Good Relations Strategy and Plan 2018-2021

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Project activities may include, for
example and prior to consultation with
the local partnerships, issues such as
Traveller awareness, sectarian tension
and bonfires.
• Young people as leaders and
influencers will be encouraged to
develop programme themselves on
a cross community basis.
The programme will be delivered
through formal youth clubs or similar
organisations but it will explore the use
of detached youth work to identify and
work with the young people currently
outside formal youth provision.
The programme will be educational with
a focus on the past and why we live in
the society we do with the issues it has;
and an understanding of how the society
has changed with many people from BME
background finding a home in the
Council area.
Relationships will be developed across
the community, people from a particular
background will develop a better
understanding of the background and
beliefs of those from other backgrounds;
and better understand the impact of
sectarianism and racism, as well as its
impact on local communities, will be
better appreciated by participants. This
will be in the context of development
plans for each local growth partnership.
The Good Relations team will carry
out monitoring and evaluation with
programme partners and youth providers.
This will include opportunity for parents
to engage as some of the
indirect beneficiaries.
Future years will include:
• Lessons from the 2018/2019
programme being incorporated in to
future delivery;
Good Relations Grant Aid
In response to:
• Clear, meaningful and cross
community support for the
programme in all DEAs including
rural and urban areas;
• Evidence of outcome delivery with
previous grant aid;
• Evidence of Council’s commitment
equally to people across the Council
area through DEA allocations;
• Concern that BME organisations and
strategic Council-wide projects found
it more difficult to apply due to the
allocations per DEA;
• Building on successes of
programme to date.
The programme will provide small grant
aid to community based organisations
working in District Electoral Areas (DEA).
The programme covers most potential
outcome indicators within the
T:BUC framework.
The programme has been promoted
already to allow optimum opportunity to
support work throughout the financial
year. Information workshops will be held
(one in each DEA) and applications
received and processed efficiently.