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Antrim Borough
Springfarm and District Community Association
Launch of Shared Neighbourhood Report
Springfarm Community House, Argyll Street, Antrim
Monday 28th April
12pm- 2pm
Chris Davis 028 9446 2295
Springfarm and District Community Association are launching their Shared Neighbourhood report which is the culmination of two years work in defining their area as a Shared Neighnbourhood. Local statutory, political and community/voluntary representatives will be invited to attend.
Eastern Region Community Relations Officer Forum in partnership with the Irish School of Ecumenics
‘Remembering Together In Church and Society’ A Conference for Church and faith-based groups.
Comfort Inn, Antrim
Tuesday 29th April
10am - 4pm
Eileen Gallagher Irish School of Ecumenics 028 9077 5010
This conference will examine the contemporary role of faith-based groups in Peace and Reconciliation work and commemoration of the centenaries of the events of 1912 and 1916. Speakers include Rev Ruth Patterson, Pastor Gordon Graham, and Dr Johnston McMaster and opportunities for discussion will be available through Interactive Workshops. Lunch and refreshments will be provided and there is no entrance fee.
Antrim Borough Council
‘Apathy to Empathy’ A Conference on Women’s Role In Good Relations
Ballroom, Dunadry Hotel, Templepatrick
Wednesday 30th April
10.30am – 3pm
Ian Wallace 028 9446 3113
A conference for women on a woman’s role in good relations and community cohesion. The event will engage numerous women’s groups from across the Antrim Borough in an exploration of their role in the rapidly changing and diverse Borough.
Antrim Borough Council
Launch of Good Relations Guide & Minority Ethnic Welcome Pack
Civic Centre
Friday 2nd May
11.30am -1.30pm
Ian Wallace 028 9446 3113
The Good Relations guide and accompanying Best Practice supplement will provide Council Staff and Community and Voluntary groups with a basic knowledge of Good Relations work and projects that have been undertaken locally and regionally. The Welcome Pack will give newcomers to the Antrim Borough important signposts to local and regional resources and services.
Ards Borough
Ards Borough Council
Flags and Emblems school seminars
Venues Dates and Times tbc
Jim Murdock 028 9182 4076
Ards Council engages with local schools in a number of Good Relations initiatives. A Flags and Emblems seminar is being offered to all seven post primary schools in the Borough, and it is hoped that a number will participate in this during Community Relations Week.
Ards Borough Council
Launch of re-imaged mural
Venue date and time tbc
Jim Murdock 028 9182 4076
The Council has secured funding to re-image murals with Loyalist images and symbols through the Arts Council’s Re-imaging Communities Fund. It is hoped to launch a new mural to replace the existing one in Queen’s Square, Newtownards, during Community Relations Week.
Colmcille and Ultach Trust
Film showing and debate ‘The Ship of the People/ Soitheach nan Daoine’
Donaghadee Library
Thursday 1st May
7.30pm
Gordon McCoy 028 90230749
‘Ship of the People’ tells how in 1739 one hundred Gaelic-speaking Scottish islanders were kidnapped and held in Donaghadee prior to transportation to America as slaves. Their dramatic escape and the scandal which resulted will be debated by Skye historian Cailean Maclean and local historian Harry Allen.
Armagh Cityand District
Youth Link: NI
CRAIC – Training and inspiring faith-based youth workers in peace-building work
Charlemont Arms Hotel, English Street, Armagh
Friday 25th April - Saturday 26thApril
7pm - Friday 25th and 9pm - Saturday 26th
John Peacock 028 9032 3217
This residential event will enable youth workers to build relationships towards peace across traditional divides. Training will be offered in peace building using the model of Youth Links’s ‘Kairos’ programme.
SAVER/NAVER
Post Conflict Resolution: Men’s Breakfast with John Lennon
‘Old Barn’, Markethill
Saturday 26th April
9am
Sabine McAllister 028 3755 2808
SAVER/NAVER’s men’s breakfast host Mr. John Lennon will address the theme of Post Conflict Resolution. (Please note, this event is a man only meeting)
SAVER/NAVER
Art Exhibition
Markethill
Saturday 26th April - Saturday 3rd May
All day
Sabine McAllister 028 3755 2808
SAVER/NAVER is organising an Art Exhibition show casing the work of the in house Art Class and promoting art as a means of expressing feelings and stress and finding relief.
Southern Regional College (Armagh Campus)
Challenging Prejudice & Discrimination session for College students
Southern Regional College (Armagh Campus)
Tuesday 29th April – Thursday 1stMay
Tues at 9am, 12.15pm, 3pm, Wed and Thurs 2pm to 4pm
Lesley Hamilton 028 3751 2825
The training sessions will focus on prejudice and explore the origins and consequences of sectarian and racist behaviour. The session is to be held for students of the Armagh Campus of Southern Regional College.
The Armagh Visitor Education Committee (AVEC)
“The Books of Armagh”
St. Patrick’s Trian, Armagh
Wednesday 7th May
9.30am - 5pm
Mary McVeigh 028 3752 7851 (Irish and Local Studies Library) or Mark Bailey 028 3852 2928 (Armagh Observatory)
AVEC promotes communication, cooperation and partnership between all those engaged in the delivery of an education service in the various visitor attractions, libraries, museums and other facilities in the City of Armagh. This event is the third annual Armagh Heritage Day, and will be devoted to promoting the wealth of the written and archival heritage contained in the libraries and museums of Armagh City and District.
Ballymena Borough
Ballymena Inter-Ethnic Forum
“Inter-Cultural Dialogue”
Adair Arms Hotel
Sunday 27th April
2pm – 5pm
Ivy Ridge 028 2564 8822
The event will focus on celebrating the variety of work carried out by the Ballymena Inter-Ethnic Forum and Ballymena Inter-Agency Ethnic Support Group over the past years including the production of the 2008 edition of the Welcome Pack.
All voluntary, community groups and statutory agencies working in Ballymena Borough – or regionally throughout Northern Ireland – will be invited to attend and celebrate through exhibition, demonstration, stalls and stage.
