Event Category: Event

Funding Information Fairs

County Armagh Community Development (CACD) are holding two funding and information fairs in the month of September, to which all the community is invited.

The funding and information fairs are being held in Armagh Orange Hall, Armagh, on Monday 18th September and in the Millennium Court, Portadown on Thursday 28th September.

The charities, funding organisations, and support networks present will be able to advise and give information about the very valuable service they provide, to those interested groups and individuals who attend.

African Drumming and Storytelling

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

North Belfast Multicultural family Fun Day

Ardoyne Youth Enterprise is hosting a multicultural celebration and family fun day on Saturday 23 September 2023 from 1-4pm.

The event with feature food from around the world, workshops: drumming, arts and crafts, henna tattoo station, local and international music as well as bouncy castles

This is a free event and all youth groups and families are welcome.

For more information, visit Facebook/ArdoyneYouthEnterprise or email communication@ardoyne.org

Voyage of the Fellowship – Wall Mural

A new permanent wall mural to celebrate the work carried out by 3 local primary schools and the Churches Trusts’ Youth Committee.  The Voyage of the Fellowship was part of the Churches Trust’s Celebrating Commonalities Programme. Dominic Kearney was contracted to write a play for the children capturing and celebrating the importance of Judaism, Christianity and Islam in Northern Ireland. The Voyage of the Fellowship celebrates what is special about each religion as the children go on a journey of discovery.  Resources and discussions arising from the programme has resulted in a ‘Wall Mural’ and will be unveiled by the Youth Committee team at our facilities in the Diamond.

Together: Celebrating Diversity in Our Schools

The Integrated Education Fund is delighted to be taking part in the 2023 Good Relations Week.

Come along to our free event to hear more about the good practice that is going on in schools across NI to celebrate the diversity within our society.

We will hear from organisations working with schools on various diversity and equality focused themes, including CRAIC NI, Community Relations in Schools, Cara-Friend, Solás and the Council for Integrated Education. Schools from different sectors are also invited to provide brief case study presentations and participants will be provided with opportunities throughout the event to reflect and ask questions during facilitated table discussions. The event will be chaired by Peter Osborne (Chair, Integrated Education Fund).

To register for this event, please visit: https://CelebratingDiversityinOurSchools.eventbrite.co.uk

For more information, please contact: jessica@ief.org.uk | 028 9069 4099

Lunch and Learn – involving refugees and asylum seekers as volunteers.

During Good Relations Week, Volunteer Now are holding a Lunch & Learn Session on 21 September at 1.30pm on involving refugees and asylum seekers as volunteers.  Asylum Seekers and Refugees not only come with many talents, experiences and time but they also have a desire to become more integrated into their local community, meet new people and to make a positive difference. During this session we will explore how we can learn from organisations who successfully involve asylum seekers and refugees as volunteers, the challenges and how ‘Together’ a positive difference is being made.

We will start with lunch and finish with our AGM, which we hope you will join us for.

We are the Ripple Effect: Lesser Spoken stories

Friday 22 Sept at 6pm – 7pm. Light refreshments available.

A special chance to meet peacemakers who have contributed their stories to a new book by Teya Sepinuck.

We are the Ripple Effect shares the stories of ten courageous performers from The Playhouse’s Theatre of Witness Programme – survivors, ex combatants, former security forces and witnesses of the Troubles. This book highlights their personal journeys through conflict and trauma as they transform individually and together into present-day peace builders.

This informal drop in event is a chance to personally meet some of these exceptional peace leaders, thirteen years after they first told their stories on stage.

Join us for wine and a dedicated space for reading and conversation.

Suitable for ages 14+

 

“To read this book is to understand, to witness and to heal” Kathryn Stone OBE Former Commissioner for Victims and Survivors, Northern Ireland

“If people are willing to open their hearts and experience this work fully, they will find something of value, something close to healing, something close to truth” Christopher Byrne, Performer Theatre of Witness

“This is an important book for all those invested in building peace” Maureen Hetherington, Northern Ireland peace-builder.

PEACE IN THE PARK II

To celebrate all that’s good about North Belfast and to showcase some work that’s going on to help with wellbeing this years event follows on from last year by providing a free family event on Sunday 24th September in Alexandra Park. A cross community family event with music fun activities for the children and much, much more.

The event is being run in partnership with Duncairn Community Partnership. Last years event attracted over 10,000 participants from all areas of North Belfast and this year we believe the event will be bigger and better than last year. The event is on the last day of good relations week.

Good Relations Street Art Celebration

Creggan Enterprises and Lifehack Project will host a good relations event bringing people of all ages together to celebrate diversity and inclusion through artistic expression. Groups of young people from across our communities will create a bespoke final piece of street art along the quay, beside Pykes and Pommes. The general public will also have an opportunity to come along get creative and showcase their creative flare.

Music, arts and crafts activities also available throughout the event.

 

Walk Together for Good Relations Week

Are you new to East Belfast? Or just want to familiarise yourself with your local area? Join us as we walk together as part of Good Relations Week 2023. Along the route we’ll point out helpful places, social hubs and explore some of the Connswater Community Greenway with the EastSide Greenways team. All are welcome!

Places are limited so please sign up by emailing katy@ebcda.org.