Good Relations Strategy and Plan 2018-2021

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• Funded groups will be asked also to
engage with at least one other aspect
of the GR strategy
• Funded groups will be asked to ensure
acknowledgement of TEO and Derry
and Strabane District Council during
their work.
• Interfaces;
• Bonfire sites;
• BME, refugee and migrant worker
support centres.
Experiential Learning and Trust Building
In response to:
• Success of the programme to date
according to feedback;
• The need for greater awareness,
information and knowledge within
the VCSE;
• The need for delivery of more
experiential learning;
• Councillors willingness to engage;
• The need for some internal targeting
of knowledge and participation;
• Building on successes of programme
to date.
We will roll out a programme of
development and experiential learning
for staff, Councillors and communitybased
people that will engage with the
staff. This will include facilitated site visits
and experiencing at first hand issues,
conversations with key players and
needs/solutions. It will also include staff
being inducted on good relations.
We anticipate facilitated site visits to,
for example:
• Traveller sites;
• Tower Museum, the Siege Museum
and the Museum of Free Derry;
• Space considered contested;
In addition, the programme will develop
a cross Council understanding of issues
with site visits to Strabane and outlying
areas, and Derry City. It will explore issues
in each area and how good relations are
helping to progress the issues.
Future years will include:
• Induction of new staff in good
relations; and also newly elected
Councillors after the May
2019 elections;
• Council will further promote diversity
in the workplace;
• Funded groups will be asked to
participate or help organise visits
by staff and Councillors.
Networking and Clustering
In response to:
• Success to date;
• The flexibility of what can be
offered to meet needs;
• Continued need to work
in partnership;
• Ongoing cross community demand.