Ballymoney Borough
CausewayMuseumService
Heritage on Your Doorstep: Balnamore Mill
Balnamore Mill, Ballymoney
Saturday 26th April
10am -12pm
Gemma Reid 028 7034 7234
Once the focus of local community life and now derelict, memories of the mill are being recorded before the building is lost. Come along on a guided tour of the mill and find out how the local community is preserving its memories.
Ballymoney Borough Council
Multi Cultural Event
Ballymoney Town Hall
Thursday 1st May
10am – 2pm
Claire Crawford 028 2766 0230
A multi-cultural day to give primary school children a greater understanding of the effects of poverty and global interdependence on young people in Northern Ireland and the Indian subcontinent. Pupils’ views and perceptions are explored through storytelling, dance, drama and music providing a starting point from which to address larger issues.
Banbridge District
Banbridge Library
Dreaming of Tomorrow - Poetry competition
Entries on display all week
Banbridge Library
Monday 28th April 10.30am presentation to winner at Banbridge Council office
Evelyn Hanna Librarian 028 4062 3973
Dreaming of Tomorrow is a poetry competition to celebrate community relations week for 11 – 16 year olds.
Banbridge District Council
UlsterScots & the Irish Language – A waste of time and a waste of money?
The Iveagh Movie Studios, Banbridge
Tuesday 29th April
9.30am
Pamela Matthews 028 4066 0643
The event is targeted at secondary level schools and aims to give students an insight into Ulster Scots and Irish language and culture, offering them the opportunity to debate on the merits of funding the promotion of these cultures and languages.
(This event is by prior arrangement only with secondary schools)
South Down Action for Healing Wounds
Quiz Night
16a Downpatrick Street Rathfriland
Friday 2nd May
8.00pm
Pauline Kirkland 4063 1259
A quiz night for all members to promote funding for the group by CRC. Supper provided and prizes for the winning team.
T.E.A.R (Together Encouraging and Remembering Victims of the Troubles)
Walking Treasure hunt and picnic
ScarraPark
Saturday 3rd May
2pm – 5.30pm
Rita Ross 028 4063 0240
Walking Treasure hunt and picnic for all the community organized by T.E.A.R who invite everyone to join in this family centred event.
Belfast City
Sole Purpose Productions and Groundwork NI
A Shared Future Theatre Workshop
The Groundwork NI Regeneration Resource Centre, Belfast
Thursday 24th April
10am – 4pm
Caterina Goodman 028 9074 9494
A participatory theatre event with Sole Purpose Productions exploring the possibilities of a shared future with members of the group. No experience in theatre necessary.
Education and Library Board, Inter-board CR Youth Service Event
‘Your Past-Our Future? – a young persons’ community relations event promoting inclusiveness.’
Parliament Buildings, Stormont
Saturday 26thApril
10am - 5pm
Geraldine McGreevy 028 9056 4059
200 young people, aged 14-20, from across Northern Ireland will come together to share in a series of activities and workshops. The event will be typified by fun and energy and will include interactive workshops on key themes of Diversity, Accommodating and Celebrating Difference; debates involving local politicians and making Stormont ‘Youth Friendly’.
W5 and Friends of Woodvale Park
Family Fun Day
Woodvale Park , Woodvale Road, Belfast
Saturday 26th April
10am – 4pm
James Stewart 028 9046 7801
Unlock your creativity and learn how to harness the force of the wind by designing, building and racing a mini sail car. A great way for families to have fun, working on their creations together.
UlsterPeoples College
Understanding Community Relations course
Ulster Peoples College
Saturday 26th April and Saturday 3rdMay
10am - 4pm each day
Paul Donnelly 028 90 33 0131
An opportunity to study key CR themes such as the nature of divisions in our society and ‘telling your story’.
Education for Reconciliation, Irish School of Ecumenics
CONNECT meeting
The Long Gallery, Parliament Buildings, Stormont
Monday 28th April
10am – 1pm
Eileen Gallagher 028 6632 8210 or 028 9077 0061
CONNECT is the representative body for Church Fora and interchurch groups. They meet to share ideas, information, stories and inspirations. This meeting aims to profile the work being done to a wider audience including politicians. Input from keynote speakers will be followed by interactive workshops.
Irish Association for Cultural, Social & Economic Relations
Cohesion, Integration & Sharing; Can our politicians make it happen?
Long Gallery, Stormont
Monday 28th April
6.15pm
Tom Sullivan/Professor Pauline Murphy 077 7965 1939
The event will involve a panel discussion with representatives from the main political parties on their specific role and strategies in the development of cohesion, integration and sharing across communities in Northern Ireland. Participants will be invited to discuss these issues with the political representatives present.
Northern Visions/NvTv
Belfast Interfaces, launch of TV series
Monday 28th April
12pm
Marilyn Hyndman 028 9024 5495
Launch of the NvTv series, Belfast Interfaces, five one hour documentaries made with local people living and working in the interfaces in the city. Made with the support of the Belfast Interface Project and funded under the EU programme.
Whiterock Library (BELB)
Hands of Friendship
Whiterock Library, Belfast
Monday 28th April
4pm
Michael Scholes 028 9050 9236
Local children are to create templates of their own hands and decorate them using the word “Welcome” in different languages of the world. These will be displayed at the entrance to the Children’s Library.
BelfastEducation and Library Board
UlsterScots “what’s it all aboot?”
Andersonstown Library
Monday 28 April
7pm
Tinya Parkes 028 9050 9200
A special evening to hear about and get a taste of Ulster Scots history and culture. In partnership with the Ulster Scots Heritage Council.
Wave
Reporting the ‘Troubles’
WAVE Trauma Centre, 5 Chichester Park South, Belfast
Monday 28th April
10am – 1pm
The experiences of journalists reporting the conflict in Northern Ireland.This is a closed event for WAVE Members.
TIDES Training and Consultancy
Stepping into Diversity workshop
48 Elmwood Avenue, Belfast
Monday 28th April
10am -12.30pm
Gary Carpendale 028 9020 2026
This workshop is being organised to promote a better understanding of living in an intercultural society. The workshop will include looking at the effects of racism, information on different cultures, and our rights and responsibilities.
