Play with our Planet event

We are welcoming local playgroups and families with children aged 0-4 to come and explore our loose parts play session.  Come along and connect with the Community!

Using recycled scrap-store materials, little ones can discover textures, build and create in their own playful way.  A fun introduction to caring for our Planet through play.

Family Activity Morning @ The Imaginarium Newry

Good relations start with childhood friendships.

The Integrated Education Fund (IEF) would like to invite families to join them for a morning of family activities on Saturday 25 October at the Imaginarium in Newry.

The morning is aimed at parents who are curious about what Transformation to Integrated status could look like in their child’s school.

Children will have the opportunity to take part in a creative workshop run by the Imaginarium for ages 5+, and their will be time for families to explore the creative space of the Imaginarium together.

The morning will conclude with a light lunch at 12.00pm.

Places are free, but all attendees must register for a ticket.

If you have any queries or would like more information, please contact Jen on 028 9069 4099 or email jen@ief.org.uk.

Cultivating Wellbeing and Peace 2

This new programme (6 sessions) which create and offers a space to participate in a creative enquiry around relational dynamics which make a difference – through well-being and creative activities.

It is co-designed and co-facilitated by a group of peer leaders supported by The Junction with funding made available by The Ideas Fund.

Through 6 sessions, you will  have an opportunity to:

  • Explore individual and collective wellbeing within a safe, supportive Community of Practice
  • Develop an appreciation of what it means to show up as your Authentic self
  • Become Curious about conflict and what it can teach us
  • Reflect on how we Connect to Ourselves and One Another in order to experience Peace within and without
  • Develop a greater comfort in sitting with Complexity

Recruitment for the 6 weeks is now underway. Further information is available by emailing projects@thejunction-ni.org

Cultivating Wellbeing and Peace 3

This new programme (6 sessions) which create and offers a space to participate in a creative enquiry around relational dynamics which make a difference – through well-being and creative activities.

It is co-designed and co-facilitated by a group of peer leaders supported by The Junction with funding made available by The Ideas Fund.

Through 6 sessions, you will  have an opportunity to:

  • Explore individual and collective wellbeing within a safe, supportive Community of Practice
  • Develop an appreciation of what it means to show up as your Authentic self
  • Become Curious about conflict and what it can teach us
  • Reflect on how we Connect to Ourselves and One Another in order to experience Peace within and without
  • Develop a greater comfort in sitting with Complexity

Recruitment for the 6 weeks is now underway. Further information is available by emailing projects@thejunction-ni.org

Cultivating Wellbeing and Peace 4

This new programme (6 sessions) which create and offers a space to participate in a creative enquiry around relational dynamics which make a difference – through well-being and creative activities.

It is co-designed and co-facilitated by a group of peer leaders supported by The Junction with funding made available by The Ideas Fund.

Through 6 sessions, you will  have an opportunity to:

  • Explore individual and collective wellbeing within a safe, supportive Community of Practice
  • Develop an appreciation of what it means to show up as your Authentic self
  • Become Curious about conflict and what it can teach us
  • Reflect on how we Connect to Ourselves and One Another in order to experience Peace within and without
  • Develop a greater comfort in sitting with Complexity

Recruitment for the 6 weeks is now underway. Further information is available by emailing projects@thejunction-ni.org

Cultivating Wellbeing and Peace 5

This new programme (6 sessions) which create and offers a space to participate in a creative enquiry around relational dynamics which make a difference – through well-being and creative activities.

It is co-designed and co-facilitated by a group of peer leaders supported by The Junction with funding made available by The Ideas Fund.

Through 6 sessions, you will  have an opportunity to:

  • Explore individual and collective wellbeing within a safe, supportive Community of Practice
  • Develop an appreciation of what it means to show up as your Authentic self
  • Become Curious about conflict and what it can teach us
  • Reflect on how we Connect to Ourselves and One Another in order to experience Peace within and without
  • Develop a greater comfort in sitting with Complexity

Recruitment for the 6 weeks is now underway. Further information is available by emailing projects@thejunction-ni.org

Cultivating Wellbeing and Peace 6

This new programme (6 sessions) which create and offers a space to participate in a creative enquiry around relational dynamics which make a difference – through well-being and creative activities.

