Peace Plus
Amplify and Shared Agenda for Peace
Amplify
AMPLIFY is a PEACEPLUS‑funded youth initiative targeting disadvantaged, excluded or marginalised young people (ages 14–24) across 11 council areas in Northern Ireland and the six border counties of Ireland. The project is part of the Investment Area 3.2 – the PEACEPLUS Youth Programme, which supports transformative youth work designed to improve community relations, employability, personal development and life chances. AMPLIFY is delivered by a number of organisations including Youth Work Ireland, Youth Action NI, Foróige, and other organisations. The proejct engages participants through mentoring, one-to-one support, group interventions and outdoor activities.
Core themes include: Good relations; Personal development (citizenship, leadership, resilience); Employability and life‑skills and Positive progression, including career coaching, social enterprise, youth entrepreneurship, and digital youth work.
The AMPLIFY curriculum includes: Co-design with youth participants; Action plans, community-based social action; Accredited training (e.g. diversity & community relations) and Outdoor learning residentials and collaborative forums.
Shared Agenda for Peace
The Shared Agenda for Peace is a PEACEPLUS funded project that aimes to engage and support young people between the ages of 11 and 25 through a shared learning partnership and develop the capacity within youth organisations and youth workers through joint training schemes. The ultimate goal of this project is for young people to collaborate with their new network of connections, developing various employability skills with the end objective of enhancing their community. Whilst gaining these skills their understanding of the issues impacting their communities will deepen – leading to increased levels of social justice and cohesion.
The Shared Agenda for Peace project, which will engage over 4,700 participants, is divided into three workstreams: developing the practice; developing the people; and developing the organisation. Project partners will have the opportunity to engage with young people, youth workers and youth organisations through a series of activities, education and collaborative reflection. Working throughout the various communities, close connections and relationships will help young people blossom to reach their full potential and enable them with the best opportunities for future success.