The Workers’ Educational Association with Groundwork Northern Ireland
Sustainable Development Course
Groundwork, Duncairn Gardens, Belfast
Monday 28th April - Wednesday 30thApril
9.30am – 4pm
Caterina Goodman 028 9074 9494,
Maura Kavanagh 028 9032 9718,
This course is offered free of charge with lunch included. It carries an NCFE qualification at Level 1 (Learn ways to help sustain you projects/communities and save money at the same time)
BelfastEducation and Library Board
Who are the Ulster Scots? A display.
Andersonstown Library
Monday 28 April - Friday 2 May
Event running during opening hours
Tinya Parkes 028 9050 9200
This display details four centuries of Ulster Scots Connections and culture.
In partnership with the Ulster Scots Heritage Council.
Shankill Stress and Trauma Group
21st Anniversary Celebration
Shankill Trauma Centre, 5 Ballygomartin Road
Tuesday 29th April
11am- 4 pm
Alan Wardle, 028 9020 1901
Shankill Stress and Trauma Centre are celebrating 21 years in existence. The event will be marked by the publication of leaflets on dealing with mental health, and special speakers will include two of the Victims Commissioners.
YouthLink NI
Celebration of Church Peace Building Youth Work
Black Box, Hill Street
Tuesday 29th April
7.30pm
Jeremy Gardiner or John Peacock 028 9032 3217
Through story telling and music this event will celebrate church-based peace building youth work. It also will challenge and inspire young people and youth workers to build relationships towards peace.
Wave
Without Walls
WAVE Trauma Centre, 5 Chichester Park South, Belfast
Tuesday 29th April
1pm – 4pm
For Bookings call 028 9077 9922
An exploration on the theme of a ‘Troubles’ museum for Northern Ireland. Keynote address by Louise Purbrick, University of Brighton. Also, on display a collection of Art Books, featuring the results of Healing Through Remembering’s ‘Open Call for Ideas’ on the concept of a ‘Living Memorial Museum’
Community Relations Council and IFI, Community Bridges Programme
Youth Innovation
Farset International Hotel (Second Floor), Springfield Road, Belfast
Tuesday 29th April
10am – 3pm
Dorothy Monaghan 028 9022 7500
The CRC are hosting this event for youth organisations working specifically in innovative community relations or reconciliation practice. Many can demonstrate a very powerful and challenging reconciliation practice. There will be substantive learning experiences through sharing and demonstration of practice in small workshops.
Housing Executive
Launch of Good Relations Project Awards
Boardroom, Housing Centre, 2 Adelaide St, Belfast
Tuesday 29th April
12pm
Jennifer Hawthorne 028 9031 8829
The Housing Executive, in partnership with the CRC have established a Good Relations Project Award scheme and the event (which will be followed by lunch) will announce this year’s winners. The award scheme has been established to encourage members of the Housing Community Network to undertake practical community relations projects within their respective communities in order to develop relationships within and between communities and increase respect for difference and diversity.
Women’s Resource and Development Agency
Launch of Good Relations resource pack
WRDA, 6 Mount Charles
Tuesday 29th April
11am
Margaret Ward 028 9023 0212
WRDA will launch their resource pack on Good Relations, which offers 3 structured workshop sessions challenging sectarian and racist attitudes and enabling participants to understand how such attitudes develop and persist. Community facilitators trained by WRDA will describe their experiences of delivering the programme and Margaret Ward, director of WRDA, will discuss future plans to extend this work.
Northern IrelandCouncil for Integrated Education
‘Flags and Emblems’ training session
NICIE, Aldersgate House, 13 - 19 University Road
Tuesday 29th April
10am – 1pm
Deborah Girvan 028 9023 6200
A training session for staff and Board members on the issue of flags and emblems and how these should be handled in schools.
Arts Council of Northern Ireland
Re-imaging Communities and the Art of Community Relations
Europa Hotel TBC
Wednesday 30th April
All day event
Joan Dempster 028 9038 5247 or jdempster@artscouncil-ni.org
This exhibition aims to celebrate the achievements of the Re-imaging Communities Programme by visually highlighting the successful projects that have been completed to date. It is also an opportunity to demonstrate how the arts can be used to develop good relations and to support community development throughout Northern Ireland.
BelfastCity Council
A Showcase of Good Relations work in Belfast
Europa Hotel, Belfast
Wednesday 30th April
10am - 1pm
David Robinson/Emily Brough 028 9032 0202
The event seeks to showcase good practice in Good Relations activity in Belfast from a number of different sectors.
CRC Policy Development Programme
Truce or Transformation? – ten years on from the Agreement
Europa Hotel, Belfast
Wednesday 30th April
9.30am – 4pm
Dympna McGlade 028 9022 7500
The conference aims to look retrospectively at the 1998 Agreement through a good relations lens and look forward in a questioning way to what now lies ahead.
IrishSchoolof Ecumenics
‘The Churches and Community Relations: Marginalisation or Reconciliation?’
Public Theology Seminar by Dr Gladys Ganiel
Irish School of Ecumenics, Antrim Road, Belfast
Wednesday 30th April
10.30am -12pm
Arlene Poole 028 9077 0061
Dr Gladys Ganiel, Lecturer in Reconciliation Studies at the Irish School of Ecumenics, will lecture on ‘The Churches and Community Relations: Marginalisation or Reconciliation?’ There will be time for questions and discussion.
Eastern Health and Social Services Board
Drama presentation exploring the implications of racism and sectarianism within health and social services
Eastern Health and Social Services Board, 12-22 Linenhall Street, Belfast
Wednesday 30th April
12.15pm - 2pm (includes lunch)
Anne McGlade 028 9055 3974
Building on its success in 2007 this event provides an opportunity to explore the implications of racism and sectarianism as experienced by health and social services, patients, clients, staff and their families. The drama is produced by Artsekta in association with the Eastern Area Equality and Human Rights Best Practice Forum. A discussion will follow the event.
