Community Relations Council
Equity Diversity Interdependence
Promoting a Peaceful and Fair
Society based on Reconciliation
and Mutual Trust.
Derry City
Derry City Council and CRC
Your Space Or Mine? Launch
Guildhall
Wednesday 21st April at 11.30am - 2.30pm
Betty/Angela/Sue 028 7134 5160
The CR Week campaign launch and NW regional launch will be a packed and interactive event with music, drama and much more. All welcome and entry is free.
Lincoln Courts Youth and Community Association
Launch of Re-imaging Art Piece
Lincoln Courts Community Centre
Wednesday 21st April at 3.30pm
Rob Collins 077 0644 6106
This event involves removing contentious murals and territorial markings from an estate to make it a more welcoming, shared space where children could play football without being reminded of our troubled past.
Derry City Council
Your Space Or Mine? Campaign
Foyleside Shopping Centre
Friday 23rd - Saturday 24th April at 10am – 4pm
Betty/Angela/Sue 028 7134 5160
This campaign gives the public a chance to sign up to our ‘Living Petition’, supporting shared space locally, with the opportunity to receive CR Week programmes and magazines.
Derry City Council
All Arts and Parts
Waterside Theatre/Ebrington Centre
Saturday 24th April at 1.30pm - 4.30pm
Betty/Angela/Sue 028 7134 5160
Focusing on shared space, this free public event is a cross-community event with music workshops from ‘Different Drums’ and arts workshops with the North West Carnival Initiative.
Derry City Council
World United a Multi-Cultural Soccer Extravaganza
Bishops Field, Creggan
Sunday 25th April at 2pm – 5pm
Kevin Doherty 078 0232 7592
This upbeat family event invites the public to spectate at a dramatic four way soccer contest, aiming to unite people from different backgrounds through sport.
Shared City Project and Derry City Council
Drama - Exodus Revisited
The Playhouse Monday 26th April at 8pm (Doors open 7.45pm)
Jeanette Warke 028 7132 9144
This community drama revisits the trauma behind the exodus of people from both sides of the city during the Troubles, whilst highlighting how the community has moved forward.
Peace & Reconciliation Group
'Derry/Londonderry Lights The Way'
Millennium Forum
Monday 26th April at 1.45pm and 3pm
Eilis Haden info@peaceprg.co.uk
This event aims to demonstrate the support available to young people through organisations such as Childline, Lifestart, CRAFT and the Peace & Reconciliation Group. Through this event we aim to support and encourage young people who have been adversely affected by sectarianism and racism.
Northern Ireland Housing Executive
North WestHousing Information Day
Ebrington Centre
Monday 26th April at 11am – 12.30pm
Karen Scrivens 028 7128 8858
The Housing Executive is supporting a North West Housing Information Day for BME groups in partnership with Sai Pak Integration Network and Derry City Council on Monday 26th April 2010 as part of Community Relations Week. The event will be held at the Ebrington Centre.
Shared City Project and Derry City Council
All Things Bright and Beautiful Flower Festival
Carlisle Road Methodist Church Monday 26th April 1pm – Festival on display all CR Week
Jeanette Warke 028 7132 9144
The festival provides the general public with thought provoking and eye-catching displays telling the stories of participants from the Shared City Project.
Peace and Reconciliation Group
Workshop - What is the impact, locally, on the devolution of policing and justice powers: regarding dealing with the past
The Junction
Monday 26th April at 11am – 1pm
Michael Doherty 028 7136 9206
The workshop involves a panel of speakers who work in peace building and peace keeping sharing their views and answering questions.
Derry City Council and Eglinton Community Ltd
Shared City/Divided City/Remembering Diversity Exhibitions
Eglinton Community Hall
Monday 26th April at 12noon
Betty/Angela/Sue 028 7134 5160
Visit Eglinton Community Hall and view the Shared City/Divided City exhibition, reflecting on issues of division and unity in the local area.
DerryCity Council and Gaslight Productions Ltd
Epilogues Certificates and Taster Session
The Nerve Centre
Monday 26th April at 1pm – 2.30pm
Betty/Angela/ Sue 028 7134 5160
Certificates will be presented to participants of the CR training programme Epilogues, while also recruiting people for the next course on issues such as justice, human rights and loss.
Derry City Council and Beyond Skin
Magnetic North
Two Local Schools
Monday 26th April
9.30am – 3pm
Betty/Angela/Sue 028 7134 5160
Two lucky local secondary schools (first come first served) will have the chance to take part in the Magnetic North - Discovering why folks come to Northern Ireland session. Through poems, song and story, pupils produce their own radio show - broadcast through Homely Planet Internet Radio.
