SPECIAL EU PROGRAMMES BODY Project Case Study: and City Council Action Plan

The City Council Local Authority Plan will support a number of locally-based projects and initiatives that will promote positive THEME: relationships between people from different communities and backgrounds. Building Positive Relations: Local Authority Action Plans The plan will be focused on three key areas: Children & Young People; Shared Spaces & Services; and Building Positive Relations.

FUNDING (ERDF+MATCH): The programme of activity, which was designed to reinforce progress towards a peaceful and stable society in and the Border Region of Ire- £2,536,661.77THEME: land, has recently been announced.

Research and Innovation MATCH FUNDERS: Health & Life Sciences The Executive Office, DepartmentRenewable of Rural Energy and Community Development “Our Action Plan has enabled and empowered all sorts of people, all ages, all back- grounds, to get involved in community based peace building projects through this significant EU investment. One example of this is the recently opened 3G pitch at the LEAD PARTNER: Ballybeen Sport and Wellbeing Hub. The facility will be used on a sustained and FUNDING: shared basis by teams from across local Lisburn Castlereagh communities and fur- Lisburn & Castlereagh City ther afield. The facility also complements the local highway to heath initiative. The Council€7,727,271.20 responsibility of managing it is now handed over to Ballybeen Improvement Group (BIG), the local community group, which further embodies the notion of community spirit, health and wellbeing.” PROJECT CONTACT: Niamh O’Carolan, Peace IV Programme Manager niamh.ocarolan@lisburncastlereaLEAD PARTNER: gh.gov.uk - Norther Ireland

Start Date:- Ireland 01/06/2016

End Date:- The 31/05/2020 South West CYP & BPR

of Scotland 30/06/2020 SSS

PROJECT CONTACT:

[email protected]

www.lisburncastlereagh.gov.uk WEBSITE:

Social@lisburnccc Media:

@lisburnCastlereagh LCCC Chief Executive, David Burns, refereed a friendly soccer match between Dungoyne FC and Colts FC at the new Ballybeen 3G pitch.

SPECIAL EU PROGRAMMES BODY Project Case Study: Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council Action Plan

BUILDING POSITIVE RELATIONS (£1,102,884.75): This part of the plan will include activities that will increase cultural awareness, THEME: respect for diversity and capacity; as well as reducing isolation, polarisation, Building Positive Relations: Local division, prejudice, sectarianism and racism between/among groups. Projects Authority Action Plans include the development of a BME (Black, Minority and Ethnic) Cultural Forum, with the aim of providing understanding, collaboration, dialogue and creating connections between BME communities and the wider local community across FUNDING (ERDF+MATCH): 11 areas. £2,536,661.77THEME: Key Output: Local Action Plans that result in meaningful, purposeful and sustained contact between persons from different communities: 1 Research and Innovation MATCH FUNDERS: SHARED SPACES AND SERVICES (£900,702.54): Health & Life Sciences The Executive Office, This part of the plan will include activities which explore new shared spaces DepartmentRenewable of Rural Energy and and difficult issues (both visible and invisible) in the local area. One of the Community Development projects includes ‘Reimagining Your Area’. It will look at the ongoing or remaining issues affecting local communities (including the environment; LEAD PARTNER: associated flags; and inter-community tensions) getting participants to FUNDING: ‘reimagine’ their space. Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council€7,727,271.20 Key Output: Local initiatives that facilitate the sustained usage on a shared basis of public areas/buildings: 1.

PROJECT CONTACT: CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE (£533,074.48): niamh.ocarolan@lisburncastlereaLEAD PARTNER: This part of the plan will deliver five initiatives, including a cross-community gh.gov.uk 'Good Relations Twinning Programme' to 10 primary schools, with 200 - Norther Ireland participants and four secondary schools, with 100 participants. Start Date:- Ireland 01/06/2016 Key output: Number of participants aged 0-24 completing approved programmes that develop their soft skills and a respect for diversity: 785 End Date:- The 31/05/2020 South West CYP & BPR

of Scotland 30/06/2020 SSS “My friendship circle has just got bigger.” “Making our own flag and community was great.” “The conflict session on the residential was really interesting, I didn’t know how bad PROJECT CONTACT: were here in Northern Ireland.” [email protected] Young Beneficiaries

www.lisburncastlereagh.gov.uk

WEBSITE:

@lisburnccc Social Media: Children and Young People School Project

@lisburnCastlereagh