Northern Lights Review
Business and Community Engagement - the private sector’s role in community relations
A lunchtime seminar
City centre venue tbc
Wednesday 30th April
12pm – 1.30pm
Ian James Parsley 028 9146 4579 or Ray Mullan at CRC at 028 9022 7500
This is an opportunity to quiz top business people and economists on what the private sector can do, inside and outside the workplace, to improve community relations. As the Executive has made the economy its number one priority, the link between promoting business and respecting diversity has never been clearer – this is your chance to make your voice heard on the subject.
The Local Government Staff Commission for NI
Good Relations in Local Government
Malone House, Belfast
Wednesday 30th April
10am – 2pm
Lorna Parsons 028 9031 3200
This event will showcase good relations practice in local government and will include a number of case study examples from district councils. Invitation will be sent to council officers and members, our Partner Consultees, students, and local school children.
UlsterPeoples College
‘A shared future or a better future?’ A seminar
Ulster Peoples College
Wednesday 30th April
2.30pm - 4.30 pm
Karen McCartney 028 9033 0131
This seminar provides an opportunity to discuss the uncertainty of the status of the ‘A Shared Future’ policy. Followed by exhibition and reception.
Mediation Northern Ireland
Mediation and Peace III – A Seminar
Groundwork NI, 63 - 75 Duncairn Gardens,
Wednesday 30th April
2pm – 4pm
Peter O’Reilly 028 9043 8614
In this seminar Mediation NI explore with interested actors the challenges to and resources for responding to the objective Peace 111 (Priority 1, theme 1.1) It will help participants to envision the impact of achieving the objective and challenging sectarianism and racism in their local areas.
Conflict Transformation Network (CTN), Belfast
Seminar
Senate Room, Queen’s University
Thursday 1st May
9.30am – 12.30pm
Kerry McIvor 028 9097 4098
An event to showcase the current work of Belfast’s strategic leaders, community practitioners and academics in relation to transforming conflict in Belfast. Organised to explore how the collaborative approach taken by the network has been effective in relation to addressing conflict within Belfast.
Chinese Welfare Association
‘A good neighbour is a found treasure’ (Chinese proverb)
Black Box Café, Hill Street, Cathedral Quarter,
Thursday 1st May
7:30 pm
Sofia Botzios cro@cwa-ni.org
The stories of 5 remarkable people from the Chinese community in Northern Ireland, who will share their experiences, successes and difficulties in living in Northern Ireland, followed by a discussion with the audience.
Ulster Museum
Art Outreach Project Launch
Ulster Museum, Stranmillis Road outdoors
Thursday 1st May
3.30pm
Colleen Frew 028 9039 5084
The launch of four large wall-panels painted by the Sure Start Chinese mothers and toddlers’ group with the help of Sri Lankan artist, Anushiya Sundaralingam. This art work was inspired by the Ulster Museum’s fashion collection and will adorn the builders’ hoardings on the Stranmillis Road for the next two months.
Northern IrelandChildren’s Enterprise
‘Lets Chat’: a young person’s version of ‘Lets Talk’
Australia House
Thursday 1st May
7pm
Jonny Baxter 028 9066 8867
This will be an interactive evening for young people to make community relations relevant to them through raising the issues they feel need to be heard. A panel representing different areas of local community will share with the group and be challenged.
Northern IrelandCouncil for Voluntary Action
Launch of NICVA’s new CR Policy Forum
NICVA, 61 Duncairn Gdns, Belfast
Thursday 1st May
2.30pm
Cathy Breslin 02890877777
NICVA is launching a new Community Relations Policy Forum for all those interested in sharing ideas on policy issues and learning from colleagues about policy challenges. The forum will enable interested organizations to make policy responses, coordinate policy information, participate in policy development, and influence decision making. All are welcome, not just 'experts'.
Housing Executive and the Inter-Community Network
Launch of the Shared Race Relations Charter
Housing Centre, 2 Adelaide St
Friday 2nd May
12pm
Jennifer Hawthorne 028 9031 8829
The lunchtime event (which will include buffet lunch) will see the launch of the Shared Race Relations Charter which has been drawn up by the Housing Executive’s Inter-Community Network. The aim of the Charter is to give a clear and strong message that the Housing Executive and community groups will not tolerate hate crime in any form on its estates. It also aims to help promote good relations between all communities including Black and Minority Ethnic and Migrant Worker communities and actively encourages their participation in community life.
Ultach Trust
Young Protestant Learners of Irish
Linen Hall Library
Friday 2nd May
1pm
Gordon McCoy 028 9023 0749
Ian Malcolm explains his research on young Protestants who have had an opportunity to learn the Irish language at school. His work, which has had many surprising results, suggests ways to increase the cross-community appeal of Irish.
Irish Congress of Trade Unions
May Day rally, A March and Diversity Festival
Belfast city centre and St George’s Market
Saturday 3rd May
12pm – 4.30pm
Clare Moore 028 9024 7940
Annual trade union rally, march and family festival on May Day 3 May. Join the trade union movement for a unique family festival celebrating diversity and interdependence – music, food and more!
Castlereagh Borough
Good Relations Programme Castlereagh Borough Council
Cultural diversity event
Belvoir Activity Centre, Castlereagh
Thursday 1st May
7pm
Cathy Clarke 028 9049 4550
Belvoir Thursday Night Club and Joanmount Friendship Club will come together for the first time to learn about various different cultures through music, dance and discussions. The event is a means of encouraging acceptance and understanding of cultural diversity.
Coleraine Borough
Coleraine Borough Council
Launch of Directory for New Arrivals to support Diversity
The Bann Gallery, Cloonavin, 66 Portstewart Road, Coleraine
Wednesday 30th April
10.30am
Julie Welsh 028 7034 7044
The Mayor of Coleraine, will launch a new directory / resource which will provide a range of socio economic and cultural profiles of Coleraine, Ballymoney and Moyle areas, including useful contact information for new arrivals to the North Coast.