Derry City Council and Nerve Centre
Five Minutes of Heaven film screening and discussion
The Nerve Centre
Monday 26th April at 7.15pm – 9.30pm
Betty/Angela/Sue 028 7134 5160
An opportunity to see and discuss the award winning film ‘Five Minutes of Heaven’ which raises questions about forgiveness, truth, reconciliation and the legacy of violence.
Community Bridges Programme of IFI
North West Cluster Workshop
North West Play Resource Centre
Monday 26th April at 10.30am – 2pm
Emer Lyttle or Emma Jackson 028 9022 7500
This workshop for Community Bridges Programme projects includes information sharing, networking and discussions around the issues, concerns and forward plans of CBP groups.
Derry City Council Heritage and Museum Service
Your Place or Mine? Exhibition
Workhouse Museum
Monday 26th - Thursday 29th April and Saturday 1st May at 10am - 4.30pm
Margaret Edwards 028 7137 7331or 028 7131 8328
This exhibition looks at the Plantation of Ulster in the three council areas of Derry, Strabane and Omagh, to highlight the legacy of the Plantation and the impact this has had on our shared heritage.
Shared City Project and Derry City Council
The Art of Healing Exhibition
The Playhouse
Monday 26th April – Saturday 1st May at 7pm (Monday 26th April)
Jeanette Warke 028 7132 9144
This exhibition displays work from the Cross-Community Education Programme with inspiring pieces of art, watercolours, oils and photographs, on the theme of shared space.
Shared City Project, Women Into Irish History
Celebration of 10 Years of‘ Shared History’ Exhibition
Waterside Museum
Monday 26th April - Monday 3rd May at 9am - 4pm
Jeanette Warke 028 7132 9144
Women from cross-community backgrounds will celebrate and highlight the numerous projects they have delivered through the Women Into Irish History Group.
The Playhouse
What IF? OCN Graduation, Exhibition and Mural Launch
The Playhouse
Monday 26th April – Monday 3rd May
Siu‡n McLaughlin 028 7126 8027
A collection of photographs documenting The What IF? Project and the launch of the mural will celebrate the work of this group, made up of young people from interface communities.
Shared City Project, Derry City Council
Launch of Book Moving On
Verbal Arts Centre
Tuesday 27th April at 7.30pm
Jeanette Warke 028 7132 9144
This book, containing poetry, short stories and drama, has been created with women from across Derry City Council area. The launch will highlight the ongoing community relations work.
Derry City Council/SEEDS/Foyle Multi-cultural Forum
Migration and Emigration Exhibits and I’m Not Racist ButÉTraining Resource
Tower Museum
Tuesday 27th April at 1pm – 2.30pm
Betty/Angela/Sue 028 7134 5160
The launch of the exhibition and screening of an anti-racism DVD will provide insight into experiences of ethnic minorities and migrants.
Derry City Council/Apprentice Boys of Derry
A Model City?
Memorial Hall
Tuesday 27th April at 3pm
Betty/Angela/Sue 028 7134 5160
Come along to the launch of a new 17th century model exhibit of the city and join a free tour of the Siege of Derry Exhibition housed there throughout CR Week. (Advance booking for groups essential)
Derry City Council
Do You Get The Guildhall?
Council Chamber, The Guildhall
Tuesday 27th April at 9.30am – 12.30pm
Betty/Angela/Sue 028 7134 5160
Explore local politics and learn how to make your voice heard with this workshop including a mock rates debate, interview with a local councillor and tour of the Guildhall. (Advance booking essential)
Holywell Trust
City Centre Forum Chicken Soup for the Soul
The Junction
Tuesday 27th April at 12noon - 2pm
Gemma Harkin 028 7126 1941
People from across the city will come together to discuss issues relevant to diversity and sharing the city together with focus on the theme, Chicken Soup for the Soul.
Echo Echo Dance Theatre Company
Interactions: Two evenings of dance performance
Waterside Theatre
Tuesday 27th - Wednesday 28th April at 8pm
Sarah Young 028 7134 2266
People from all communities can come along and experience an evening of contemporary dance performance by local dancers.
Derry City Council
Our Present Past Good Relations Education Programme
Tower Museum
Tuesday 27th – Thursday 29th April at 10am – 4.30pm
Betty/Angela/Sue 028 7134 5160
Schools (KS2-4) or community groups can visit the Tower Museum Good Relations Programme with interactive workshops exploring local history in the context of different viewpoints and traditions today.
The Nerve Centre
CR Film Season
The Nerve Centre Cinema
Tuesday 27th - Thursday 29th April at 7.30pm
John Peto 028 7126 0562
This event will screen films that have lodged themselves in the public conscience and provide an opportunity to reflect on a changed and changing Northern Ireland; ‘Life After Life’ (27th); ‘The Precious Blood’ (28th); ‘A Rap At The Door’ (29th).
