Community Profile
Introduction
The locality I have based my community profile on is Ardoyne. I feel that Ardoyne is familiar enough for me to carry out my research as I have lived here all my life. Although my project is based in Belfast city centre, we work with many groups and young people from the Ardoyne area. this would prove beneficial to myself as I would sometimes have already developed a relationship with the young people through community life.
I will firstly explore the community I have chosen by speaking to local people, using photographs, and recordings of my observations. In doing so I intend to create a picture and overall feeling of the community as well as the people who live here. This data will be accompanied by my own comments in which I will explain why they’re relevant and which aspects of the community they talk about.
The aspect of community life I have choose to research and improve is the ‘drinking culture’ within Ardoyne. My clear objective for the profile is to have a much more educated understanding of this issue within the community. This will encourage me and give me the confidence to understand more in depth what role I can play in improving the aspect of community life
I will end with a conclusion and bibliography.
Ardoyne is a council estate situated in north Belfast with a general make up of Irish nationalist and catholic residents. The photograph I have provided to the right shows the terrace style housing that runs throughout the community. In 2006 there were 2533 domestic properties in Ardoyne:
· Terraced - 90.8%
· Apartments - 6.8%
· Semi-Detached - 2.2%
· Detached - 0.1%
The population for Ardoyne in 2008 was estimated at 6106, of which 27.5% were children, 36.1% were young working age adults, 21.8% were older working age adults and 14.5% were older people. ‘www.ninis.nisra.gov.uk’ The statistic shows that young adults/teenagers make up most of the population throughout the community. The 36.1% represents
The locality I have based my community profile on is Ardoyne. I feel that Ardoyne is familiar enough for me to carry out my research as I have lived here all my life. Although my project is based in Belfast city centre, we work with many groups and young people from the Ardoyne area. this would prove beneficial to myself as I would sometimes have already developed a relationship with the young people through community life.
I will firstly explore the community I have chosen by speaking to local people, using photographs, and recordings of my observations. In doing so I intend to create a picture and overall feeling of the community as well as the people who live here. This data will be accompanied by my own comments in which I will explain why they’re relevant and which aspects of the community they talk about.
The aspect of community life I have choose to research and improve is the ‘drinking culture’ within Ardoyne. My clear objective for the profile is to have a much more educated understanding of this issue within the community. This will encourage me and give me the confidence to understand more in depth what role I can play in improving the aspect of community life
I will end with a conclusion and bibliography.
Ardoyne is a council estate situated in north Belfast with a general make up of Irish nationalist and catholic residents. The photograph I have provided to the right shows the terrace style housing that runs throughout the community. In 2006 there were 2533 domestic properties in Ardoyne:
· Terraced - 90.8%
· Apartments - 6.8%
· Semi-Detached - 2.2%
· Detached - 0.1%
The population for Ardoyne in 2008 was estimated at 6106, of which 27.5% were children, 36.1% were young working age adults, 21.8% were older working age adults and 14.5% were older people. ‘www.ninis.nisra.gov.uk’ The statistic shows that young adults/teenagers make up most of the population throughout the community. The 36.1% represents
Bibliography: http://www.psni.police.uk/index/news-archive/news-2010/news_february_2010/010210_tough_new_powers_to_tackle_underage_drinking.htm ‘www.ninis.nisra.gov.uk’ Mills, C.W. (1959) The Sociological imagination Recorded Crime PSNI (200