Kilcranny House
Conference on Hate Crimes
Ramada Hotel in Portrush
Wednesday 30th April
9.30am – 3.30pm
Lyn Moffett/Jennie Robinson 028 7032 1816
The conference, opened by a keynote speaker, will be followed by presentations on racist attacks, sectarian attacks and homophobia. Participants will have the opportunity to take part in a workshop on any one of the three topic areas.
Coleraine Borough Council
Launch of the Good Relations Small Grants Scheme 2008-2009
The Bann Gallery, Cloonavin, 66 Portstewart Road, Coleraine
Friday 2nd May
11am – 1.30pm
Julie Welsh/Karina McCollum 028 703 47044
The event will launch the small grants scheme for Coleraine Borough Council with a range of cultural performances and displays.
Cookstown District
Cookstown District Council
Cookstown & DistrictInter-ChurchForum
The Way Forward
Shannon Hall, Loughry College, Cookstown
Monday 28th April
7.30 pm
Des Hunter 028 8674 7033
Trevor Ringland from One Small Step will set out his vision of the way forward for N. Ireland. This will be followed by a workshop and/or small group discussion sessions, facilitated by Ann Carr, to discuss the way forward. After group presentations Ann Carr and Trevor Ringland will sum up proceedings.
Cookstown District Council
Cookstown Churches Forum
A Journey towards Healing
Burnavon Arts and Cultural centre
Monday 12th May 2008
8pm
Maureen Doyle 028 8676 4714
Paul Clark UTV Current Affairs presenter will Chair/Host the proceedings with a panel comprising Julitta Clancy, Alan McBride, Paddy Joe McClean, Professor Robert Stout and Reverend Paul Symonds, O.B.E.
It will take the format of panel interviews, discussions and question and answer sessions.
Craigavon Borough
SELB Youth Service
“Dealing with controversial issues” with young people. CR Professional Development for Youth Workers in SELB.
Brownlow Resource Centre, Craigavon
Wednesday 30th April
9.30am - 4.30pm
Sinead McShane/Eamonn Fleming 028 3833 8556
This is a practical day where youth workers in the SELB area will gain practical tools, exercises and ideas for engaging young people in discussing controversial issues. This critical approach to CR is strongly advocated by the SELB Youth Service and this event supports its Youth Workers to deliver effective CR programmes on contentious issues with confidence.
Rural Community Network
Peace, Land and Bread
Oxford Island, Lurgan
Thursday 1st May
10am – 3.30pm
Karin Eyben 028 867 66670
“If we build a world for those who are most vulnerable and excluded then we build a better world for all of us”..
This event gives an opportunity to address inequality, trust building and progress the rights of rural dwellers to live in sustainable rural communities.
Craigavon Borough Council andCraigavon Intercultural Programme
Celebrating Culture
Brownlow Leisure Centre, Craigavon
Saturday 3rd May
2pm - 5pm
Louise McCrory 028 3831 2490
Celebrating culture through music, dance, sport and art, the event invites all communities to join in and celebrate diversity across the Borough. The event aims to promote mutual understanding of different faiths and cultural backgrounds in Northern Ireland, whilst encouraging individuals to participate in public, social and cultural life.
Derry City
The Junction and Derry City Council with the Mayor’s Office
Anti-Sectarian Poster Project Display
The Junction
Throughout Community Relations Week
9.30am - 4.30pm
Karen Duhai 028 7136 1942
The Anti-Sectarian Poster Project has offered the young people of the Derry City schools the opportunity to make a statement about the need to be mindful of personal prejudice and sectarian attitudes. The posters created by the students will be on display to the public at the Junction during Community Relations week.
Shared City Project / The Playhouse / DCC
Remembering Diversity Exhibition
The Playhouse, St.Columb’s Hall, City Centre
Open access through Community Relations Week
9.30am – 4.30pm
Jeanette Warke 028 7134 5160
This is a second chance to view the ‘Remembering Diversity’ exhibition which takes a historical and Community Relations outlook on the diversity of people buried in the City Cemetery. It might sound strange but this is a ‘people’s exhibition’ reflecting local lives and covering topics from Archbishop’s wives to war graves, editors to ex-combatants and ethnic minorities.
DerryCityCouncil Community Relations
‘Are we there yet?’ Campaign
Foyleside Shopping Centre
Friday 25th April - Saturday 26thApril
9.30am – 5pm
Sue Divin/Carol Stewart/Jeanette Warke 028 7134 5160
We have come so far with peace and better community relations, but ‘Are we there yet?’ The campaign moves to Foyleside for two days to give the public a chance to make a postcard pledge or postcard challenge to politicians, to work towards a better and shared future for everyone. Come and fill in a postcard and earn yourself some ‘Are we there yet?’ campaign freebies.
Shared City Project
“Bloomin” Peace
St Columb’s Cathedral, Londonderry
Saturday 26th April
12.30pm
Jeanette Warke 028 71 329144
The flower festival will depict the positive impact of Community Relations areas across the city both urban and rural. The story will be told through the innovative display of beautiful blooms.
Shared City Project
Youth United Service
St Columb’s Cathedral
Sunday 27th April
3pm
Jeanette Warke 028 7132 9144
This service will celebrate 35 years of the Cathedral Youth Club providing service to young people living in an interface area. The service will celebrate and acknowledge good community relations between young people of our city.
Peace & Reconciliation Group
Let’s Talk Politics
Derry City Guildhall
Monday 28th April
10.30am – 3.30pm
Anna Murray 028 7136 9206
This event will be hosted by David Dunseath and attended by secondary school students from throughout the city. A panel of five politicians will be in attendance to answer questions put to them by the young people on topics of their own choosing
DerryCity Council Community Relations (in partnership with Foyle Multi-cultural Forum and The Walled City Neighbourhood Initiative)
Launch of ‘DiverseCity’ an Exhibition about local Ethnic Minorities
The Junction, Bishop Street,
Monday 28th April
2pm - 3pm
Sue Divin/Carol Stewart 028 7134 5160
The exhibition (which will be on public display all week) explores the cultures and traditions of ethnic minority groups living in the city. It also aims to provide food for thought around challenging stereotypical perceptions about local ethnic minority communities, migrant workers and racism.
