Showcasing the best of DCGRP
The 2017/18 Programme report and video showcase the excellent work the council’s Good Relations Officers have delivered through the District Council programme, over the funding year to address good relations issues in their areas.
With a strong focus on the outcomes delivered, the programme report highlights a specific case study from each council, each one linked to at least one of the key priorities of the T:BUC Strategy.
Download the programme report below or click on the link to view the online version.
- District Council Good Relations Programme 2017/18 Programme report
- DCGRP 2017/18 Programme report (online version)
Outcomes based approach
The DCGRP has a strong focus on the outcomes of delivery and answering the key question, what difference has the project made?
This means that every project funded by the programme has one or more defined and measurable outcomes from its delivery that contribute directly to one or more of the key aims of the T:BUC strategy.
Find out more about the outcomes based approach on the Fiscal Policy Studies Institute website.
Building a united community
Each council programme must be linked to at least one of the key themes of the T:BUC Strategy. These are:
- Our Children and Young People
- Our Shared Community
- Our Safe Community
- Our Cultural Expression
Find out more about the overall T:BUC Strategy at the link below.
Programme delivery
The Programme is funded jointly by the Executive Office and the 11 District Councils. The Executive Office is responsible for the strategic direction of the programme.
Councils deliver agreed, outcome focused good relations projects supervised and managed by a team of Good Relations Officers (GROs). Examples of projects include:
- Cross cultural events and information sessions
- Awareness campaigns
- Small Grants schemes
- Schools programmes
- Support for the Minority Ethnic community
Watch our interview with Fermanagh & Omagh District Council's Good Relations Manager, Tommy McLaughlin, as he talks about the role of Good Relations Officers and the impact the OBA approach has had on good relations delivery.
For information on the good relations programme in your area visit the District Council Good Relations pages below.
- Antrim & Newtownabbey Borough Council website
- Ards & North Down Borough Council website
- Armagh, Banbridge & Craigavon District Council website
- Belfast City Council website
- Causeway, Coast & Glens Borough Council website
- Derry City & Strabane District Council website
- Fermanagh & Omagh District Council website
- Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council website
- Mid & East Antrim Borough Council website
- Mid Ulster District Council website
- Newry, Mourne & Down District Council website
You can also contact the Good Relations Officer in your local council. Contacts for local councils can be found on the nidirect website.
Funding awarded to District Councils in 2019/20
The tables below, under each council heading, show the funding awarded to deliver programmes, linked to one of the four key aims of the T:BUC Strategy, and impacting the specified council area.
The funding information relates to programme costs only. Salary costs are allocated at a strategic level and are not included.
Antrim & Newtownabbey Borough Council
Project name | T:BUC Outcomes | Funding by council programme |
---|---|---|
Summer Intervention including BEAT, Youth Zone, Diversionary Activity and Grant Aid |
Children and Young People |
£17,000 |
Youth Diversity Programmes (to include Detached Youth Work and Bee Safe) |
Children and Young People |
£7,000 |
Grant Aid |
Children and Young People |
£5,000 |
Reclaiming space through animation programme |
Shared Community |
£10,203.56 |
Good Relations Engagement |
Shared Community |
£17,000 |
Education Programmes to include Adult skills programme, Schools skills programme and Moving Forward Together |
Shared Community |
£15,500 |
Grant Aid |
Shared Community |
£5,000 |
Citizenship and / or Accredited Training |
Safe Community |
£3,000 |
Diversionary Activity |
Safe Community |
£2,700 |
Grant Aid |
Safe Community |
£5,000 |
Hate Crime and Integration Group Programme |
Cultural Expression |
£1,600 |
Local Government Partnership on Traveller Issues |
Cultural Expression |
£650 |
Good Relations Events Programme (to include who do you think we are and GR Events |
Cultural Expression |
£18,400 |
Grant Aid |
Cultural Expression |
£5,000 |
Cultural Awareness Scheme (to include GR contributions to other Council run events). |
Cultural Expression |
£7,500 |
Ards & North Down Borough Council
Project name |
T:BUC Outcomes |
Funding by council programme |
---|---|---|
Shared Education |
Children And Young People |
£34,700 |
Shared Voices |
Children And Young People |
£1,000 |
Community Cup |
Children And Young People |
£1,000 |
Tackling Young Peoples Resilience Building |
Children And Young People |
£3,000 |
Community Relations through Sport |
Children and Young People |
