On 1 May, as part of Community Relations Week, The International Fund for Ireland through the Fund’s Community Bridges Programme officially launched funding for five diverse community based projects...
Reaching out to young people who are least likely to access traditional youth services or community relations but most affected by sectarianism remains a challenge in Northern Ireland.
This innovative new Programme which was launched in August 2008, by the International Fund for Ireland, will develop 30 shared neighbourhoods across Northern Ireland ...
Years of unrest and violence pushed apart once close communities in the border regions. Both Co. Fermanagh and its neighbouring Co. Donegal were severely affected
The Short Strand community is a small Nationalist group in the largely Unionist area of East Belfast. The community continues to be divided by one of the first peacelines to…
As recently as the 1990s, Parkmore was a ‘no go’ area for many people in the Craigavon area. The estate had problems with drugs, anti-social behaviour and paramilitary activity.
Riverstown, a village south of Sligo town and the village of Brookeborough in County Fermanagh have, given their locations, both been affected by the troubles.
A small estate of 100 houses in Rathfriland in County Down, Lissize has become the first participant in the Shared Neighbourhood Programme to be officially designated as a Shared Neighbourhood.
Developing the young leaders of tomorrow is a key priority for the Fund. The Fund is supporting YouthAction NI to deliver an innovative and practical training project...
The Lower Shankill Road’s political and sectarian murals were once infamous – they were among the most gruesome and violent of Northern Ireland’s murals. They were shown around the world…
Drogheda in Co. Louth is one of the fastest growing provincial towns in Ireland. However, it still has high levels of unemployment and associated social problems.
The Fermanagh Trust Shared Education Programme is a ground-breaking pilot initiative which enables schools in County Fermanagh to deliver part of their curriculum jointly with a partner school on a…
The group leases Curragh Orange Hall in Maghera, Co. Londonderry / Derry. The Hall was once a focal point for ten townlands across the surrounding rural community.
Corrymeela is an ecumenical community of people committed to reconciliation and peace-building through the healing of social, religious and political divisions in Northern Ireland.