Northern Ireland Children’s Enterprise (NICE)
NICE assists young people, parents and families, Catholics and Protestants, in strife-torn areas of Belfast by providing a place where those young people can meet to reconcile their often violent situations.

NICE continues to provide a very important first point of contact for many young Catholics and Protestants.  Recent statistics showed that seventy nine percent of the young people with whom NICE works had never met a Catholic or Protestant before doing so through NICE. 

It is important that their work in reconciliation continues to grow, so that intimidation and sectarianism are not experienced by future generations of people in Northern Ireland. 

How We Helped

In 1998, NICE purchased its second facility to use as a meeting place, resource and training center for young people and parents and to give the project a focal point in the city. The property is situated in a neutral area convenient to both communities in Belfast. . We have named the center Australia House due to a substantial grant from The Australian Ireland Fund

Program aims and objectives:

• We provide a neutral meeting space for young people, volunteers, parents and community groups
• We develop links within communities and between communities
• We provide a range of community relations programs where people can develop understanding and mutual respect
• We create and expand programs which will give people the skills required to support our work and to develop work within their own communities
• We provide a training and development base for volunteers