As a participant on the South Belfast Local Community Empowerment Programme you will spend at least 30 hours over the next year co-designing and delivering a project with other local people
Make new connections and learn new skills together
contact Fiona Molloy South Belfast CEP Coordinator to register your interest.
fiona.mollou@forwardsouth.org
This workshop will introduce the Community Resiliency
Model (CRM)®, a trauma and resiliency-informed model
that is being used throughout Ireland and in 80 countries
around the world. This model focuses on building
awareness of common stress and trauma responses, as
well as teaching six wellbeing tools that can be used by
groups and individuals to support their own resilience
following adversity. CRM focuses on the biology of trauma
and wellbeing, supporting people to better understand their
own body’s response to stressors and providing practical
ways to return the body to balance during or after stressful
experiences. The workshop will guide participants through
the theory and practice of all six wellness skills.
Join us for a restorative two-hour Qigong workshop,
blending movement, breath, and meditation to nurture
wellbeing and connection. Qigong (pronounced cheegong) is an ancient Chinese practice, rooted in Traditional
Chinese Medicine, that has supported health and
balance for over 4,000 years.
Through gentle, flowing exercises, mindful breathing, and
meditative awareness, Qigong helps to restore energy,
reduce stress, and bring harmony to body and mind.
Suitable for all ages and abilities, these workshops offer
an accessible introduction to a practice that enhances
circulation, calms the nervous system, and fosters
resilience.
Led by experienced instructor David Barr, you’ll explore
both the philosophy and practical foundations of Qigong
while experiencing its power to restore calm, vitality, and
presence.
No experience is required – just comfortable clothing
and an openness to connect with yourself and others in a
supportive, healing space.
The CRC Core Funded groups in the North West have come together to collectively organise and facilitate this session.
This event will allow space for people to share their frustrations at how the world seems to be moving towards extremes both locally and globally. An opportunity to showcase the good relations work supported by the Community Relations Council core funded groups and to support each other through challenging conversations locally.
At the event we’ll hear from Katy Hayward (QUB & IFI Board Member) who will consider the challenges for community relations work now and in the near future and on how the changing global context and general shift to the right in politics impacts on the work. An insight into the future work of IFI will also be shared.
We’ll also have input from Karina Pieterson and Damien McNally from the Community Relations Council on the place of good relations work in our changing world.
There will also be space for discussion with local good relations focused organisations and practitioners.
This event will bring together local schools to raise awareness around local government and encourage interest around local politics. Pupils can learn about democratic processes and engage with their local Councillors.