Building Foundations
The Building Foundations initiative seeks to address the key issues of deprivation and unemployment, social cohesion, and community leadership through three distinct programmes that will help build the foundations for reconciliation in the most marginalised communities.
The Community-Based Economic and Social Regeneration Programme addresses the root causes of deprivation and unemployment, using common economic concerns in the most deprived rural and urban communities as a platform for cross-community activities. Click here for more information.
The Communities in Transition Programme aims to strengthen social cohesion and community infrastructure within divided and marginalised communities where legitimate leadership is weak. The aim is to develop people’s self-confidence to enable them to engage in cross-community dialogue and reconciliation efforts. Click here for more information.
The Community Leadership Programme facilitates the development of community leadership and capacity in some of the most divided communities. Click here for more information.
Community Based Economic and Social Regeneration Programme
The Community Based Economic and Social Regeneration Programme addresses the root causes of deprivation and unemployment, using common economic concerns in the most deprived rural and urban communities as a platform for cross-community activities. Click here for guidelines for prospective applicants.
For more information on the Community Based Economic and Social Regeneration Programme please contact:
Northern Ireland:
Northern Ireland Rural Development Council
17 Loy Street
Cookstown
BT80 8PZ
02886766980
Sammy Douglas
9 Pommern Parade
Belfast
BT6 9FX
Tel: (028) 90585072
Email: sammy@eastbelfast.com
County Donegal
Mr Paddy Harte
International Fund for Ireland
c/o Enterprise Ireland
Portland House
Port Road
Letterkenny
Co. Donegal
Tel: 074 9169805
Fax: 074 9169801
E-mail: ifidonegal@eircom.net
Counties Leitrim, Sligo and West Cavan
Mr Tom Hobson
International Fund for Ireland
Breifne House
Main Street
Carrick-on-Shannon
Co Leitrim
Tel: 071 9620360
Fax: 071 9621123
E-mail: ifidc@eircom.net
Counties Monaghan, Louth and East Cavan
Mr Greg Curry
International Fund for Ireland
Suite 25
Mespil House
Sussex Road
Dublin 4
Tel: 01 231 4628
Fax: 01 231 4642
E-mail: curryg@indigo.ie
Communities in Transition
Communities in Transition is one of the International Fund for Ireland’s key instruments for the promotion of community relations and reconciliation.
The programme focuses on areas with weak community infrastructure, which experience tension and alienation, and works to improve community capacity and social cohesion. Operating at a grassroots level, the programme mobilises local people and encourages self-help within marginalised communities.
The Communities in Transition Programme has proved successful in empowering communities to exercise a greater influence on developments in their own area.
For more information on the Communities in Transition Programme please contact:
Community Foundation for Northern Ireland
67 Carlisle Road
Londonderry
BT48 6JL
Tel: (028) 7137 1547
Fax: (028) 71371565
www.communityfoundationni.org
Community Leadership Programme
Following a period of evaluation and revision, a new phase of the programme will be put in place later in 2008.
