Blog - Our Current Projects

A wonderful morning at the launch of the Belfast Learning Festival!
We were delighted to join so many fantastic organisations from across the city to celebrate the power of learning, creativity and community.
The Belfast Learning Festival highlights the incredible opportunities available throughout Belfast to learn new skills, build confidence,...


Happy Days Arts is delighted to be part of the Belfast Learning Festival 2026 with a series of free creative workshops taking place at Conway Mill this June.

We are absolutely delighted to begin our new partnership with The ETC Club on our Inspired Imaginations project!!
The ETC Club is a fantastic charity organisation run by and for adults with a learning disability, and we are so excited to work together on this inspiring year-long creative journey.
Funded by the Halifax Foundation, participants will...

What a beautiful way to end Mental Health Arts Week at Happy Days Arts 💜
This week we had the privilege of sharing creativity, connection and calm with so many wonderful people across Mayfield, the ETC Club, Cliftonville, within the community art club and the Conway Education Centre photography course. Through art, conversation and creative...

Pebble Art

16/04/2026

There was such a buzz in the room today! ✨

✨ Thank you ✨
A huge thank you to everyone who attended today's Neurodiversity & Inclusion training 💛
We're so grateful to the Cedar Foundation for delivering such an insightful and engaging session. It was amazing to see so many artists and colleagues coming together, sharing experiences, and learning from one another.
This is such an...

Behind every class is a small army of volunteers giving their time, while in the background we're writing funding applications, trying to keep the lights on, the heating going, and hopefully create paid roles for the amazing people who support us.

Men's Mental Health: Paint it out, mate.Turns out decompressing doesn't always mean "just deal with it. You know the line we hear all the time:
"I didn't want to come… I was basically forced… and now I'm SO glad I did."
Add a few laughs, some paint, a quieter headspace… and somehow we end the night with hugs...

Whoop whoop!! What a special day at Happy Days Arts! We were absolutely delighted to receive £1,000 from the Asda Foundation at Asda Westwood to support our Art Uplift for Teens project. This funding will help us create safe, creative spaces for young people to build confidence, express themselves, and connect through art.Receiving this support...