DerryCityCouncil Community Relations
Williamite Exhibition and Community Relations workshops by the Orange Order
Workhouse Museum, Waterside,
Exhibition launch Monday 28th April, 10am
Schools workshops Monday 28th April, 10.30am – 12.30pm
Wednesday 30th April, 10am-12pm
Public and Community workshop Wednesday 30th April 2pm - 4pm
Sue Divin/Carol Stewart 028 7134 5160
An exhibition and workshops to create better awareness and understanding about the history and traditions of the Orange Order. The Orange Order Williamite Exhibition will be open for free public access from Wednesday 23rd April to Wednesday 7th May. All are welcome to the public launch. 30 places available at each workshop – to book a place please contact us at the above number.
Shared City Project
United in History Somme Exhibition
St Columb’s Park House
Monday 28th April - Friday 2nd May
9am – 5pm
Jeanette Warke 028 7132 9144
An exhibition highlighting previous trips to the Somme in France and Belgium and also memorabilia of the 1st World War will take place in St Columb’s Park House on Monday 28th April – Friday 2nd May.
The Junction
Community Relations Workshops for Schools
Schools throughout Derry City
Monday 28th April – Friday 2nd May
Maureen Hetherington 028 7136 1942
Workshops organised by The Junction will be held in several schools throughout the city. For primary schools the theme will be lessons drawn from the film ‘Sarah and the Whammi’. Post-Primary schools will discuss ‘A Shared Future?’
The Nerve Centre
Community Relations Cinema
The Nerve Centre Cinema, Magazine Street
Monday 28th April Exodus, Thursday 1st May Love Lies Bleeding, Friday 2nd May As The Beast Sleeps
All screenings commence at 7.30pm
John Peto 028 7126 0562
Derry City Council has asked the question ‘Are we there yet’ for community relations week 2008. These films will give audiences the chance to remind themselves of how far we have come in the last 15 years here, and how much work remains to be done in acknowledging and addressing our past.
The Junction
Launch of publication ‘Peace: A work in Progress’
The Junction, Bishop Street
Tuesday 29th April
12pm – 2pm
Maureen Hetherington 028 7136 1942
The launch of ‘Peace: A work in Progress’, a publication detailing some of the various seminars and events that have taken place in The Junction, including details of one of the last public appearances of Progressive Unionist Party leader David Ervine.
Peace & Reconciliation Group
Conflict Resolution & Mediation Skills Workshop
Peace & Reconciliation Group offices, Bishop Street
Tuesday 29th April
10am – 3.30pm
Catherine McColgan 028 7136 9206
This workshop examines the dynamics of conflict, conflict escalation, ways of transforming conflict and the role of a third party interventionalist. The workshop will be facilitated by Michael Doherty, who is recognised as one of the leading trainers & facilitators in this work.
The Nerve Centre
Digital Diversity Drop In Sessions
The Nerve Centre Creative Learning Centre, Magazine Street
Tuesday 29th April and Thursday 1st May. Other sessions available by appointment
10am - 1pm, 2pm - 4pm
John Peto 028 7126 0562
The Nerve Centre has developed a range of digital resources looking at Community Relations and Cultural Diversity over the last decade. These sessions will allow members of the public to call in to the Nerve Centre, engage with the resources and talk to their producers about how and why they are used in the Nerve Centre Community Relations training programme.
Shared City Project
‘Community Relations Through the Lens’
The Synod Hall, London Street
Tuesday 29th April
7pm
Jeanette Warke 028 7132 9144
The exhibition highlights the work of amateur photographers who meet weekly as part of the Shared City Project Community Education Programme. The launch of the exhibition will take place at 7pm in the Synod Hall Tues 29th and will be displayed until 6th May.
Derry City Council Community Relations
‘Our Present Past’ - Tower Museum Good Relations Workshops and tours.
Tower Museum (near Guildhall)
Tuesday 29th - Wednesday 30th April and Thursday 1st - Friday 2nd May
10am – 12pm (for schools workshops)
Tuesday 29th April 2pm – 4pm, Public/Community tour and workshops
Sue Divin/Carol Stewart 028 7134 5160
An opportunity to visit for free the Tower Museums interactive Good Relations programme ‘Our Present Past’. Examine the complexities and ironies of our local history through tours and interactive ‘hands on’ activities. Advance booking essential.
Shared City Project
‘A Brush with Community Relations’
The Synod Hall, London Street
Tuesday 29th April - Tuesday 6th May
7pm
Jeanette Warke 028 7132 9144
A wonderful selection of inspiring artwork will be on display in the Synod Hall, London Street from Tuesday 29th April – Tuesday 6th May. The artists submitting the paintings attend the Shared City Project Community Education Programme, which has been ongoing for the past 8-years. The quality of their work speaks for itself and their commitment.
Derry City Council Community Relations and Arts and Regeneration.
‘Re-imaging Communities’ – Launch of Funding Success Stories
St.Columb’s Park House,
Wednesday 30th April
10am – 11.30am
Sue Divin/Carol Stewart/Alice McCartney 028 7134 5160 or 028 7136 5151
Derry City Council has worked with a wide range of community groups from across the city to successfully secure substantial ‘Re-imaging Communities’ Arts Council NI funding for local projects. This event highlights the success stories funded to date and showcases how communities will use art to make local areas more inclusive. A ‘must see’ event for anyone interested in hearing the success stories or in applying for funding for their local area for similar initiatives.
Academy for Irish Cultural Heritages
Irish for the New Irish
Aberfoyle House Magee Campus
Wednesday 30th April
10.30 – 1pm
Mary Delargy 028 7137 5398
An introduction to the Irish language for the new communities. This will look at place names, surnames, some useful phrases and how we use Irish in English.
Fergal Barr
Launch of ‘The Things People Say’ Political Quotations from the Northern IrelandPeace Process
The Junction, Bishop Street
Wednesday 30th April
12pm - 3pm
Fergal Barr 079 4459 5864
Launch of book chronicling political quotations from the peace process in the 1990’s. The book is a resource for workers involved in peace and reconciliation work.
