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Environmental Careers Festival 19th – 26th April 2021

published on: 18-03-2021

With the climate crisis such a pressing concern for everyone across the globe, the demand for people with the skills and enthusiasm to protect the environment will only grow and grow. To give young people an awareness of the types of environmental jobs and organisations that are out there, along with employability tips, the Belfast Hills Partnership are delivering an Environmental Careers Festival from the 19th – 26th April. […]

A Tree Nursery for the future

published on: 07-10-2020

The Belfast Hills Partnership has been teaming up with Belfast City Council, the Woodland Trust and many other partners to help achieve the target of planting a million trees in Belfast over the next 15 years. Part of this ambitious work is happening through the creation of a native tree and wildflower nursery off the Glen Road on the edge of the Belfast Hills. There has been a lot […]

Trainee Rangers Scheme 2020

published on: 14-09-2020

The news is currently filled with stories of job losses, mental health issues and concerns for young people’s wellbeing in the wake of Covid19 – to help counter this the Belfast Hills Partnership are offering a FREE environmental sector training programme for young people aged 18 – 24, with no experience necessary. The Trainee Ranger scheme, now in its third year, is about improving the health and wellbeing of those […]

Covid19 Response

published on: 23-03-2020

Like everyone else, Belfast Hills Partnership has had to adapt very quickly in response to coronavirus COVID-19 and its implications for us all. Most of our staff will be working from home from Monday 23rd but will still be contactable via email [email protected] There will also be a daily presence in our offices Monday-Friday to pick up post, phone messages etc. but unfortunately they will not be open to the […]

Young people demand urgent action for the environment

published on: 17-01-2020

Forty young activists met with policy makers at Stormont today (Friday, 17 January) to set out their demands for safeguarding the environment, as they play their part in shaping Northern Ireland’s first ever environment strategy, which is currently out for public consultation. Supported by the Belfast Hills Partnership and Ulster Wildlife, the passionate and environmentally conscious young people, aged 11 to 24, have already been taking action to improve […]

The greatest environmental youth movement you’ve never heard of!

published on: 27-09-2019

Behind Greta Thunberg’s headline grabbing thunderstorm of the #YouthStrike4Climate and the Extinction Rebellion protests, there is a grassroots environmental youth movement tackling climate change and boosting young potential. Nearly 100,000 passionate, skilled and environmentally conscious young people are leading the way to a brighter future, through Our Bright Future, a programme funded by The National Lottery Community Fund. Whilst the #YouthStrike4Climate has been effective at raising awareness of environmental […]

A Big Belfast Welcome for OBF’s All Project Seminar

published on: 06-08-2019

A Big Belfast Welcome for Our Bright Future’s All Project Seminar Queen University’s Riddle Hall, was a beautiful setting for the annual Our Bright Future all projects seminar. One hundred staff and youth forum members, from nearly 30 projects across the UK, came together to celebrate achievements and to inspire and motivate each other for the year ahead. This was the first time an Our Bright Future gathering had […]

Playing with our planet

published on: 10-06-2019

Pupils from two Belfast schools have created and performed a series of drama productions to raise awareness of environmental threats to the Belfast Hills. Supported by The Belfast Hills Partnership and Belfast Harbour, pupils from Dominican College and Hazelwood Integrated College have taken part in a creative drama project to explore their ‘sense of place’ in the local landscape. Under the direction of local playwright Clare McMahon, the […]

Zero Waste Fashion– Young People Stand Up To Waste

published on: 07-03-2019

GCSE pupils, from Malone College, have been working with the Belfast Hills Partnership and Community Arts Partnership to raise awareness about the huge waste problem facing our countryside. The Belfast Hill encounters ongoing illegal dumping and fly-tipping, with everything from tyres and furniture to cars and bin bags, creating a blot on the landscape. Last year over 250 tyres were dumped, overnight, at Local Nature Reserve, Slievenacloy alone. The […]

Young People Unite for a Greener Future

published on: 01-03-2019

Belfast Hills Partnership’s Environmental Youth Ambassador Ciarraí Culbert is a young lady on a mission for change, as she heads to Westminster on the 5th March to challenge MPs to help create a bright future for our local environment. The three big asks that Ciarraí has are that young people are given: More time spent learning in and about nature Support to get into environmental jobs And that […]