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Evaluation Report LONDONDERRY BANDS FORUM EVALUATION REPORT www.cityprintderry.com LONDONDERRY AUTUMN 2016 BANDS “Challenging Preconceptions and Misconceptions FORUM through Education and Dialogue” Londonderry Bands Forum LONDONDERRY BANDS FORUM ‘Atharraich’ Becoming Something Different FOREWORD This evaluation is a reminder of the road travelled in terms of developing meaningful conflict transformation in Derry/Londonderry. This is a very helpful mapping exercise in terms of understanding how unionist alienation was captured and then explored in positive terms with regard to seeking a better understanding of how to achieve greater inclusion of a minority population which had felt aggrieved and unaided. I was privileged to have been one of the authors of the Population Change and Social Inclusion Study Derry/ Londonderry a decade ago. When we launched the report in St. Columb’s Park House in 2006 the then Mayor Lynn Fleming of Sinn Fein welcomed the report and concluded that she had never thought about the issues that the research had raised around cultural and other forms of exclusion felt by Protestants within the city. This was a welcome summary but what we were witnessing was the importance of emergent leadership based upon seeking solutions through evidence that was verifiable and robust. More importantly, the emotions of alienation were, through the leadership that was to develop, linked not to intransigence but to a vocabulary of exclusion linked to inclusion seeking. This approach that came from within was thoughtful, open-minded and transformation seeking. What that early report showed was that the drift out of the city had abated and that there was in many ways a pride about being from the city but a regret regarding inclusion within in. It also displayed a desire to move on, to find solutions and for the politics of unionism to offer more positive visions of the Protestant community’s future. The central tensions remained regarding the non-recognition, beyond unionism, of flight from the city-side, that the city centre was not always a shared or secured space and that cultural identity notably around parading was not treated with esteem and tolerance. So began a journey of presenting issues through evidence and the desire to find a place within the city’s culture and its future. As this evaluation highlights, the rolling out of recognition seeking through partnerships across the city’s divide was a key development over the past decade. Much of that was impressively tied to leadership within the Protestant community which challenged a state of mind in which the opportunity to challenge sectarianism and exclusion was unimagined. An example of a modern ‘… boom that crossed the Foyle was breached’. As Terry Wright’s evaluation eloquently shows the focus of partnership building was a challenge to both the city’s majority and minority communities that was linked to a sequence of reports, ideas, models and increasing confidence around leadership from within. This challenge led to new forms of intra-community engagement and ultimately risk-taking, all of which was defined by the goal of agreement, recognition and acknowledgement. The 2011 Gateway to Participation report and the formation of the Londonderry Band’s Forum aided the attainment of more cultural and civic leadership. It also gained influence among funders, local business people and non-unionists as a credible and solution seeking process with the capacity to reverse perceptions of harm, denial and abandonment. As Terry notes ‘the UK City of Culture 2013 and a desire for it to be inclusive created a situation where groups hitherto seen as diametrically opposed in terms of politics and owing allegiance to different cultures and associated identities showed a willingness to engage and co- operate.’ The Maiden City Accord, the Bands Forum and other efforts and initiatives are not just an example of accommodation at the local level, but a potential/viable/plausible prototype for many divided places. Such an achievement would be remarkable if it could be replicated across Northern Ireland. As a Belfast man even I have to admit that Derry/Londonderry is the exemplar of achieving reconciliation in Northern Ireland. One example of the seemingly unachievable was the inclusion of unionist culture in the Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann. As one respondent noted in this evaluation ‘I was one of the main supporters of involvement in the 1 LONDONDERRY BANDS FORUM ‘Atharraich’ Becoming Something Different Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann. It was a musical festival. I followed the bands to Sligo. There was great positivity and acceptance of our culture. People enjoyed the music.’ The sign that cultures perceived as alien to each could find a common root is highly impressive. But as Terry’s evaluation shows not all voices see these positive developments in the same light and it is the duty of those who lead to recognise that and to continue to bring others along and remove that fear that engagement is a negative as opposed to an opportunity. What this evaluation does more than anything else is to not only point to achievements but to underline that the architecture, built from within the Protestant community, has succeeded in so many ways and this in itself, and via this report provides greater recognition of success. At times we can all forget the achievements that have come our way. Achievements centred upon sweat, tears and grind have brought us to a safer and more inclusive place. Future challenges remain but at least leaders and more members from within the Protestant community have defined a way out of the darkness and towards a new future of heightened recognition and inclusion within the city. It takes a developed, precise and unambiguous evaluation such as this to not only explain how we have reached this point but to map future journeys. Professor Peter Shirlow Blair Chair and Director of the Institute of Irish Studies University of Liverpool Professor Peter Shirlow 2 LONDONDERRY BANDS FORUM ‘Atharraich’ Becoming Something Different INTRODUCTION In September 2013 I took up appointment as Co-ordinator of the Londonderry Bands Forum. This was with an ideal brief for a dedicated band member desirous of developing opportunities, with local bands, for the hitherto individualised and largely quiet community of Marching Bands to come together, find their voice and address important issues through collective action, focus and commitment. Those who read this Evaluation Report will note that I have not been disappointed. That this is the case is not due however to the efforts, will or thinking of one individual. From its inception, the Londonderry Bands Forum has been fortunate in having a core of supportive individuals within the bands and wider community who share a desire for and interest in building the capacity of groups and individuals towards influencing and contributing to their better welfare and potential as Northern Ireland responds to the sometimes challenging demands of emerging from the impact of historical divisions and more recent political violence. Prior to my appointment Julie Kee, Brian Dougherty MBE and Kenny McFarland were the key drivers in the development of the Forum, against a background of unionist and loyalist disengagement in the city and its immediate surroundings. Without their contribution and that of St Columb’s Park House, it is questionable if the ‘ project ‘ would be where it sits today. As the team has grown and the Forum increased in number and expertise, Brian and Kenny, now Chairman of the Londonderry Bands Forum, continue to make a major contribution that is valued by the members who bring their own wealth of experience, dedication and collective thought. An equally positive factor has been the availability of financial resources and the moral support of a number of funders including Derry City Council, the Department for Culture, Arts and Leisure and the Department of Education. It is this, which enables the realisation of the Forum’s expanding aims for bands, the community, education and culture. Pivotal within this has been the role of the International Fund for Ireland through its Steering Group, the Community Foundation for Northern Ireland. In terms of its generosity, flexibility in the application of funding and willingness to include and recognise the role of Marching Bands in promoting peace and reconciliation in Northern Ireland, its contribution cannot be under-valued. This willingness to take what many may have seen as a risky and challenging venture, sitting alongside the availability of advice and expertise, has been an encouragement in itself and the Londonderry Bands Forum can but hope that the many dividends and the positive dynamic which has taken the Forum into areas not originally envisaged serve to inform the assessment that it has been energy and money well spent. As evidenced within the Evaluation Report the support that the Londonderry Bands Forum enjoys for its activities, initiatives and leadership is generously indicated by a number of individuals, groups and not least by the members of the Forum. That it is not universal around some issues and that this is referenced for consideration by the author I welcome as serving as an indicator which will inform strategies and actions going forward. On behalf of the Londonderry Bands Forum I wish to place on record our gratitude for the honesty and integrity of the analytical critique and commentary offered by the author Terry Wright, of ‘atharraich’ Becoming Something Different. From our many conversations in the course of the evaluation process, I have come to expect no less. Finally, in returning to my opening comments I wish to thank the many, within the Bands Forum and a receptive wider community, who have made my journey exciting and worthwhile. It does of course bring its frustrations and a certain impatience can from time to time be on display as progress is stalled by political and community interests informed by competing agendas.
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