The Decade of Anniversaries refers to the period of the Home Rule Crisis and the Ulster Covenant Campaign in 1912 through to Partition and the establishment of two parliaments in Ireland in 1921/22.  The Community Relations Council and Heritage Lottery Fund organised the first 'Remembering the Future' conference that took place on 21 March 2011.  This began a continuing conversation about the issue of remembering in public space.  To support this CRC and HLF developed and promoted a widely endorsed set of principles.  A series of conferences and resources fairs were organised with partners.  Publications and videos developed include Remembering the Future 11 Session Lecture Series, a Toolkit of case studies, videos and publications on the three conferences.  We produced these in order to promote balanced understanding of difficult history, using the historical facts and drawing on different narratives. 

Resources are available on this page and Creative Centenaries

Useful Resources

• Review of the Marking Anniversaries Period and Future Challenges 2018 (PDF 1.7 MB)
• Decade of Anniversaries - Highlights of a Review of Decade of Centenaries 2012 - 2023 (PDF 421.41 KB)
• Update 2018 - Decade of Anniversaries Toolkit (PDF 2 MB)
• http://creativecentenaries.org/resources 
• Decade Principles for Remembering in Public Space (PDF 147 KB)
• Decade of Anniversaries Toolkit (PDF 1.4 MB)
• Remembering the Future - Reflections (PDF 1.6 MB)
• Remembering 1916 (PDF 916 KB)
• Remembering the Future discussion paper (PDF 364 KB)
• Remembering the Future - Funding Guidance (PDF 391 KB)
• Brian Cowan Speech: A Decade of Commemorations (Word 43 KB)

View videos of the Decade of Centenaries Lecture Series on YouTube

View Videos from the Conflict, Polarisation and Partition Conference on YouTube