Derry City Council
Community Relations Table Quiz
Badgers
Wednesday 28th April at 7.30pm
Joanna Boyd 028 7136 5151
The quiz will bring women from all backgrounds together to participate in a fun quiz night with elements of community relations in each round.
Derry City Council
A Sense of Place Mystery Tour
Top secret - but we start and end at Sainsbury’s Carpark
Wednesday 28th April at 9.30am - 4.30pm
Betty/Angela/Sue 028 7134 5160
The tour is open to the public and will visit community venues across the city relevant to community relations work and shared space. Bring a coat and walking shoes.
Derry City Council & Western Group Environmental Health Service
The Art of Communication Research Launch Conference
City Hotel
Thursday 29th April at 9.30am – 2pm
Eamonn Toner 028 7136 5151
This conference celebrates the launch of innovative research exploring issues about the mainstreaming of good relations practical ideas into statutory environmental health services, with a focus on relationships with ethnic minorities.
Cathedral Youth Club
Launch of Footsteps Through the Fountain Tourist Trail
The Nerve Centre
Thursday 29th April at 4pm
Jeanette Warke 028 7126 0483
A brochure and DVD with information compiled by young people will be launched to highlight 22 sites of interest relevant to the Fountain estate, encouraging the wider community to visit the estate and dispel the threat, fear and sectarian myth around this community.
Waterside Links - Waterside Area Partnership
Waterside Links Tea Dance
Clooney Hall, Clooney Terrace
Thursday 29th April at 2.30pm – 4.30pm
Louise Moore 028 7134 9594
People from all over the Waterside area will come together for an afternoon, forgetting about the past and sharing the future with each other in a happy and pleasant environment.
Shared City Project, Derry City Council
Shared Space Community Health Day
Cathedral Youth Club
Friday 30th April at 11am – 3pm
Jeanette Warke 028 7126 0483
or 078 0873 6927
The event will provide a shared space for women, men and young adults to come together to take part in a tour of the area, avail of health advice and enjoy a healthy lunch.
Community Relations Council Resource Fair
St Columb’s Park House
Friday 30th April at 11am – 2pm
Ellana Tomasso 028 9022 7500
An opportunity for community relations groups to showcase their community relations training and resources to other organisations, groups and individuals.
Derry City Council Heritage and Museum Service and Eastside Community Heritage Group in London
Ireland – What was that all about then? Seminar
Tower Museum
Friday 30th April at 10.30am – 12.30pm
Margaret Edwards 028 7137 7331
Participants in the Eastside project, together with panel members from a range of backgrounds, will discuss how British attitudes and policy towards Northern Ireland have changed over the past 40 years.
Derry City Council
Places and Spaces Directory Launch
The Junction
Friday 30th April at 1pm – 2.30pm
Betty/Angela/Sue 028 7134 5160
This event will celebrate the launch of a community relations focused directory ‘Places and Spaces’, to help the sustainability of the local sector by marketing venues, organisations, projects, training courses and historical links in the North West. (Lunch included)
St Columb’s Park House
Lark in the Park
St Columb’s Park Adventure Play area
Saturday 1st May at 2pm - 5pm
Damian McSorley 028 7134 3080
Five groups from the `Ur street Ur choice` programme, will be invited to take part in a variety of workshops comprising taster sessions of music, dance, art and craft and drama.
Derry City Council
DiverseCity Exhibition Viewing
The Diamond Centre
Throughout CR Week at 9am – 7pm
Betty/Angela/Sue 028 7134 5160
The ‘DiverseCity’ exhibition explores themes of ethnic diversity, migration and attitudes to these topics in the local area.
Eglinton Community Hall Ltd & Energy Saving Trust
Green Communities
Eglinton Community Hall
Throughout CR Week at 9am – 5pm
Debbie Caulfield 028 7181 2303
This cross-community event is open to all and will look at issues including energy saving and energy efficiency, plus a community relations information stall. It will celebrate the installation of solar thermal panels in the hall.
The Junction
Storytelling Festival
Various Locations
Throughout CR Week
Various times
Maureen Hetherington 028 7135 1942
The festival provides an opportunity for participants to engage in the appreciation of cultural diversity, using the arts as a medium of expression.
Ulster Special Constabulary Association
Photographic display
Place of Event TBC
Date TBC
Time TBC
Uel Hamilton 077 2020 1655
This event aims to bring people from various communities together, to see the unique history of Ulster Special Constabulary Association through photographs and memorabilia.
Cresco Trust
StravaganzaÉ The Art of Inclusion
The UU School of Creative Arts and Sandino’s
Wednesday 28th April
Time to be confirmed
Jaci Wilde 028 7126 9400 or 075 9383 8571
The event will screen ‘The Art of Inclusion’, a multimedia piece on the Bill of Rights featuring members of Stravaganza, followed by a discussion on the Bill of Rights and performance by the Stravaganza Ensemble.
