Connecting Minds NiI brings young people from divided communities together through arts, storytelling and cultural heritage. Your support helps them create music, murals, cultural leaves and shared stories that build confidence, identity and lasting peace.
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Young people in Banbridge, Lurgan, Magherafelt, Belfast and Ballymoney are affected by rising division and fear following anti-migrant riots in Ballymena in June 2025 and a hate-motivated bonfire in Moygashel on 10 July 2025. These events deepen anxiety and isolation, yet many schools lack safe, creative, trauma-informed arts spaces where young people can explore identity, understand newcomer cultures and build positive relationships.
We deliver creative, trauma-informed arts and mindfulness programmes co-facilitated by volunteer refugees, migrant artists and specialist practitioners. Through music, storytelling, visual arts and cultural exchange, young people explore identity, understand newcomer cultures, express emotions safely and build the empathy and confidence needed to become leaders for peace in their schools and communities.
