Cara, one of Beyond Skin’s (an intersectional arts collective, building peace & social cohesion in Northern Ireland and beyond) young musicians and #youth4peace ambassador who made the headlines for Good Relations Week 2021, this year will be performing with Shania Twain during Good Relations Week 2023.
An exciting morning of taiko drumming for the BUD Club. This workshops offers a unique opportunity for the young people of the BUD Club to experience vibrant traditions of Japan through the powerful beats of taiko drums.
Contact: ibukitaiko@gmail.com for more information.
Corrymeela is curating an evening of music and conversation which will shine a spotlight on some of the voices and lives that make our society so rich and diverse.
St Anne’s Cathedral will provide the setting for a night to mark the UN International Day of Peace. Those who have come to these shores seeking asylum will join their creative sound with established musicians from different sectors of our community.
We will have panel conversations facilitated by Jude Hill as we look to the future, 25 years after the Good Friday/Belfast Agreement. This project is being put on by a collaboration of people and organisations including the NI Inter-Faith Forum.
In Your Space Circus will use the medium of circus to work with four schools/youth groups to explore how global issues can be influenced at
the local level and to see how young people from different parts of the North West can collaborate to find solutions to the issues that face all of us.
IYSC is based in Derry and is the Northwest’s leading Circus and Street Theatre Company. They are responsible for such amazement as; Carnival of Colours, the Wonder Windows in Derry/Londonderry (you might have seen at Christmas) and many of the crazy circus characters, shows and installations you see across N.I.
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The Community Relations Council presents the release of the musical track “Brighter Days” curated by Beyond Skin and written and performed by one of Northern Ireland’s finest musicians, Rwanda Shaw and Jessica Hammond from Black Studios Dundonald.
The song references the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and is part of a wider SDG’s Youth4Peace project enabling a legacy from Good Relations Week with the Brighter Days theme echoing through intercultural arts activities running until March 2022.
Talented singer-songwriter ROE – a Good Relations Week Ambassador – has penned a special song to help young people celebrate “Better Days Ahead” for Good Relations Week 2021.
The track is titled ‘It Gets Better’ and is based on her interpretation of the ‘Brighter Days Ahead’ theme of this year’s Good Relations Week and her musical concept of identity, belonging, home, diversity and peace-building for the youth of today.
Rural Housing Association will work with Sion Mills Primary School and St Eugene’s Primary School, Victoria Bridge to deliver a musical/ dance performance within our Housing for All shared neighbourhood in Sion Mills. The event will bring together local school children from a variety of backgrounds, to unite in a performance celebrating children’s role in bringing their communities together.
The event will also feature a community lunch bringing together the local community at an outdoor shared space (socially distanced), where residents from different backgrounds can integrate and form positive relationships with their neighbours, whilst watching the performance of local school children.