Public Achievement has recently completed a project with young people from the NICRAS (Northern Ireland Community of Refugees and Asylum Seekers) network which has just won a Gold Award at the Young People's Awards scheme, run by Belfast Community Safety Partnership.  These awards are given to individuals or groups for the work they do in making their community a safer place.  Projects aimed at improving relations in interface areas; tackling racism and discrimination; and dealing with drug and alcohol addiction were among those rewarded at the awards ceremony, which was attended by actor and musician Richard Fleeshman and the Lord Mayor Councillor Tom Hartley.

Public Achievement's Director Paul Smyth has just returned from a youth work seminar run by the Council of Europe in Budapest Hungary.  Paul was there to advise on a new project that seeks to ensure the social rights of young people from disadvantaged neighbourhoods.