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This ran during Good Relations Week 2025

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Common Ground

Run by Springboard Opportunities

Springboard’s Common Ground event celebrates Good Relations Week by uniting young people from diverse backgrounds for creative activities, dialogue, and reflection on building a more inclusive, connected, and peaceful society.

Common Ground is a youth-led event created by Springboard participants. Young people attending will engage in a wide range of immersive and interactive activities designed to celebrate diversity and promote positive leadership. Hosted in Springboards Belfast City Centre location, the event brings young people together for a variety of creative experiences where they can explore what connection means between individuals, communities, cultures, and the environment. Young people will enjoy a range of engaging stalls and activities, including:
  • A collaborative art station where participants will build connection through creativity
  • A story-sharing space led by young people from a wide range of backgrounds, offering insight into lived experiences and encouraging dialogue
  • An environmental workshop, where participants will plant seedlings to be used in a shared garden, symbolising growth and care for the planet
  • A cinema space showcasing Springboards innovative peacebuilding work across communities
  • A music station featuring music created by the young people from differing backgrounds
  • Interactive discussion boards exploring how the themes of people, planet and prosperity relate to good relations and community life

Invitation only

This is a closed event. For more information, please contact Chloe Magill at [email protected]

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