About Bluehouses
Young people are at the heart of Ballysillan Youth for Christ
A dynamic team of 5 full-time and two part time staff and 25 volunteers “walk alongside” children, young people and young adults, and through availability and connection provide the advice, love, and support required to help them achieve their potential. The charity helps young people to overcome a legacy of violence, paramilitary feuds (cultural/political gang warfare) and the frustrations and limitations of living in an area of social deprivation by providing a comprehensive programme of recreational, educational, cross-community and citizenship initiatives which are geared towards effecting positive change in the lives of young people.
In the same way that the “BlueHouses” are centred at the heart of Ballysillan, young people are at the heart of Ballysillan Youth for Christ and have an integral role to play in the design and implementation of the charity’s programmes. Since 2021 the charity has employed a counsellor and family support worker to provide that clinical expertise and further develop the “wraparound methodology”. The impact from this work includes growing relationships with the women in the community and development of programmes for them.