The resurgence of racism and the far-right is one of the defining features of our era. In recent times, the spread of disinformation and hate-filled narratives has fuelled the growth of anti-migrant protests, culminating in the explosion of racist riots and pogromist violence last month.
In this webinar, Dr Paul O’Connell will take us through the history of community-led resistance to racism and the far right across these islands, drawing out the lessons that could inform a united community response in the present.
To register, please contact Seán at: sean@trademarkbelfast.com
Building Resilient Island Communities: harnessing social value for sustainable investment
Islands are small, unique, and often overlooked. They face unique challenges that are not always understood by more centrally based governments and organisations.
This webinar will explore how islands can utilise and maximise social value to improve the resilience of their communities.
Join us for a collaborative learning experience that will cover:
- Ways to address the unique challenges that islands face, now and in the (not too distant) future
- Island Communities Impact Assessment (ICIA) and its significance for social value assessment
- Understanding and increasing social return on investment (SROI) with the Social Value Engine
- Best practices for creating partnerships and collaboration, using the lessons learned and a case study from North Ronaldsay
Agenda:
- Understanding resilience in island communities – Anna Whelan, Burton Whelan/Rose Regeneration
- Valuing the invaluable: the importance of transparent social value and outcome sharing across the island community ecosystem, with a demo of the Social Value Engine – Maddie Kortenaar, Social Value Engine
- Case study: North Ronaldsay – North Ronaldsay Trust/L & L Fraser Ltd
- Getting started with social value – developing proxies and outcomes that matter – Luke Fraser, North Ronaldsay Trust/L & L Fraser Ltd
- Interactive Q&A session
Join us on Zoom for a special Good Relations Week online episode of our Holywell Trust Conversations Podcast – a future-focused conversation on community relations themes.
Join staff from the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust to find out about ways your group can mark Holocaust Memorial Day in meaningful, effective ways together.
This presentation and workshop will provide resources and ideas to enable groups and individuals of all kinds to find powerful ways to join with others in marking Holocaust Memorial Day. It will give an opportunity to learn from other examples of good practice in events and activities. Shirley Lennon, NI HMDT Support Worker will suggest specific ideas for NI activity organisers to get involved, whether you have organised activities before or you are new to taking part.
There will be an opportunity for questions and a chance to explore resources. Holocaust Memorial Day Trust (HMDT) encourages remembrance in a world scarred by genocide. We promote and support Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) – the international day on 27 January to remember the 6 million Jews murdered during the Holocaust, alongside the millions of other people killed under Nazi persecution of other groups and during more recent genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur.
Please register at https://bit.ly/RememberingTogetherwithHMDTforGoodRelationsWeek
As part of this large forum, Irish FA Community Relations Officer Chris Wright will offer insight into the hugely successful, good relations programme, Connect.
Highlighting its inception during the pandemic, through online only delivery and into face to face and blended delivery, plus the outcomes such as the ambassador programme.
For more information, please contact chris.wright@irishfa.com
As part of their ongoing forum multiple speakers will be in attendance to highlight the pivotal role sport can play in human rights.
Irish FA Foundation Community Relations Officer Chris Wright will deliver a virtual presentation highlighting the recent inaugural Hope Cup, where young participants from various communities from across Northern Ireland came together in the name of BT Sports campaign against online hate, Hope United.
2.30pm – 4.30pm
For more info, please contact chris.wright@irishfa.com
Remembering the Future, Decade of anniversaries.
Autumn Programme of Talks via Zoom
Dr Russell Rees is a political historian and author. A former Head of History at Omagh Academy, he is the author of Ireland 1905-25 and ‘The Labour Government and Northern Ireland 1945-51’.
For more information, please contact sean.mcelhatton@midulstercouncil.org
Remembering the Future, Decade of anniversaries.
Autumn Programme of Talks via Zoom
Dr Francis Costello is an American historian and businessman. Living in Belfast for the past 20 years, he holds a doctorate in History from Boston College and is a former Research Fellow of Queen’s University, Belfast. His books include Years of Revolt: the Irish Revolution and its Aftermath.
Over the last fifty years the ISE has been involved in many diverse programmes both academically and in the community. We celebrate fifty years of research into building peace, reconciliation and understanding.
The contributors at the conference are Dr John Feehan, MRIA, academic and conservationist, Lorna Gold, advocate and theologian, and Jonny Hanson, practising farmer.
The ISE Trust is seeking to expand its support base and to provide some financial security.
We invite anyone who is interested in our work to become a ‘Friend of the ISE Trust’.
Please email us at isetrust.friends@gmail.com with your name and email address.
This workshop will allow young people to explore the interactive ‘Hunger for Peace’ Games which explores issues related to identity, culture and building a shared future.
To book your place, please contact paddy@youthaction.org
