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All Council press releases are available below and in the archive.

Small Steps help turn page to a Shared Future

2nd July 2008

Small steps being taken in the community to build a shared future have been captured in a new book compiled following a public consultation. The book of 100 Small Steps produced by the One Small Step Campaign includes examples of projects, initiatives and gestures taking place in communities across Northern Ireland to heal division and break down barriers. Senator George Mitchell, who wrote the book’s foreword, took delivery of the first copy off the press. The book will be launched and made available to the public after the summer.


Ten Years after the Agreement - Reconciliation Postponed?

30th April 2008

As part of Community Relations Week the Community Relations Council is today (30 April) holding its annual policy conference at the Europa Hotel in Belfast. In the year that marks 40 years since the first civil rights marches, ten years since the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement and one year since the restoration of devolution, the conference is using a good relations lens to ask what now lies ahead.


Campaigner Receives Community Relations Highest Award

30th April 2008

Anne Carr peace campaigner, receives the Community Relations Award for Exceptional Achievement from Tony McCusker, Community Relations Council Chairman.


Community Groups Converge To Share Best Practice

29th April 2008

A special conference designed to share innovations and best practice in youth reconciliation work will take place in Belfast as part of Community Relations Week (26th April - 3rd May 2008).


Major economic push will fail without a shared society

28th April 2008

Efforts to create a world-class Northern Ireland economy will fail if division in society is not also addressed, according to the chief executive of Northern Ireland’s Community Relations Council (CRC). Speaking to mark Community Relations Week, which includes more than 140 events across Northern Ireland this week, Dr Duncan Morrow says that improving and expanding the economy must go hand-in-hand with a major push to end intimidation and segregation.


A Sustainable Peace?

7th March 2008

The Community Relations Council has published a book based on research conducted under the EU Programme for Peace and Reconciliation (Peace II). Entitled ‘A Sustainable Peace?’ the publication contains articles by 12 researchers on themes covering politicians, former political prisoners, trade unions, the voluntary sector, interface conflict, truth recovery processes, and young people.


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