The Youth Project with a difference. Providing opportunities to young people to enhance their creative skills by giving access to industry standard equipment and mentorship. Gordon Lyons MLA The National Lottery Community Fund NI Arts Council of Northern Ireland Check out nacncoolestudios’s Story! vm.tiktok.com/ZGd8gkdpQ/

Who said North Belfast and Newtownabbey working-class communities must accept to be disadvantaged? When the right support is provided, anything can be achieved NACN YouthProjects have Talent! The National Lottery Community Fund NI Arts Council of Northern Ireland Arts & Business NI MTI Europe Gordon Lyons MLA Antrim & Newtownabbey Borough Council #nacn

We are reaching out to find a sponsor to support our project. We built this small stage in a local church hall for Children from Socially disadvantaged areas so they can also gain opportunities We received word that the Arts Council of Northern Ireland had refused us funding for equipment.

We are reaching out to those involved in Arts & Business NI to ask if there is any support out there We are searching for a sponsor after being rejected for a grant to purchase equipment for a youth project that supports Socially disadvantaged youth Clanmil Housing Arts Council of Northern Ireland

We have so much talent in our community. As an area of socio-economic disadvantage and underachieving in educational attainment NACN Coole Studios , we are always pushing to gain more for our community. We beleive in them and this music video shows why. Arts Council of Northern Ireland

We are seeking sponsors to support the development of our Performing Arts Academy. Supporting our project to provide opportunities to children that have talents but are failed by the systems set up. Arts Council of Northern Ireland Antrim & Newtownabbey Borough Council Arts & Business NI Newtownabbey Times Barbara McCann

NACN are pleased to announce that our Juniors will be performing "ANNIE" 25th and 26th January. We would like to invite Arts Council of Northern Ireland to come along and see what work is going on in areas of socioeconomic disadvantage. The arts is for all....... all those that fit in # acn

A stage with no Lights. Currently reaching out to find sponsors that can help us create a performing arts space for Children from Socially disadvantaged areas so they can gain opportunities like those from more affluent communities. Arts Council of Northern Ireland Arts & Business NI Antrim & Newtownabbey Borough Council

Young people need support to achieve their dreams. The arts is a fantastic way to express yourself and to build your confidence. We are currently seeking sponsors to help with our stage setup.... Community Based Socially disadvantaged area. Arts Council of Northern Ireland Arts & Business NI

Fund raising to purchase lights and equipment ... NACN Young people are running a disco in aid to raise funds that are needed to purchase equipment for the youngbpeople that do performing arts Taylor Swift themed disco Arts Council of Northern Ireland Arts & Business NI Antrim & Newtownabbey Borough Council Newtownabbey Times

Research has suggested that individuals with higher levels of education and socio-economic position (SEP) are more likely to engage with the arts than their less advantaged peers This means the arts are split into the poor and the wealthy So how do we change this? Arts Council of Northern Ireland

Coole Studios Youth Productions "Silent Warnings" "Silent Warnings" is a gripping short film that sheds light on the harrowing impact of coercive control, a form of domestic abuse that often goes unnoticed until it's too late. Women's Aid NI Arts Council of Northern Ireland The National Lottery Community Fund NI

Happy Wednesday Everyone I always have a great time mentoring the students Coole Studios in Visit Belfast Talented Philip and I busk my single #Promises Currently #5 on The Heritage Chart Please click this link+vote now heritagechart.co.uk/home-mobile Or vote - thedanieljames.com

NACN are searching for a cast for a short film "Behind Closed Doors" Working with 🍡 Newtownabbey The film will support the Violence Against Women and Girls campaign The National Lottery Community Fund NI NI Executive Empowering young people to create change ! #acting

Whistles in the wind! Written at NACN Coole Studios about a Young man leaving Carnmoney North Belfast to Fight at the Somme in 1916. Part of a project at NACN Youth Projects. The National Lottery Community Fund NI HISTORY Arts Council of Northern Ireland Gordon Lyons MLA Phillip Brett PEACE IV Programme Antrim and Newtownabbey Glencree Centre for Peace & Reconciliation

Keyring made in our studio for our Special Guests from France 🇫🇷 Very exciting project underway to write a song in memory of a local Hero who died on the 1st day of The Battle of the Somme 1916. Whistles in the Wind.... The National Lottery Community Fund NI PEACE IV Programme Antrim and Newtownabbey Phillip Brett

Underachieving in educational attainment needs to be targeted at community level. Paul Givan. Its our experience that the funding never finds its way to those that can make a difference to children and young people through alternative paths. #differentdirections #Creatives

Current methods to target underachieving in educational attainment should be visited again to establish what impact they really have. Phillip Brett Paul Givan NACNs "RELAUNCH STUDIO" supports those that are the most able but less likely to achieve Declan Keeney Education NI

So excited to see the skills of the NACN Young Neurodivergent Game Developers work this evening. Autism NI Ulster University Phillip Brett Gordon Lyons MLA Our wee country has some very talented young people that with the right support could the the game changers. Arts Council of Northern Ireland

Underachieving Education NI is a disadvantage & is a barrier to employment and other life-changing opportunities. Fantastic to have leading design team from Innov8 Workspace Solutions visit us to help create a space that will support our approach. Phillip Brett Gordon Lyons MLA Paul Givan