New 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Pamphlet First Edition At a conference convened in Dublin 27th-29th April 2001 by the Drogheda-Shankill Partnership, exploring the value of cross-border exchanges, the participants expressed a strong desire to take such exchanges beyond mere friendship into joint efforts at tackling the various socio-economic problems impacting upon their respective communities. However, it was acknowledged that by focusing solely on such problems it was relatively easy to put to one side differences of identity, nationality and religion - the primary factors underpinning conflict in Ireland. Hence it was decided to host a further series of conferences which would address more contentious issues - starting with the different interpretations held regarding important periods of Irish History. The first of these conferences, which was held in Dublin in April 2001, took as a theme "1916

New 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Pamphlet First Edition Located midway along Belfast's Ormeau Road, Ballynafeigh is a rarity in Northern Ireland. For Ballynafeigh is a mixed community, where Protestants and Catholics coexist within close proximity to each other, and do so without the gaunt peacelines which scar so many other parts of the city. In the early part of 2001 the Mixed Links initiative, launched by Ballynafeigh Community Development Association, brought together a Think Tank of local residents, community workers and others to recount what it was like to live in a mixed community, and explore how they coped with the communal tensions so prevalent within Northern Ireland society. What emerged was a diverse, but very honest, exploration, one which also engendered many practical suggestions as to how the mixed nature of a community such as Ballynafeigh could be maintained and enhanced - and in so doing offering important guidelines for the wider society in Northern Ireland as it endeavours to move into a more pluralist future. Produced by the Farset Community Think Tanks Project.

New 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Pamphlet First Edition Over the past few years an increasing number of cross border contacts have been established between communities in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Some contacts long predate the advent of the Northern Ireland Peace Process, many others received their impetus from the funding which followed in its wake. Yet, while Peace and Friendship are certainly desired goals for the participating groups, most of these groups also confront, on a daily basis, a myriad of socio-economic problems which are just as important to the communities they represent as any of the religious and political divisions which were the product of Ireland's turbulent history. In February 2001, two organisations currently engaged in cross-border endeavours - Drogheda Partnership and Greater Shankill Community Council - convened a conference to address the value of exchanges in which they were engaged. They specifically wanted to explore whether there was a grassroots desire to take such exchanges "beyond friendship" into joint efforts at tackling the numerous issues which impacted upon their respective communities. This pamphlet is an edited account of the debate which ensued. Produced by the Farset Community Think Tanks Project.

New 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Pamphlet First Edition In early 2000, Springfield Inter-Community Development Project, in an effort to confront the problem of youth led violence on the Springfield Road interface, convened a meeting of residents and community activists from both sides of the "divide". From this developed the Springfield Inter- Community Forum. One of it's activities has been to facilitate a "Mobile Phone Network

Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Pamphlet First Edition The working-class communities of North Belfast have endured much during the course of the "Troubles". Community Development workers involved in tackling the high levels of deprivation and disadvantage within the area are often encouraged (and funded) to engage in community relations work in order to counter the other threat to the community's wellbeing - the ongoing sectarian conflict. But how easily do the processes of community development and community relations sit alongside one another, particularly in an area such as North Belfast? It was to address such questions that a group of community activists was brought together by the Community Bridges Team at CDC ( Community Development Centre ) in North Belfast. Hardly had their series of discussions ended when they were overtaken by the events of the summer of 2001 - events which are still being played out as this pamphlet goes to press- and which highlight clearly the consequences which follow when our estranged communities hold back from a meaningful and genuine engagement with one another. Produced by the Farset Community Think Tanks Project.

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