It is co-designed and co-facilitated by a group of peer leaders supported by The Junction with funding made available by The Ideas Fund.

Through 6 sessions, you will  have an opportunity to:

  • Explore individual and collective wellbeing within a safe, supportive Community of Practice
  • Develop an appreciation of what it means to show up as your Authentic self
  • Become Curious about conflict and what it can teach us
  • Reflect on how we Connect to Ourselves and One Another in order to experience Peace within and without
  • Develop a greater comfort in sitting with Complexity

Recruitment for the 6 weeks is now underway. Further information is available by emailing projects@thejunction-ni.org

Shared? 2

Shared?  is a theatre show that tells the interlinking stories of the residents of one small set of streets in south Belfast, as they bash into each other’s paths, confronting moments when they may be able to see very few choices while trying to do their absolute best.

We are offering an entertainingly serious opportunity to share, and kick around, ideas on one of the most basic human rights – housing, and a home life that provides safety and opportunity.

The play touches on social and financial struggles, the pleasures and perils of neighbours, mental health, loneliness, racism, the (infamous) mysteries of the points system, nostalgia and a sense of loss for things that seem to have gone.  Conspiracy theories and rumour are rife in the relationships between landlords (private and social), tenants and neighbours, residents’ groups, politicians and planners.

None of us are setting out to fix anything or offer easy answers to complex issues. We’re just trying to frame the right questions and, mainly, to show the human lives behind statistics and stereotypes.  It’s great craic too of course and free so get there early.

COST: FREE

DATES AND TIMES:    Friday 17th October at 7.30pm Markets Community Centre                                                                   Saturday 18th October at 7.30pm Donegall Pass Community Centre                                                                                                                                            Sunday 19th October at 6pm Sandy Row Community Centre

Duration approximately 90 minutes

Cuchulainn Initiative – Ulster GAA

Mayoral reception for the Bangor Boys Cuchulainn GAA team at Bangor Castle.

North Down and Ards Mayor, Gilliam McCollum, will host a reception for the Bangor Cuchulainns Cross community GAA team. The Bangor Cuchulainns are a team of U15 boys from St Columbanus and Bangor Academy Sixth form college that came together through sport to represent their town at the All Britain Championships, in London, in July.

The boys, none of whom had any background in Gaelic Games, prepared for 3 months to learn the skills of the game in a team setting to form friendships that will last a lifetime.

They are the first team from Bangor to participate in Ulster GAA’s flagship cross community initiative and represented their schools, their family and their town with distinction.

 

 

Shared? 3

Shared?  is a theatre show that tells the interlinking stories of the residents of one small set of streets in south Belfast, as they bash into each other’s paths, confronting moments when they may be able to see very few choices while trying to do their absolute best.

We are offering an entertainingly serious opportunity to share, and kick around, ideas on one of the most basic human rights – housing, and a home life that provides safety and opportunity.

The play touches on social and financial struggles, the pleasures and perils of neighbours, mental health, loneliness, racism, the (infamous) mysteries of the points system, nostalgia and a sense of loss for things that seem to have gone.  Conspiracy theories and rumour are rife in the relationships between landlords (private and social), tenants and neighbours, residents’ groups, politicians and planners.

None of us are setting out to fix anything or offer easy answers to complex issues. We’re just trying to frame the right questions and, mainly, to show the human lives behind statistics and stereotypes.  It’s great craic too of course and free so get there early.

COST: FREE

DATES AND TIMES:    Friday 17th October at 7.30pm Markets Community Centre                                                                   Saturday 18th October at 7.30pm Donegall Pass Community Centre                                                                                                                                            Sunday 19th October at 6pm Sandy Row Community Centre

Duration approximately 90 minutes