The Agency has been delivered and evaluated across the UK and Northern Ireland through partnerships with Arts Council England’s National Portfolio Organisations, businesses, theatres, community centres, sports and recreation services. The programme has lasting impact in a wide range of contexts: fostering connections across community divides in Belfast; helping to rebuild areas affected by gang crime, and post-industrial decline.

The Agency is not a one-size-fits-all programme but a methodology rooted in local voices, it adapts to each place where it is delivered. By supporting young people to lead projects inspired by their desire of change and community needs. The Agency has shown again and again that it can create meaningful and lasting change on communities.

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