Check out our Impact Report! Our 2025 Recap

The Community Relations Council-one of our Core Funders-created a visual that looks back at our 2025 and looks forward to 2026 - and beyond!

2025 was an incredible year at CRIS. We celebrated our 40th Anniversary at Titanic Belfast with friends and supporters from across our history. We added a new full-time staff member, recruited five new associates, and facilitated Buddy Up! programmes with three brand new shared education partnerships, along with continued work in our pre-existing programmes, Everyday Peacebuilding and Growing GRACE.

As well, we completed our second year of collaboration with Stranmillis and St. Mary's University Colleges via facilitation of their PLiCS (Professional Learning in a Changing Society) programme. We worked with over 250 future teachers on professional competencies such as self-awareness, personal identity, bias, collaboration, communication, and complex problem-solving.

As we look forward to 2026, we anticipate further curriculum refinement and development, supporting more new shared education partnerships through the EA's ASPIRE programme, and continuing to foster good relations in our ongoing work in North Belfast and Newtownabbey communities. We are grateful for each and every partner who supports our work!