Physical Workshop – Good Relations Week

Street Talk Workshops

Vintage Theatre Poster Printing Workshops

Poster Printing Workshops as part of Good Relations Week, also celebrating the 30th Anniversary of the Playhouse.

These old-style poster printing workshops are part of Good Relations Week. The Playhouse are hosting workshops for two school groups and two older peoples’ groups on the 22nd September. The participants will learn how to hand-print and take home their own old style fine art poster.

It will also be an opportunity for the older groups to reminisce and share any stories and memories they may have of The Playhouse.

If you have a group who are interested in taking part in The Playhouse Street Talk Project contact deirdre@derryplayhouse.com

Theatre of Witness workshops

Theatre of Witness is a form of performance, developed by founder and artistic director Teya Sepinuck that gives voice to those who have been marginalised, forgotten or are invisible in society.

The work brings people together across divides of difference to bear witness to truth, healing and reconciliation through art and storytelling.

The individuals involved in The Playhouse Theatre of Witness Project have been working together over the past ten years using their produced theatre pieces as an educational resource in workshops, providing participants from both sides of the divide with real life stories documenting the history of the Troubles from key players.

Theatre of Witness Workshops explores the power of storytelling as a healing, empowering and transformative tool providing a pathway to peace and reconciliation.

If you have a group who are interested in booking a Theatre of Witness workshop contact kierans@derryplayhouse.com

Or to book workshops in border counties contact laurence@derryplayhouse.com

Community Academy Shared Learning Event: Good Relations, Shared Space & Future Opportunities

The Community Academy is a capacity building programme, supported by the Urban Villages (UV) initiative in The Executive Office (TEO) and developed and delivered by Resurgam and Fermanagh Trusts.

The programme provides one-to-one support for UV local groups which builds on the Trusts’ collective experience of community-led approaches to regeneration, social enterprise, early interventions, volunteering, philanthropy and fundraising.

Resurgam and Fermanagh Trusts have mentored and supported a range of community organisations that are connected to the capital build projects across the five Urban Village areas.

The Trusts have provided local and practical support to help build capacity with capital project leads to support more sustainable outcomes, which will reduce reliance on government support in the future. Interventions include support on governance & procedures; strategic/operational planning, board advice and communications.

Avoid the First Cut

Recently, the Jethro Centre has been working with a small group of community practitioners to host, develop and co-design a short series of creative, interactive workshops for those who work in communities that are struggling with knife crime.

The format of these workshops is still a “work in progress” so with this in mind, if you are a community practitioner working in this context, you are invited to attend a wider circle of practitioners to engage in this this developmental space and process as part of GRW’22.

Spaces are limited, so contact Carole Kane on carole.kane@jethrocentre.org or call the Jethro Centre on 082 38325673.

Fighting Words Creative Writing Workshops for children or young people 2

Fighting Words NI are hosting a number of lively, collaborative and interactive workshops in celebration of Good Relations Week.

Participants will have the opportunity to invent characters, dialogue, and create an original story in a Belfast setting, brought to life by our on-site illustrator. Themes of community, identity, problem solving, emotional literacy and the importance of fun and creative thinking will be brought to life.

Since 2015 Fighting Words been a force for creativity in Northern Ireland, providing over 10,000 creative writing opportunities for schools and young writers ages 6-18.

The workshop is suitable for all abilities and interests, and in designed to spark an initial interest in creative writing.

Each workshop will last 2 hours including a 10 minute break with snacks and refreshments.

Fighting Words NI is a creative writing charity for children and young people.

Change Starts With Us 3

In support of this year’s theme ‘‘Change Starts With Us’, we plan to organise and deliver an intergenerational session for mixed age groups to showcase different cultures, social lives and the environmental challenges we are all facing around the world.

The event will consist of workshops led by environmental organisations to discuss key areas including the importance of reducing waste and recycling in the move towards a circular economy. There will also be small talks and question/answer sessions about various cultures and societies across different parts of the world as well some information on how we can reduce the impact of climate change for a healthy future. This will allow our young people to learn how to break down the social and environmental barriers in everyday life helping unite communities.

We will showcase a small exhibition about Indian and Chinese heritage and local art /crafts. There will be an information and question/answer session about different societies in other parts of the world and what environmental issues they are facing and how they are resolving them for better future. In-depth information regarding Indian and Chinese heritage /culture / languages/ believes / histories / environmental issues /social life will be explored as well as an art/crafts session.

Change Starts With Us 2

Exploring Christianity through Denominations

This one-day, in-person workshop will explore why there are so many Christian denominations and will consider what the points of similarity and difference between them are.

It will look at a range of areas including the history of the denominations, their doctrinal positions, worship and liturgy, government and places of worship. Time will also be available for discussion.

The workshop will take place at Armagh Robinson Library, Northern Ireland’s oldest public library. Located in Ireland’s ecclesiastical capital on the historic Hill of Armagh, the Library is situated within yards of where St Patrick is reputed to have built his first church in the year 445 AD.

Time: 10am-5pm

Cost: £12

Grassroot Coaching Leadership Workshop

Ethnic Minority Sports Organisation NI (EMSONI ) looks forward to welcoming community coaches to this face to face coaching leadership workshop where we plan to engage these community coaches on how to break barriers to sport performance from coaching perspective with the aim to improve their coaching delivery to the community football teams in Northern Ireland.

The coaching leadership workshop is taking place as part of CRC Good Relations Week and will focus on the UN Sustainable Development Goals around breaking barriers to coaching education and improving wellbeing.

Through EMSONI annual 11 aside intercommunity social development football tournament – Northern Ireland Confederation Cup, we work with up to 60 community football coaches who use the tournament as a platform to build their skills as aspiring coaches in their different communities and in leveraging on that opportunity, this workshop will take it further to help them to share good practices, identify new barriers and challenges with the aim to improve their coaching delivery to the communities. These community coaches have significant role to play in building community relationships and they need to be supported with this workshop so that they can continue to make impact.

Our facilitators are seasoned and professional coaches with a wealth of experience and they will be glad to share their insights.

If you have any queries about the event, please contact Dr. Abena Aduse-Poku by email coordinator@emsoni.org

Date: Sunday, 25th September 2022

Time: 2pm to 5pm

Shared Education in Youth Work & Developing An Agenda for Peace

To celebrate Good Relations Week, join us for a presentation and discussion on Shared Education & partnership development within the youth sector held by YouthAction & Corrymeela.

The presentation and discussion will explore their resource ‘Developing an Agenda for Peace through Youth Work: Application to Practice’, which is designed to centre peacebuilding within youth work, asking key reflective questions of those involved in, or those seeking to become involved in, partnership work.

Corrymeela will present their resource ‘Shared Education in Youth Work’, examining the current context of shared work within the sector & how youth clubs can establish shared learning experiences, bringing young people from different backgrounds together.

For tickets please click here.