DIRECTORS. REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025 The dlrectors presentthelr report and thefinanoal ststementsforthe year ended 30 September 2025. sandAI Our charits45 purpose5 as set out in the objerts wntslned In the companvs memorandum of assoclatlon are: l. To engage young people In Northern Ireland with issues of poverty, indu5ion and justice through working in cross-community teams with disadvantaged children, Including Newcomer dilldren. 2. To provlde quallty educational sUPPOrt for marginali5ed Indian children through worklng with Non-Governmental Organlsatlons. 3. To equip marglnallsed Indlan adolescent glrts wlth the emotlonal resilience and menstrual health knowledge to resist abuse and exploitation. 4. To Increase awareness within Northem Ireland of local and global Justice issues. The alm of the tharity is to inspire and equip young peopleto cr&ite flourlshingcommunttles of Justlce and compa55ion, locally and globally, empowerlng them to Be the Change in the world. How our activitles dellver ublic beneflt L¥n Ireland Be the Change Schools programme for sixth-fomi students In Nl secondary schools Is flourlshlng and has gained an excellent reputstlon amongst post-prlmary schools. Reathing across traditional social and religious boundarie5, it brings together pupils from sd)ools on both sldes of the community, facllltatlng thelr development as future leaders of an inclusive Northern Ireland. Fourteen schools In cross-communlty teams took part In Be the Change Sthools 202+25, wllh 157 slxth-fomi students partlcipating In the year-long programme. The Be the Change programme is delivered as an Award to ensure that responslblllty Is taken by the students rather than their teathers. All aspects must be completed induding partiapation in workshops. tssk5 and fundraising in orderto achleve the Award with 8 ofthe students successfullv mpleting all aspects by the end of the school year. The dlmax of the Award was the Newcomer Welcome Days held during Refugee Week In June when the students hosted 301 Prlmary 5 children from ten primary schools in 50aally deprived areas of Belfast at affirming educational fun days at Stranmlllis UnIvety College. The majority of these children were from refugee and asylum seeker famllies. The continuing Importance of the Saphara Be the Change Award was stsrkly highllghted when raust violence targeting newcomer famllles broke out durlng this very week in Ballymena. in fart on the night beforethe Ballymena school students were coming to Stranmilli& Reporters from UTV who had planned to attend the Saphara Welcome Day, were pulled away to focus on the violence. One primary school teacher polnted out a P5 boy who had been Involved in stone throwing the previous night and had reIved a warning from PSNI. How Important that these children hear a difference message of love and acceptano for all. Newcomerwelcome Days were rated as excellent or very good by 96% of theteadiers wlth comments such as, "I sat back In awe at the progre55 the students had made throughout the programme whlch was evident in the Welcome Day. Our students really stepped up and eath took on a leadershlp role throughout the day. They spoke with confldence, passlon and patience."
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