As part of Good Relations Week, Ballymoney Library invite everyone to chose either a blank or worded brick art craft sheet and select a word, that you feel unites your community together and to colour, scribble, draw or design your art template to help us build our project display of good relations within your community’.
Event Type: Discussion or Talk
Love Your Community in Ballyclare Library
Come along to Ballyclare Library and tells us what you love about your community and how you came to live in Ballyclare on the “Love Your Community Board” during Good Relations Week.
Ards and North Down Borough Council – Good Relations Week 2023 – Shared History
The Ards and North Down Borough Council’s Good Relation’s Shared history programme –
A shared history programme exploring the history of Londonderry/Derry. Four cross community trips to “The Siege Museum” and the “Museum of Free Derry”.
Participants learn about both the Siege of Londonderry/Derry, the formation of the Apprentice Boys and Bloody Sunday, formation of The Bloody Sunday Trust and the ongoing search for justice with a facilitated tour and seminar.
Between the visits to the Museums, we will have two online seminars from the facilitators of the Museums, allowing participants to gain more knowledge and ask questions.
Seminars are delivered on Zoom @ 7pm
Tuesday 19th September – William Moore – Past Governor and current General Secretary of the Apprentice Boys
Wednesday 20th September – John Kelly – Relation, campaigner and facilitator for The Bloody Sunday Trust.
Cafe Culture
This café style dialogue event has been designed to raise awareness of the people from many different cultures who have come to live in the Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council area.
Conversations will take place in a café style environment with the purpose of creating a positive and informal space to hear from individuals representing a variety of cultural and racial groups. It is an opportunity to learn about different countries, why people have left their home country, what the experiences have been for them arriving in a new country, cultural and religious differences and much more.
This is a great opportunity to hear from people directly and have the opportunity to ask questions with the aim of raising awareness and understanding of cultural diversity and differences, the reasons why people come here, the challenges they may face and how they make a positive contribution within our local communities.
This event will also include presentations from 2 local community organisations who will give an overview of the work they have been doing to assist newcomers and the experiences and learning that they have gained to develop the projects that they now implement to support individuals and to aid positive community integration.
To attend, register your interest at good.relations@causewaycoastandglens.gov.uk.
Sharing and Learning Together
A group of local women from across Donegall Pass, Donegall Road and Sandy Row are set to visit 174 Trust as part of an ongoing consultation in preparation for the development of a Good Relations Hub on Donegall Pass.
The group hopes to learn from what has gone before, share experiences, see first hand what can be achieved and be inspired by what is possible.
Opportunities and Challenges for Schools and Communities along the Border
Over the past year, a research team at Ulster University’s School of Education have completed a project funded through the International Fund for Ireland’s Communities in Partnership Programme (supported by the Integrated Education Fund and Educate Together).
Throughout this process, the UU team have engaged with a wide range of stakeholders from different border communities including local residents and political, statutory and community representatives. We hope you can join us to hear more about the research and its findings on the opportunities and challenges facing primary schools and communities on either side of the border.
Please note that this is a hybrid event and you can choose to attend in-person or online (a meeting link will be circulated to those who’ve registered closer to the time).
A light lunch and refreshments will be provided for those attending in person.
For more information, please contact: Dr Jessica Blomkvist | jessica@ief.org.uk
Mileage/travel costs may be able to be accommodated to attend the event if required. Please contact gillian@ief.org.uk for further details.
An Audience with the Authors
Holywell Trust presents ‘An Audience with the Authors’ – an inclusive evening event, in conversation with local authors whose work addresses important community relations and cultural heritage themes. Authors will read extracts from their books and discuss their work, the context in which they were written and the role that literature plays in relation to culture on this island and beyond.
The conversation will reflect diverse perspectives as well as examine the themes of identity, legacy and diaspora in cultural produce. The event will provide an opportunity for the audience to hear from diverse perspectives, celebrate culture and consider the role that literature can play in advancing peacebuilding and community relations.
This event is also part of the Culture Night programme.
‘Stories from a lost Homeland’
Inter Ethnic Forum and Bann Maine West invite you to
‘Stories from a lost homeland’ with Keynote speaker Masako Carey
Join us as Masako gives an insight into Japanese culture and shares her personal journey from Japan to NI; the painful loss of family, friends and places familiar and her love for Northern Ireland which she has called home since 2001.
This will be followed by a sushi-rolling demonstration.
Fighting Words NI Workshop in Rathcoole Library
Rathcoole is welcoming the team from Fighting Words NI for a special workshop blending storytelling and illustration together. This event is aimed at children between the ages of 9 and 11. Advanced booking essential!
Communit-Tea at Greystone Library
Come along to Greystone Library for some tea, stories and chat at our special Good Relations Event with guest Martin McDowell from North of Ireland Family History Society.