This free ‘Inclusion in Volunteering’ training workshop is designed to equip leaders of volunteers with the knowledge and skills necessary to maximise volunteer engagement and streamline management processes. Participants will explore key concepts, best practices, and practical strategies for effectively managing volunteer programs.
It is based on research carried out for Volunteer Now and Volunteer Ireland by Conor Scully of the School of Policy and Practice, DCU Institute of Education.
Course objectives:
- Understand the importance of volunteer engagement and its impact on organisational success.
- Learn effective strategies for recruiting, training, and retaining volunteers.
- Explore tools and techniques for streamlining volunteer management processes.
- Develop an action plan for enhancing volunteer engagement within their organisations.
Razieh will be joining us in Antrim library to hold a special Art Workshop. Come along and meet the artist and learn some tips and techniques during this special session.
Razieh draws acrylic paintings on stones and pieces of wood and makes them into decorative art or jewellery and recently exhibited at Garden Show Ireland and holds workhops. Razieh Mirzaee arrived from Iran in February 2023 alongside four brothers and sisters. The family previously lived in Iran, before settling in Antrim, but five siblings still remain there
Please note spaces are limited. Please contact the library to reserve your spot. This event is in partnership with Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council.
Funders from across the area will come along to speak to the general public about how to access and apply for their funding. Funders who will present include; The Executive Office, Community Relations Council and The Department for Foreign Affairs, Ireland.
A number of agencies who support community organisations to complete and draw Down funding will also be there to provide advice and guidance.
This event is open to all Community and Sporting Groups and Voluntary Sector Organisations.
Make the most of volunteer opportunities at Ulster Folk Museum.
Come along on Friday 22nd September and help us bring our cottage gardens back to life, growing the heritage fruit and vegetables they would have produced over 100 years ago.
The session is from 10am – 3pm. Come for a couple of hours during that window or bring a packed lunch and stay for the full session.
See link below for more information and details on how to register.
If you’ve ever wanted to make a racket in a library now is your chance.
Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council in partnership with Libraries NI invite you to come along to our African Drumming and Storytelling event at Antrim Library.
Come along, make some noise and hear some African themed stories. Suitable for all age groups, children must be accompanied by an adult.
When: Saturday 23th September 2023, 10am – 12pm
Where: Antrim Library, 10 Railway St, Antrim BT41 4AE
For more information contact goodrelations@antrimandnewtownabbey.gov.uk
With this year’s Good Relations theme in mind, we will join ‘together’ with early years practitioners, parents/carers and members of management teams from early years settings to facilitate discussion and thinking around the Media Initiative for Children Respecting Difference Programme.
We aim to give our children and young people the best start in life and work towards a shared society that respects diversity. Our early years programme influences good relations, sustainability and resilience of communities, promotes inclusion, respect for difference and shared learning. The Media Initiative for Children (MIFC) Respecting Difference Programme is an intervention programme aimed at improving long term outcomes so that children, practitioners/teachers, parents and communities become more aware of diversity and difference issues and positively change attitudes and behaviours to those who are different.
This workshop will provide parents and others involved from the local community with an opportunity to reflect on their own values, attitudes and prejudices and will highlight the importance of local settings working collaboratively and collectively to drive meaningful progress towards building a shared future for everyone. Working with members of management and committees of early years settings in this way is designed to help put in place the principles of community development and develop inclusive practice and policies for children, parents and families throughout the community. This we hope, will help committees reflect on practice, by identifying need, supporting inclusion, encouraging participation and collaborative working.
The workshop will be an excellent opportunity to reinforce this year’s good relations theme around the importance of individuals and organisations working together and sharing ideas and experiences in tackling everything from sectarianism and racism to gender inequality, shared spaces, peace-building, and cultural diversity.
Please note-this event will be invite only for funded settings within the Fermanagh and Omagh area who have recently completed MIFC training.
Youth Link: NI are inviting Faith Based and Community Youth Workers, to join us at our table from 9.30am on Monday 18 September, as part of a programme of activities for Good Relations Week 2023.
The Session will be facilitated by The Evangelical Alliance and The Jethro Centre, and will provide the space for youth workers to reflect on what reconciliation means to them, and how this relates to their work in the current context.
The session will adapt different approaches, but essentially it will be an opportunity to sit round a table together, engage in conversation, make new connections, and listen to different perspectives. We will also share food together at the close of the session.
For further information please contact Joanne Stainsby, Youth Link, joanne@youthlink.org.uk
To book your place at the table please complete the registration form by 4pm on Monday 11 September.
We look forward to welcoming you to our table!
Ardoyne Youth Enterprise is hosting a giant Small Worlds Workshop for young people in North Belfast on Friday 22 September 23 at Girdwood Community Hub Shared Space, 6pm to 9pm.
Youth groups have been invited to put forward young people and youth workers wishing to participate. There will be food, workshop and time for debrief.
Small Worlds are cafe-style events where you get to meet people from around the world and discuss cultural diversity, migration, asylum, and more, in a safe and supportive environment.
They are facilitated by members of Belfast Friendship Club.
They are fun, moving and unforgettable experiences that bring people closer together and help us cherish our differences and common humanity.
To find out more about how Small Worlds work, follow this link: https://www.belfastfriendshipclub.org/small-worlds/
This event is supported by Belfast City Council and North Belfast Strategic Good Relations Programme.
This one day event will give the youth and community workforce an opportunity to explore their own understanding of Good Relations, Reconciliation and PeaceBuilding.
YouthAction NI are keen for workers to take part in Interactive workshops, resource training and networking with other committed workers and feel a sense of inspire for future practice.
Over the last few years the Churches Trust has developed programmes for women that celebrates their role in family and society. This unique workshop will be led by the International School for Peace Studies and run on ‘International Day of Peace’.
During this workshop you will be given the opportunity to explore the role of women during World War One and how their role has evolved since. Particular emphasis will be given to the importance of women in de-escalating conflict and promoting cultures of peace and coexistence.
We will also find out how women can prevent our young people and children from being recruited as combatants. This is an important workshop that celebrates the importance of women as peacekeepers during ‘International Day of Peace’.
