Council Area: Causeway Coast & Glens

WE CANNOT WALK ALONE – TEXTILE EXHIBITION (Wednesday 22nd)

‘We Cannot Walk Alone’ textile exhibition will showcase banners originally produced in response to the theme of Refugee Week 2021.

Textile banners will be on display at Roe Valley Arts and Cultural Centre.

Workshop participants, some of whom were children and young people from Roe Valley Residents Association, were invited to consider the experiences of someone who has come here to seek sanctuary. The resulting banners celebrate the efforts of young people to break down barriers, unite communities and act as a catalyst for meaningful change in our society

(These can be viewed in accordance with COVID guidelines in place in RVACC)

Viewing Times : 10am until 4pm & 7pm until 9pm

For more information email: bebhinn.mckinley@causewaycoastandglens.gov.uk 

We Cannot Walk Alone – Textile Exhibition (Tuesday 21st)

‘We Cannot Walk Alone’ textile exhibition will showcase banners originally produced in response to the theme of Refugee Week 2021.

Textile banners will be on display at Roe Valley Arts and Cultural Centre.

Workshop participants, some of whom were children and young people from Roe Valley Residents Association, were invited to consider the experiences of someone who has come here to seek sanctuary. The resulting banners celebrate the efforts of young people to break down barriers, unite communities and act as a catalyst for meaningful change in our society

(These can be viewed in accordance with COVID guidelines in place in RVACC)

Viewing Times : Tuesday – 10am until 4pm

For more information email: bebhinn.mckinley@causewaycoastandglens.gov.uk 

“VOICES” Marking 100 years of Northern Ireland

BCRC officially launches its ‘VOICES- Marking 100 years of Northern Ireland’ publication. This publication is an anthology of all responses and creative work on the 100th Anniversary of Northern Ireland – past, present and hopes for the future.

This is a  showcase of poetry, prose, art, commentary from the many voices of local people.

BCRC’s 100 Voices project began with ‘Peace of Me’ Online Visual Exhibition during CRC Good Relations Week 2020 and continued with online songwriting workshops, creative writing sessions, book club on partition, youth voice and women’s civic voice workshops.   The project was delivered online due to the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020-21.

 

BCRC Book Club introduces ‘War and memory’

Building Communities Resource Centre will host a Book Club Session as part of Good Relations Week 2021. Participants will explore book ‘War and Memory’ by Johnston McMaster and Cathy Higgins. Books are supplied by The Junction.

This book club will be facilitated by Gemma Reid.

These sessions will reflect on our history over the last 100 years and provide a unique opportunity for continued shared learning.

Book Club is held via zoom, to book your place –  please contact angela@theresourcecentre.org or clair@theresourcecentre.org or call 02827665068

BCRC 1690 ‘The History of The Twelfth’ Workshop

Building Communities Resource Centre will deliver workshop ‘The History of The Twelfth’ for Good Relations Week.

This workshop will be facilitated by Kathy Wolff and will provide an opportunity for shared learning with a shared history context of 1690 and the lead up to the Battle of The Boyne.

This is just one of four workshops they will be hosting during Good Relations Week 2021. These sessions aim to help participants uncover the fact and fictions held by both communities around the heritage of this time and provide the opportunity to explore and discuss how elements of this history are shared between the two main communities in Northern Ireland.

To book your place, please contact BCRC : 02827665068 or contact clair@theresourcecentre.org or angela@theresourcecentre.org

BCRC Civic Youth Voice Graphic Design Workshop

BCRC  presents craft based workshop offering young members of BCRC Civic Youth Voice the opportunity to come together to develop and design a logo that will represent the BCRC Civic Youth Voice going forward.

This event is in partnership with Courthouse Project Bushmills.

Members are representative of young people across Causeway Coast and Glens and are focused on working collectively, across communities to raise awareness of issues affecting young people today.

To book your place please contact : 02827665068

or email clair@theresourcecentre.org or angela@theresourcecentre.org

BCRC Verbal Arts Story

This verbal arts story session will bring together a group of women across the Causeway Coast and Glens Borough to participate in a storytelling of their choice.

This session will take place within a shared space environment or via zoom and will be facilitated by Katie McGuiness.

 

Free outdoor screening of Gnomeo & Juliet (2011)

Free outdoor screening of Gnomeo & Juliet movie (cert U). This comical animated re-boot of Shakespeare’s play takes place in a world of warring garden gnomes but this doesn’t stop Gnomeo & Juliet from falling in love. Will they have a future together?

Also on Saturday 25th September Outdoor terrace, Flowerfield Arts Centre 185 Coleraine Road

For more information, please contact karen.smyth@causewaycoastandglens.gov.uk

‘Inspire Us’ Competition

We want your ideas! Get involved in creating a Good Relations advertising campaign for Causeway Coast and Glens, make it your own!

Participants must be residents of the Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council area.

Registration to participate in the competition can be made by contacting goodrelations@rumourmillcomms.com.

 

Taste the World Cookery Course

Taste the world offers online cookery demonstrations for 1 hour x 4 weeks (commencing 21 Sep), exploring Indian, Chinese, Polish and Iranian cuisines.

Those completing the 4-week course will later receive a free “Make it at Home Kit” which will include key dry ingredients and recipe cards to recreate the dishes at home.

Food can be a vehicle for sharing culture, stories, and traditions with people from different backgrounds, and enables a greater cultural understanding. Through the medium of food stories and cookery demonstrations from 4 different cultures, facilitators will create a space for participants to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn from others, better understand different cultures, and eat well.

Registration to participate in this course can be made by contacting Bebhinn McKinley via: Bebhinn.mckinley@causewaycoastandglens.gov.uk  or 07714 393918