12–18 October 2026 · Include
Every event in the Good Relations Week 2026 programme. Most are free, all are open to anyone, and they run right across Northern Ireland.
23 dates run outside the festival week
59 events on Thursday 15 October, filtered
Panel discussion
Giving older people a voice, creating opportunities to share experiences and encouraging participation in decisions that affect our communities.
Showcase or award
An opportuinity for group to come together and identify the needs in the area as well as an opportunity to network and speak with funders working in the area.
Conference
Supporting OUR Generation’s Shared Learning Event, the GR Team will promote inclusion, peace, wellbeing and positive relationships.
Exhibition
Bangor Carnegie Library hosts an exhibition to celebrate the diverse voices and experiences that make up our local community.
Other
Through Padlet and GC, pupils from our 4 partner SE schools will share images representing their identity and contribute their thoughts on what inclusion means, creating a shared space where all pupils can view and learn from one another's contributions.
Showcase or award
Community groups in the Antrim area can apply for a £1,000 award through Antrim Community Grab a Grand. Seventeen grants are available to support local projects, activities, events and initiatives that benefit the wider community.
Workshop, training or seminar
An engaging workshop helping young people understand cultural diversity, challenge stereotypes and appreciate different perspectives. Through practical activities, pupils learn how they can help create a more respectful and inclusive community.
Showcase or award
The programme, which is supported by the Education Authority Intercultural Education Service, Belfast City Council and Belfast City of Sanctuary, has grown significantly since Blythefield Primary School in South Belfast became Belfast’s first School of Sa
Other
A good relations themed week with The LOTUS Group at Roe Valley Residents Association in Limavady.
Workshop, training or seminar
Is your school planning a shared education trip as part of Good Relations Week? Join us in Dream Space at W5 LIFE with your shared education partner school for a free STEM-focused workshop with an emphasis on teamwork and collaboration.
Storytelling
Bring along a favourite family recipe to Newcastle Library and share the personal or cultural story behind it.
Publication or report
We are coming together to launch the Meeting, Mapping, Moving - Ballymena Recovering plan. This collaborative process aimed to do three things: meet honestly, map the situation clearly, and continue moving towards recovery together.
Exhibition
Mid Ulster Inspire art showcase in Cookstown Library.
Sporting event
The Unity EURO Cup, organised by UEFA and UNHCR, uses football to bring together refugees and members of host communities, promoting inclusion, integration and belonging. Since its launch in 2022, the tournament has grown from eight teams to 22 teams for
Celebration or social
To celebrate Good Relations Week, Strathfoyle Library welcomes you to call in, enjoy a cuppa and take some time for a friendly chat.
Discussion or talk
Join us to hear from churches on how they took action during the race riots and the impact on their communities as they did.
Celebration or social
Join us during Good Relations Week in Kells and Connor Library for a cuppa and conversation.
Other
Help build something together this Good Relations Week. Drop by Broughshane Library to add your own splash of colour to our growing community mural.
Performance, drama, music or film
Find out more about Called Out!, a powerful theatre-based programme bringing schools and partners together across Mid Ulster to promote respect, healthy relationships and safer communities.
Workshop, training or seminar
Four facilitators from four countries (Venezuela, Palestine, Ukraine and Nigeria) will be delivering closed cultural education workshops into primary schools across the Causeway Coast and Glens.
Exhibition
Sitting between land art and landscape photography, Lowry creates temporary, often barely legible interventions that exist for a moment before disappearing back into the terrain.
Exhibition
Martin’s work challenges what it means to become visible on one’s own terms. Her photographs do not present identity as settled or singular, instead, they reveal the self as layered, contradictory and continually changing.
Workshop, training or seminar
This Programme will be delivered to 12 primary schools,
Workshop, training or seminar
Comber library hosts a guided mindfulness session
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