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13 March 2009

Are you currently engaged in making a positive difference within your local community or area? Are you part of a new generation of community leaders who became active since 1998? Are you interested in learning more about ‘dealing with the past’ issues in Northern Ireland and internationally?

INCORE at the University of Ulster, Intercomm Ireland, Belfast, and the Peace and Reconciliation Group, Derry/Londonderry are currently accepting applications for community leaders to participate in an exciting project called ‘Journeys Out’. The Journeys Out Project aims to engage a new generation of community leaders in the debate about ‘dealing with the past’, to explore these issues within their local communities and to learn more from international experiences of ‘dealing with the past’ following conflict.

During 2009-2010, the project will work with 20 emerging community leaders from a variety of backgrounds and experiences to explore the legacy of the conflict and how local communities can make a contribution to the on-going debate on how to ‘deal with the past’. The target areas for the first cohort of participants are North/East/West Belfast; Strabane; Ballymena and Derry/Londonderry.

For more information and to download an application form visit www.incore.ulst.ac.uk/policy/jo/, email je.farren@ulster.ac.uk or call 028 71375575 to request further information and an application form. Closing date for receipt of applications is Friday, the 20^th of March, at 5pm.