Michael Fryer from the Northern Ireland War Memorial Museum in Belfast will be bringing along objects and photographs from the museum relating to the Second World War to Enniskillen Library.
Topics covered include the Belfast Blitz, the American presence, gas masks and rationing and participants will be encouraged to share their wartime memories and stories. Everyone welcome.
Please note, this is also a dementia friendly event.
Michael Fryer from the Northern Ireland War Memorial Museum in Belfast will be bringing along objects and photographs from the museum relating to the Second World War.
Topics covered include the Belfast Blitz, the American presence, gas masks and rationing and participants will be encouraged to share their wartime memories and stories. Everyone welcome!
Please note, this is also a dementia friendly event.
All are welcome to come along and find out what your local library has to offer. Although open to all this event is especially catered towards members of ERANO (Empowering Refugeees & Newcomers Organisation).
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.
Radius is working with Omagh Futsal Club and 6 Schools on a cross community basis to take part in indoor football and good relations exercises. Good Relations workshops will be delivered by the IFA. There will be a celebration event on the last day for all schools taking part.
Monday 18 September marks the start of Good Relations Week 2023. Good Relations Week 2023, coordinated by the Community Relations Council, aims to deliver a positive message of togetherness as it celebrates peace-building and cultural diversity in an effort to eradicate sectarianism, racism and inequality across Northern Ireland.
Both Enniskillen Castle and Strule Arts Centre will be illuminated yellow on 18 September to mark the start of Good Relations Week
Intergenerational conference with secondary school pupils and members of Fermanagh Churches’ Forum (linked to ISE network of Inter-church Fora).
Organised by Fermanagh Churches’ Forum with support from Fermanagh and Omagh District Council, the facilitated discussion will explore the themes of identity and belonging.
Organised by Fermanagh Churches’ Forum (linked to ISE network of Inter-church Fora) and supported by Fermanagh and Omagh District Council, the study visit will include a tour of Hillsborough Castle and the East Belfast Mission.
Participants will have a guided tour of the historic Hillsborough Castle, Northern Ireland’s only royal residence, followed by a tour of East Belfast Mission.
Situated in the ‘Skainos’ Centre, Belfast, East Belfast Mission, has a long track record of social engagement in the inner city and works to achieve “renewal and transformation in the East Belfast community”.
For further information, contact Eileen Gallagher on 07789 288901 or email eccgallagher@yahoo.co.uk.
All are welcome to come along and find out what your local library has to offer. Although open to all this event is especially catered towards members of ERANO (Empowering Refugeees & Newcomers Organisation)
Inter-church walk in Omagh on Tuesday 19 September 2023.
Organised by Omagh Churches’ Forum (linked to ISE network of Inter-church Fora), in conjunction with Fermanagh and Omagh District Council, the walk will begin at Trinity Presbyterian Church, James Street, Omagh at 7pm. It will then proceed to St Columba’s Church of Ireland, onwards to Sacred Heart Church and finish at Omagh Methodist Church at approximately 8pm.
A short act of worship will take place in each of the four host churches. People from all walks of life are invited to join the ecumenical journey.
The walk will be followed by light refreshments in Omagh Methodist Church Hall.
Omagh Churches’ Forum exists to promote better inter-church relations and to help the various churches in our community to meet and discuss issues of mutual interest and benefit, both spiritual and practical.