After four years at Fighting Words Belfast helping to generate more than 6,000 opportunities for children and young people to create wonderful stories, Geraldine has decided to begin a new story of her own and will be leaving Fighting Words Belfast at the end of October.
THE RIGHT TWIG is an exciting new young playwrights’ programme with Fighting Words Belfast and the Lyric Theatre. It is open to anyone age 14-18 who wants to write for theatre. Come along to a couple of taster sessions and get in touch to find out more!
Look up in the sun’s eye and give
What the exultant heart calls good
That some new day may breed the best
In the 200th year of the publication of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein four post-primary schools in Belfast, and students at Fighting Words centres in Dublin, Cork and Wicklow, will take part in workshops that will draw on the original Frankenstein to inspire their writing.
Fighting Words Belfast were delighted to work with Ashfield Boys High School as part of the Write Down Your Street project.
“This project has been a great way to get the boys to use their imaginations to think creatively and to really get excited about writing.” Jude Rainey, Learning Support Department, Ashfield Boys HS.
The Irish Times publishes 8th annual magazine of new young writing, featuring a poem from Write Club Belfast member.
Nora Greer #fightingwordsbelfast volunteer has just been announced Winner of Arts and Culture Volunteer of the Year at Belfast City Council's Age-Friendly Awards at City Hall with Lord Mayor Nuala McAllister.
Nora was nominated by Geraldine Wilkins, Development Officer Fighting Words Belfast
Write Clubbers invited to write stories based on the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
Fantastic article providing an overview of the Fighting Words Belfast project to date. Lots of impressive facts and figures and powerful quotes from participants and teachers.
Fighting Words Belfast received a Flagship Grant from The Ireland Funds and is now reaching 2,000+ children in Northern Ireland.
Fighting Words Belfast was delighted to welcome children with autism and their families from the Belfast Trust’s Speech & Language Therapy Clinic for a series of three creative writing workshops.
Participants, aged 8-10, worked with volunteer writing mentors to create three new stories which they then completed individually.
“It was great to see my son relaxed and happy in a new environment with his peers,” said one mum, Lisa.
Peter Wilson, a 14 year old Larne Grammar student, encouraged by Fighting Words Belfast writing mentors to share his writing.