REACH Across
Community Relations Certificate Presentation Night
Tower Hotel
Thursday 1st May
7.30pm – 10.30pm
Barney McGuigan 028 7128 0048
REACH Across will be staging a certificate presentation night for young people who have completed community relations training. This will be followed by an X Factor contest involving young people from local schools and youth clubs.
DerryCityCouncil Community Relations, Heritage and Museum Services and Sai Pak Chinese Community Project
‘From the Far East to the Far West’ – 40 years history of the Chinese Community in the Derry/Londonderry area.
Tower Museum, Near Guildhall,
Thursday 1st May
2pm – 3pm
Sue Divin/Carol Stewart 028 7134 5160
The Chinese Community in the North West dates back to the 1960’s. This initiative will launch a bi-lingual booklet and a panel on permanent display in the Tower Museum which represents the Chinese Community’s perspective on 40 years of life here – including cultures, traditions, the ‘troubles’, reasons for living here, languages and local reactions. All welcome.
Ulster Special Constabulary Association
Art and Photographs Display
Thiepval Gallery, 18 Georges Street
Thursday 1st May
3pm – 5pm
Uel Hamilton 077 2020 1655
The Londonderry Branch members of the Association will have an Art Display of their own paintings and also a display of photographs which were taken on their trips and outings in the past
Derry City Council Community Relations
‘Are we there yet?’ Campaign Finale Event.
The Junction, Bishop Street,
Friday 2nd May
3pm – 4.30pm
Sue Divin/Carol Stewart 028 7134 5160
The ‘Are we there yet?’ campaign will hand over the postcard pledges and challenges from the public, community groups and schools to politicians from across all the political parties. As a culmination of CR week the public and all those who have organised events in CR Week are invited to the final campaign celebration.
St Columbs’ Park House
Street Theatre
City Wide
Friday 2nd May – Saturday 3rd May
Brian Dougherty028 7134 3080
Live sketches will be run in public spaces over two days that provoke community relations issues in the city such as the wearing of sports tops, school uniforms and neutrality of space.
Greater Shantallow Community Arts
International Community Fun Day & It’s a Knockout Competition
Ballyarnett Country Park
Saturday 3rd May
12pm - 5pm
Oliver Green 028 7135 7443
An International Community Fun Day including a wonderful It’s a Knockout Competition that will see 12 teams representing a wide range of culturally diverse ethnic communities who now call the North of Ireland home coming together in a spirit of family fun and enjoyment playing together and being together in an atmosphere of competitive fun.
Down District
Down District Council
Community Relations Lecture tbc
Down County Museum, English Street
Friday 2nd May
12pm
Community Relations Officer 028 4461 0800 ext 2921
The lecture will examine a particular aspect of community relations and will be followed by a question and answer session with the guest speaker and light refreshments. Admission to the lecture is free and all are welcome. (Event is subject to confirmation)
Colmcille and Ultach Trust
Gaelic Songs and Stories from Skye
Portaferry Library
Friday 2nd May 2008
7.30pm
Gordon McCoy 028 9023 0749
Anne Martin is the Isle of Skye’s best known singer of Scottish Gaelic. She will perform a selection of traditional Gaelic songs and tell the stories behind them.
Dungannon and South Tyrone District
The Consumer Council for Northern Ireland and Step Dungannon
Media launch of Home Budget Planner into ethnic minority languages translated by the Consumer Council
During CR Week
Gráinne Duffy 028 9067 4813
The Consumer Council is working with Steps to distribute Polish, Portuguese and Lithuanian Home Budget Planners into migrant communities - to date the Consumer Council has distributed over 35,000 budget planners to the community and voluntary sector.
Dungannon & South Tyrone Borough Council in association the local LithuanianAssociation
Lithuanian Celebration Day
Dungannon Leisure Centre
Saturday 26th April
11:30am
Philip Clarke 028 8772 0300
This cultural celebration day will involve a range of initiatives including a basketball match, music and dance, food sampling, children’s entertainment and a panel discussion. The Lithuanian Embassy is supporting this and will provide a full consular service to the local community at the Council offices on Sunday 27th April.
SELB Youth Service
Launch of DVD “Bullying due to race, faith and culture”
Cookstown /Dungannon Divisional Youth Office
Tuesday 29th April
7.30pm - 9pm
Sarah Muldoon 028 8772 2167 or Sinead Mc Shane 028 3833 8556
Young people explore the issues of bullying due to race, faith and culture through the medium of drama, recorded on DVD. The SELB Inclusion Unit will use the DVD as a resource to help youth settings develop their anti bullying policy and create inclusive cultures.
Dungannon Area Clergy Forum
Dungannon Council offices
Tuesday 29th April
12pm- 2pm
Philip Clarke 028 8772 0300
The members of Dungannon Area Clergy Forum will be hosting a facilitate workshop to discuss the findings of the report compiled from the Fellowship Meal they hosted back in January. This exercise will use the information from the event to shape the work and planned activities of the Forum for the next 12 months.
Dungannon & South Tyrone Borough Council
Anti Racism Conference
Dungannon Campus: South West (East Tyrone) College
Wednesday 30th April
9:30am – 4pm
Ligia Parizzi 028 8772 8603
The conference will provide independent perspectives on contemporary racism and will involve race relations representatives from Northern Ireland’s main political parties in seeking a strategic direction in addressing racism. Keynote speakers are Arun Kundnani from the Institute of Race Relations, researcher Dr Robbie McVeigh and Bernadette McAliskey of STEP. Workshop topics include racism in the workplace and racism faced by Travellers.
Fermanagh District
Women into Politics and Fermanagh District Council
Talking and Taking Part in Fermanagh, Dialogue Event
Fermanagh District Council Offices
Wednesday 23rd April
9.30am -1pm
Deirdre McAliskey 028 9024 3363
This dialogue event is the last in a series of workshops exploring local issues within a community relations context including citizenship and belonging, rights and responsibilities and women’s role in active citizenship. It is organised in partnership with Fermanagh Women’s Network, Women Making Waves and Women of the World, Women into Politics and Fermanagh District Council Community Relations Office as part of its Talking and Taking Part Programme.
