Youth Diversionary Team
continues to carry out outreach work with young people not in youth
clubs and is currently busy in the mid Shankill area.
Mens Group
The
Men’s group have just completed a photography course with the
WEA’s Man Matters programme. Photographs taken by the group
will be exhibited during the festival in July. The allotment is
coming along with the vegetable patch prepared and seeds now ready to
be planted out. We have to thank Colette for plants and seeds
- as well as looking after Forthspring’s finances Collette
has taken a great interest in the garden and allotment.
NIHE
We are
working in partnership with the Northern Ireland Housing
Executive’s Community Cohesion Team to further develop
Forthspring as a ‘Shared Space for All’. Shortly the
project will be conducting a community audit of the area that
Forthspring works in both to identify local need and to assess the
relevance of the services provided by Forthspring. |
|
|
Funders and Supporters
An Munie
Tober
Ashworth Charitable Trust
Awards for All
BBC Children in Need
Belfast City Council
Belfast Education and Library Board
Belfast Interface Project
Brethren Volunteer Service (BVS)
Challenge for Youth
Community Dialogue
The Community Foundation for Northern Ireland
Community Relations Council
Community Volunteering Scheme (DSD)
Corrymeela Community
Department of Education
EIRENE (Germany)
Esmee Fairbairn Foundation
General Board of Global Ministries
IDJE (Germany)
Indian Community Centre
Interface Residents Group
International Fund for Ireland
John Moore’s Foundation
Lloyds TSB Foundation
Methodist Home Mission Department
North and West Health and Social Services Trust
Playboard
Providence Institute for the Study and Practice of Non Violence
Springboard
Sacred Military Constantinian Order of St George
St Luke’s United Methodist Church, Orlando
St Sarkis
The Barrow Cadbury Trust
The Bernard Sunley Charitable Foundation
The Childhood Fund
The Joseph Rank Foundation
Ulster Garden Villages
Victoria Homes Trust
Voluntary Service Bureau
Volunteer Development Agency
Women Caring Trust
Youth Action NI
Youthlink
Youthnet
|
