Residential learning in Annalong
Bring participants together at FFI’s County Down campus, with activities and preparation shaped around the group.
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PEACEPLUS Partnerships
Leadership and exchange for your youth programme
FFI can work with organisations to design leadership and cultural exchange experiences around their goals, participants, and communities.
FOR ORGANISATIONS IN NORTHERN IRELAND
Build on your work
at home.
FFI works with youth organisations to combine local learning, residential experiences in Annalong and cultural exchange in the United States.
Our work with young people from all six counties of Northern Ireland informs programmes shaped around each partner’s aims. Those aims can include good relations, active citizenship, personal development, interpersonal and professional skills, and continued progression.
A PROGRAMME TO SHAPE TOGETHER
Three connected parts
Cultural exchange in the US
The published model describes a 15 day visit, combining workshops, community engagement and skill development.
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Participants help design an Individual Leadership Plan and measures of progress. Online support connects the residential experiences.
The earlier model described a programme lasting six to nine months. Agree the current duration, contact hours and support with FFI before planning delivery or a funding application.
LEARNING THROUGH PARTICIPATION
What young people do
Speak and listen
Public speaking, identity, compassionate communication, improvisation and cultural awareness workshops.
Take on a challenge
Activities in the published model include hiking, ropes courses, sailing, kayaking, Zumba and yoga. The mix depends on the group and programme.
Contribute and connect
Volunteering and cultural exchange introduce participants to people with different experiences, including homelessness, disability, domestic abuse and racism.
Nutrition classes, meditation and mindfulness are also part of FFI’s approach.
Daily habits and
measurable progress
Time to be present
Participants put away their mobile phones during FFI programmes. Meals are plant based, with no energy drinks or soda and limited sweets.
Review the learning
Evaluation takes place during and after the programme. Reports and graphs help partners review progress and identify improvements.
START WITH A CONVERSATION
Bring your programme
brief to FFI.
Contact Steve for an initial meeting without commitment. Share your participant group, goals, timetable, budget and the outcomes you need to document.
Discuss curriculum, staffing and professional support, costs, travel, accessibility, safeguarding and evaluation before agreeing a programme. Confirm the contracting organisation and any PEACEPLUS eligibility or reporting requirements for your project.
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Time together, across differences.
FFI’s story began in 1986 when young people from Northern Ireland came to New Hampshire. Shared meals, daily responsibilities and time with a welcoming community formed the heart of the experience.
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