Leadership is normally introduced as a destination. A part of your character earned. A title you grow into. The SistersIN Leadership Programme alongside Methodist College Belfast quietly took that idea and ripped it to pieces. Leadership turned into something we were expected to practice now through projects that had real audiences, real risks and real impact. It no longer was a concept waiting for us in the future. This isn’t about leadership in theory. It ’s about leadership in motion....

I knew I wanted to bring something new to my school - something I would have loved as a younger pupil, something I could belong to.  For me, that something was a junior cross country club.   My goal was simple; to create a space where young people could enjoy exercise, challenge themselves, and feel part of a team, without needing to be super talented or highly competitive.  Cross country should be about effort, enjoyment, and community, not pressure.   When I shared my idea with a teacher, I...

At the beginning of sixth form, sitting at the front of our assembly with our friends, enrichment projects were advertised, and we got the choice to pick ONE. It was then when SistersIN was presented to us. Eagerly we signed up and started our SistersIN journey. At first it was strange, we had to match up with people we had never spoken to before and rely on them as mentors. Then we were being trusted to create our own projects to show leadership. Carys and my projects consist of a Handbag...