• Young people lead and engage in workshops exploring themes around; Community Relations, Shared Space, Conflict Resolution, Cultural Diversity & Difference, Citizenship and Peace & Reconciliation.
• Volunteers are equipped with skills including; researching, writing, editing, radio, film, photography, interviewing in formal settings(conference, set-up interviews) and informal settings (bureau, on the street).
• Volunteers use interviews and vox-pops as a method of gauging the views and opinions of others.
•Volunteers develop their projects and undertake post-production/editing work to refine their effort into a finished product.
•Volunteers continue to feel more confident when attending and reporting on conferences and media events that address community relations, for example, World AIDS Day.
• Volunteers are represented on panels at conferences• Volunteers produce written articles on issues that affect them. These issues include; Racism, sectarianism, homophobia, Sexting, Health and Crime.
• Photography projects are popular with volunteers. Volunteers have won awards with their completed images.
• Volunteers produce radio packages exploring issues effecting young people. These have included; racism, sectarianism, homophobia, sexting, cervical cancer and regeneration.
•These shows are produced by volunteers in partnership with various organizations. These have included; Sai Pak Integration (Chinese community), The One World Centre (Seeds), PSNI and Springhill Single identity Community Association, Strabane.
• Volunteers are involved in a non-accredited peer training programme and take part in regular facilitated group work sessions and discussions using various creative approaches to include media and community relation themes incorporating presentation skills and role-play.
• Volunteers undertake an OCN Introduction to Journalism course.
• Volunteers participate in a six-week cultural diversity programme.
•Volunteers are given the opportunity to explore the rich culture and heritage of the border area. This project is ongoing with 17 new volunteers to undertake this experience.
• Six volunteers are about to undertake OCN Level One in Citizenship
• Volunteers have presented their experiences as a Millennium Volunteer to Headliners Board of Trustees at their annual general meeting.
• Volunteers present the Millennium Volunteer programme to staff and other young people at annual conferences in London.
•Many volunteers who have achieved 200 hours continue to volunteer with their placement agencies.
•All work produced by Millennium Volunteers is placed with various media outlets and is showcased in our newsletter ‘Different Voices’ which is produced quarterly and on our website www.headliners.org
