Come together at Coleraine Library for a FREE film screening as part of Good Relations Week 2023. Suitable for all the family. Details available in branch.
Booking Essential
Council Area: Causeway Coast & Glens
Together, Let’s Build – Art Craft in Ballymoney Library
As part of Good Relations Week, Ballymoney Library invite everyone to chose either a blank or worded brick art craft sheet and select a word, that you feel unites your community together and to colour, scribble, draw or design your art template to help us build our project display of good relations within your community’.
Cafe Culture
This café style dialogue event has been designed to raise awareness of the people from many different cultures who have come to live in the Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council area.
Conversations will take place in a café style environment with the purpose of creating a positive and informal space to hear from individuals representing a variety of cultural and racial groups. It is an opportunity to learn about different countries, why people have left their home country, what the experiences have been for them arriving in a new country, cultural and religious differences and much more.
This is a great opportunity to hear from people directly and have the opportunity to ask questions with the aim of raising awareness and understanding of cultural diversity and differences, the reasons why people come here, the challenges they may face and how they make a positive contribution within our local communities.
This event will also include presentations from 2 local community organisations who will give an overview of the work they have been doing to assist newcomers and the experiences and learning that they have gained to develop the projects that they now implement to support individuals and to aid positive community integration.
To attend, register your interest at good.relations@causewaycoastandglens.gov.uk.
Disability on the Record Exhibition in Coleraine Library
Come along to Coleraine Library where you can view the PRONI exhibition “Disability on the Record”. This exhibition provides an overview of how disability has been represented in Northern Ireland over time. Please check Libraries NI website for opening times.
History Walk – Good Relations Week
A historical walk on Saturday 23rd September 2023 around Cushendun noting places of importance and how Gaeilge was once the main language taking place. A very interesting walk which is like a journey back in time about life in the area.
We aim to bring people together to hear and learn about the local history – everyone is welcome!
Meeting in St Patrick’s Church Car Park at 1.15pm.
To book please contact Máirtín (07811833590) or Áine Máire (07515809019) or email dubhdoite@gmail.com
The Cornfield Project
‘Change Starts with Us’ and the Cornfield Project in Coleraine is an amazing regeneration project that has transformed an unloved area of land, between two communities, into a thriving nature zone with widespread environmental activities. This exciting space benefits residents by bringing them together in the great outdoors to tackle issues such as segregation, low employment and health.
Good Relations Week 2022 is running until Monday 26th September with a colourful programme of over 250 community focused events across the region based on the ‘Change Starts with Us’ theme.
Visit www.goodrelationsweek.com for the 2022 event listings #GRW22
Check out this video to learn more about the Cornfield Project: https://fb.watch/fOylVRuras/
Sustainability Workshop
For Good Relations Week 2022 Creggan Preschool and Training Trust Ltd will be providing workshops about sustainability and the impact that the cost of living is having on local residents on Wednesday 21st September at 10.30am.
Advice NI will also be in attendance offering a range of services to residents
For more info please email Louise McIntyre: Louise@cpttderry.org
YOUth Make a Difference Event
During Good Relations Week 2022 young people from across the Causeway Coast & Glens Youth Service Area aim to deliver a positive message that ‘Change Starts With Us’.
We will explore through a textile workshop while creating a piece of art, the pledges each individual will make. Through this sharing of our goals, we will connect building a stronger society and a more sustainable future.
Each group participating will then take on one shared goal back to their projects/clubs and will commit to taking this forward over the next year.
Highlighting ‘ CHANGE STARTS WITH US’ by making small pledges, one thing YOU can do can make a difference.
DATE :- 21st September at The Glens Youth Club Cushendall- 7-8.30pm
Refugee Information Event
Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council are running a free to attend event which will provide useful information (including Welfare / Benefit rights, Community Safety, Education, Jobs and more) at a one stop shop type location that may help people who have recently arrived to settle into the Causeway area.
The event is being hosted part of our Good Relations Week 2022 initiatives.
Everyone including host families are welcome to attend the event.
One stop information shop, Portrush Town Hall, Wednesday 21st September. 1pm – 4pm
Regional Volunteer Training Residential 3
Youth Initiatives NI will be hosting a cross community leadership training residential for over 100 young leaders from across Northern Ireland from the 23rd-25th September.
These young people will be serving their local communities in our Youth Community Hubs through weekly personal and social development and good relations projects.
This residential will up-skill and prepare them for contributing to the design and facilitation of the weekly youth projects, inspire them as agents of change in their communities and provide opportunities for the development of friendships, learning and story sharing across community and cultural divides.
The residential commences on 23rd September at 7pm and ends on the 25th September.