Fermanagh District Council
Safety for Minority Communities
Clinton Centre, Enniskillen
Monday 28th April
7.30pm - 9.30pm
Tommy McLaughlin 028 6632 5050
The PSNI and relevant departments from the Fermanagh District Council will be inviting people from minority Ethnic Groups to a meeting to discuss safety in the community.
Women of the World
Young People Celebrating Diversity
Fermanagh House, Enniskillen
Wednesday 30th April
7pm – 10pm
Maria Ellis 028 6634 7833
Fermanagh Trust and Women of the World present a free diversity workshop and music event for young people in Co. Fermanagh. Participants will look at attitudes and beliefs in relation to issues on age, gender, race, etc. during the workshop and afterwards enjoy the music played by a rock band from a local school.
Limavady Borough
Benedy Community Association & Dromboughil Community Association
Celebration evening
Benedy Community Centre
Friday 25th April
7.30pm
Benedy Centre 028 7774 2423
Dromboughil Community Resource Centre 028 7774 1247
This celebration evening is the culmination of a joint project of Creative Writing, Scottish Country Dancing & Irish Dancing. It will include a book launch incorporating the work of the Creative Writing group and highlighting the Scottish Country & Irish Dancing Groups.
Limavady Borough Council
Promotional Campaign
Limavady Town Centre
Throughout Community Relations Week
Patricia Harkin 028 777 60311
Limavady Borough Council will carry out a promotional campaign to support Community Relations Week through a series of advertising and awareness raising activities taking place in the council offices, library, town centre and local supermarkets during Community Relations Week.
Northwest Lifelong Learning Association
Migrant workers IT Training
63 Irish Green Street, Limavady
Throughout CR Week
Betty McNerlin028 7776 4429
Learn how to use Microsoft Applications and not only improve your English but gain a recognised UK computer qualification which many local employers find desirable. Various funding schemes are available.
CausewayMuseumService
Heritage on Your Doorstep: North Sperrins Heritage Trail
Feeny Community Association
Limavady
Saturday 26th April
2pm - 4pm
Gemma Reid 028 7034 7234
A tour of just some of the fascinating local archaeological and historical sites being made accessible to the public through this community-led initiative.
Limavady Borough Council
Launch of Good Relations Resource Pack
Limavady Council Offices
Monday 28th April
11am
Patricia Harkin 028 777 60311
Limavady Borough Council’s Good Relations programme developed a Good Relations resource pack to be used for youth and schools. The resource pack includes information on Racism, Sectarianism, Equality etc. Young people designed the cover of the pack and the pack will be launched to highlight CR Week.
Limavady Borough Council
Internal training for council officers
Limavady Town Centre
Tuesday 29th April - Wednesday 30thApril
Patricia Harkin 028 777 60311
Two workshops for council officers will take place during Community Relations Week to raise awareness of Equality and Good Relations issues and will highlight the responsibility of local government.
Lisburn City
Lisburn YMCA LTD
Cultural Awareness
Lisburn YMCA
Date and time tbc
Sharon Dickson 028 9267 0918
An awareness event with representatives from the local area and ethnic communities, demonstrating their cultural backgrounds and beliefs in show cases.
Lisburn YMCA LTD
The West Wall
Lisburn YMCA and City Centre
On show all Week
Can be viewed until 5pm daily
Kevin Quigley 028 9267 0918
The West wall will explore discussions of people and communities particularly from within Lebanon and The West Bank. It will also explore feelings about the need for community relations and dialogue for communities engaged in conflict.
Lisburn YMCA LTD
Community Relations Sessions
Lisburn YMCA and City Centre
Monday 28th April - Wednesday 30th April and Friday 2nd May
Can be viewed until 5pm daily
Kevin Quigley 028 9267 0918
To explore community relations with current club members in evening youth clubs. Set sessions explore both what is community relations, what it means to them and how they can play their part as valued individuals and citizens.
Lisburn YMCA LTD
Chinese Culture Day
Lisburn YMCA
Wednesday 30th April
Kevin Quigley 028 9267 0918
Open showcase on the importance of Chinese culture, language, food and way of life. The Chinese group we work with on Wednesdays shall help display and convey what’s important to them within their culture and language and its origins.
Lisburn City Council
'Lithuanian Perspectives on Lisburn'
Island Arts Centre Community Arts Walkway
Until Saturday 2nd May
David Mitchell 028 9250 9250
As part of Island Arts Centre's Community Arts Programme we will be hosting an exhibition of art by Lithuanian artists currently living in the Lisburn area. Entitled 'Lithuanian Perspectives on Lisburn', the exhibition will offer a unique insight into emerging local talent and will also feature artwork created by children as part of a recent IAC community arts project with local Lithuanian families. The exhibition is open to the public during Arts Centre opening hours which are 9.30am-9.30pm Monday-Friday and 9.30am-5pm Saturday.
Lisburn City Council
Launch Good Relations Strategy 2008-2010
Island Civic Centre, Lisburn
Thursday 1st May
12pm
David Mitchell 028 9250 9250
This event will provide an opportunity for those attending to learn more about the Key Themes which the Council will be addressing during this period.
Magherafelt District
Magherafelt District Council
Launch of Information Pack for Migrant Workers.
Magherafelt District Council Offices
Monday 28th April
7.30pm
Sean Henry 028 7939 7979
This information pack for migrant workers, living and working within the Magherafelt District Council Area, will give an outline of the services available within the district and how to access them.
This pack will be available in five different languages and has been financed by Magherafelt District Council, Oak Leaf Rural Community Network, Northern Health and Social Services Board and the Police Service of Northern Ireland.
Magherafelt District Council
Launch of The Swatragh Wall Mural.
Swatragh
Wednesday 30th April
10.30am
Sean Henry 028 7939 7979
The Swatragh Wall, and the two adjacent shelters, are owned by Magherafelt
Moyle District
CausewayMuseumService
Heritage on Your Doorstep: Boyd’s Ballycastle
Ballycastle Museum, Moyle
Saturday 26th April
2pm - 4pm
