T:BUC Young Ambassadors embraced ‘Change Starts with Us’ by participating in a beach clean at Browns Bay in Islandmagee during Good Relations Week 2022 to help reduce the impact of litter and other environmental damage to the area.
The project provided young people with opportunities to learn about environmental issues and help build positive relations among the participants.
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Check out this video to learn more about the beach clean: https://fb.watch/fORUcqgEoA/
‘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/
The Timorese Association Inclusive Support (TAIS) uses the power of football to ensure that ‘Change Starts With Us’ as it helps Timorese people integrate within communities across Mid Ulster. The community football project helps the local Timorese break down barriers with people from a diverse range of backgrounds.
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 TAIS Community Football Project: https://fb.watch/fOyi49KeD1/
On 15 July, we assembled over 150 delegates in the ICC, Belfast with one aim: inspiring and enabling climate action from Northern Ireland’s community groups.
To that end, we invited guest speakers from other community groups to share their top tips for climate action, put on workshops, and created a Sustainably Marketplace to facilitate ideas sharing and networking opportunities.
In the lead up to the event, we also kickstarted community climate action by working with 10 local groups on a pilot project. We showed the progress to date with our summit delegates.
Watch the video and feel inspired by local community projects that are tackling the climate emergency.
The T:BUC Trees project demonstrates to future generations that ‘Change Starts with Us’ by providing young people with opportunities to learn about the environment and plant trees to play a role in combatting the global issue. The project has had over 100 young people plant over 600 trees across the region.
Good Relations Week 2022 is running from Tuesday 20th to 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! https://fb.watch/fI9gzIuKi5/
‘Change Starts with Us’ and The Rainbow Project is helping to build a shared and sustainable future for all by tackling important issues impacting LGBTQIA+ people across the region. The project is breaking down barriers a to improve the physical, mental & emotional health and well-being of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex and asexual people and their families.
Good Relations Week 2022 is running from Tuesday 20th to 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 the video to learn more! https://fb.watch/fI9hAmaB3l/
The ‘Youth in Action’ programme, an inspiring Good Relations youth programme empowering young people to become the leaders of tomorrow, was delivered in partnership with the Rio Ferdinand Foundation. It focussed on tackling inequality, racism and sectarianism through accredited leadership, skills and vocational training, and ensured that everyone feels they belong in a district that is welcoming, shared and inclusive.
Twenty seven young people of different age and gender, from across the community and the district participated in this unique youth programme. It included an online and face-to-face training as well as a cross-border football tournament.
During the programme, the participants had the opportunity to learn practical youth leadership and sports coaching skills, explore mental health and resilience, experiment with film-making, meet influencers like former Chelsea FC star, Paul Canoville, and Northern Ireland international, Ashley Hutton, make new friendships and gain the confidence to be the next generation of youth leaders.
We can choose to take action for a better, more sustainable future. One of the actions we can take is to choose to spend our money in a way which maximises its social value.
The Northern Ireland Government invests close to £3 billion each year in public sector contracts and this enables us to effect change. To maximise this investment, from the 1st of June 2022, the Northern Ireland Executive has committed to mandatory scoring of social value within public procurement contracts in services and in works.
This video will share:
- What Social Value is
- How Social Value can bring broader benefits to society as a whole
- People’s personal stories demonstrating the positive impact Social Value is delivering in Northern Ireland
Including social value in public contracts offers important opportunities for suppliers and local communities to work together to drive value from every pound invested in Northern Ireland and achieve a sustainable future for all.
Check out our video for the event here: https://vimeo.com/752555793/96e718a758
The Places & Spaces is designed to promote development of community led environmental places and spaces in the Armagh, Craigavon and Banbridge Borough that are safe and welcoming.
It is also designed to build skills, knowledge and capacity of participants so that projects can be sustained upon completion of the programme.
Through this programme, 21 Community Groups have received: horticulture/environmental expertise, materials and equipment, a lockable garden storage box and health & safety training.
A video has been created consisting of photographs and video footage of all participating groups to highlight the positive impact that the Places & Spaces programme has had on local communities within the Borough.