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Contact: Glen Barr

The Ebrington Centre
Glendermott Road
Waterside

Tel: 028 7131 1005

E-Mail: gbarr@maydownebrington.freeserve.co.uk

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Aims and Objectives

To attempt to alleviate the severe youth unemployment in the area.
To integrate the various religious communities in the area in a working experience and to encourage better understanding and tolerance.
To provide opportunities for personal and self advancement.
To encourage the people to become involved in the welfare of their local community.
To make the resources of the project available to the wider community groups, disabled and senior citizens etc.
To explore the possibility of developing projects to assist other European and other worldwide groups.

Projects and Activities

During the past 7 years the company has developed a special community relations programme through its work in making people throughout the island of Ireland aware of the historical event of the 7 June 1917 when the Nationalist 16th Irish and Unionist 36th Ulster Divisions fought side by side at the Battle of Messines Ridge in World War I. The first project was the construction of the island of Ireland Peace Park by young people from throughout Ireland, dedicated on 11 November 1998 by President McAleese, HM Queen Elizabeth II and HM King Albert II, followed by the construction of the International School for Peace Studies, the introduction of the Fellowship of Messines Project to train people in the skills of conflict resolution and mediation and a new project to commence this autumn to build a 128 bed peace village.