2024 PeacePlayers Impact Report FINAL-2 - Flipbook - Page 32
2024 ACHIEVEMENTS
Featured in the PBS documentary Bridging Divides:
Sharing Heartbeats.
Joanne Fitzpatrick, PeacePlayers NI’s Head of Programs,
is awarded the MBE (Member of the British Empire)
title in recognition of her efforts to build a more
peaceful and harmonious Northern Ireland.
Experienced record volunteer engagement, with 3,378
volunteer hours performed over the course of the year.
Launched Corporate Champions for Peace funding
stream, through which board members leverage
their connections to invite businesses to sign up as
‘Champions for Peace’.
IMPACT IN NUMBERS
100% of teachers, coaches and community center leaders
Secured funding from PeacePlus, an EU initiative
devoted to a peaceful Northern Ireland, alongside
partners Healthy Kidz, Boys and Girls Club NI and H2O
Heroes at Dundalk Institute of Technology.
indicated examples of positive interaction between children
and young people of different backgrounds;
75% of youth reported having friends from a different
religious background;
84% of participants and other key stakeholders indicated
Continued to grow scaling efforts, expanding youth
programming and institutional interventions to Antrim
and Newtownabbey Borough Council.
Two of our coaching staff attended NI’s 昀椀rst Jr NBA
festival in April.
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that PP-NI provides a “safe and nurturing” environment for
children and young people;
81% of participants in leadership programs expressed
con昀椀dence in their ability to serve as leaders within PPNI, among their family/friends/peers and in their local
communities