£3,000 |
Allsorts |
Shared Community |
£300 |
Living History |
Shared Community |
£8,000 |
Holocaust and other genocides |
Safe Community |
£3,000 |
Holywood Culture Night |
Safe Community |
£300 |
No Hate Here |
Safe Community |
£4,000 |
Intergenerational Programmes |
Safe Community |
£1,400 |
Grants |
Cultural Expression |
£10,000 |
Cultural Expression Programme |
Cultural Expression |
£60,000 |
History Talks - Understanding ourselves and others |
Cultural Expression |
£2,000 |
Summer Schemes |
Cultural Expression |
£2,400 |
Getting to know your Councillors |
Cultural Expression |
£100 |
Armagh, Banbridge & Craigavon District Council
Project name |
T:BUC Outcomes |
Funding by council programme |
---|---|---|
Communications |
Shared Community |
£8,000 |
Borough Wide Networks and DEA Forums |
Shared Community |
£8,000 |
Youth Programme |
Children and Young People |
£10,000 |
Women Making Connections |
Shared Community |
£16,069 |
Reactionary Fund |
Safe Community |
£25,000 |
Cultural Expression Programme
|
Safe Community |
£50,000 |
Integration and Inclusion Programme |
Shared Community |
£20,000 |
Good Relations Events Programme |
Cultural Expression |
£30,000 |
Borough Wide Community Engagement |
Shared Community |
£18,000 |
Borough Wide Community Development Capacity |
Shared Community |
£24,000 |
Financial Assistance Programme FAP |
Shared Community |
£25,000 |
Belfast City Council
Project name |
T:BUC Outcomes |
Funding by council programme |
---|---|---|
Good Relations Small Grants |
All Priorities |
£220,500 |
St Patricks Day Celebration Grants |
Cultural Expression |
£30,000 |
Cultural Expression Programme |
Cultural Expression |
£50,000 |
Civil Engagement and Learning Programme |
Cultural Expression |
£20,000 |
Schools Intervention Programme |
Children & Young people |
£10,000 |
Good Relations preventing Hate Crime |
Safe Community |
£30,000 |
Engagement with communities living at interfaces |
Safe Community |
£40,000 |
Shared Space Programme |
Shared Community |
£32,000 |
Civic and Strategic Leadership |
Shared Community |
£15,000 |
Causeway Coast & Glens Borough Council
Project name |
T:BUC Outcomes |
Funding by council programme |
---|---|---|
Education Networking Programme |
Children & Young people |
£16,000 |
Stick and Ball |
Children & Young people |
£10,000 |
Exploring Cultural Diversity |
Children and Young People |
£3,500 |
Building a United Community Fund |
Shared Community |
£15,000 |
Sharing our place |
Shared Community |
£10,000 |
Hear! Here! |
Safe Community |
£4,000 |
Community Cohesion |
Safe Community |
£7,500 |
Heritage of Rathlin, The Glens and Ballycastle |
Cultural Expression |
£10,000 |
Promoting Youth/Civic Engagement |
Cultural Expression |
£5,000 |
Through the Looking Glass |
Cultural Expression |
£7,000 |
Positive Promotion of Cultural Celebration |
Cultural Expression |
£8,000 |
Derry City & Strabane District Council
Project name |
T:BUC Outcomes |
Funding by council programme |
---|---|---|
Post Primary Anti-Prejudice and Training Initiative |
Children & Young people |
£20,000 |
Primary School Awareness Initiative |
Children & Young people |
£12,000 |
Engaging Youth in their Communities programme |
Children & Young people |
£12,000 |
Good Relations Grant programme |
Shared Community |
£200,000 |
Good Relations Staff and Councillor Experiential Learning and Trust Building programme |
Shared Community |
£6,000 |
Networking and Clustering |
Shared Community |
£12,000 |
Legacy and Commemoration Dialogues and Acknowledgement |
Shared Community |
£7,000 |
Officers Initiative/Critical Response |
Shared Community |
£12,000 |
Civic Leadership Programme – Challenging Prejudice |
Shared Community |
£1,250 |
Bonfires and Alternatives |
Safe Community |
£4,000 |
Interfaces and Contested Space |
Safe Community |
£10,000 |
Safe Children, Safe Community |
Safe Community |
£10,000 |
Ubuntu Global Festival |
Cultural Expression |
£20,000 |
Community Cohesion festival |
Cultural Expression |
£5,000 |
Community Relations Week |
Cultural Expression |
£15,000 |
Island Voices |
Cultural Expression |
£4,000 |
Traveller Awareness |
Cultural Expression |
£3,000 |
BME Support programme |
Cultural Expression |
£3,000 |
Fermanagh & Omagh District Council
Project name |
T:BUC Outcomes |
Funding by council programme |
---|---|---|
Our children and young people - a Schools Based Shared History Project |
Children and Young People |
£10,000 |
Our Shared Community - Welcoming and Shared Council Space Programme |
Our Shared Community |
£7,000 |
Our Cultural Expressions - Faith based Capacity Building and Dialogue Programme |
Our Cultural Expression |
£8,200 |
Our Cultural Expression. BMET |
Our Cultural Expression |
£22,000 |
Victims and Survivors Programme |
Our Cultural Expression |
£1,000 |
Our Cultural Expressions - Sense of Belonging Programme |
Cultural Expression |
£5,000 |
Our children and young people - Shared Education Programme |
Our Children and Young People |
£7,000 |
Our Shared Community - Good Relations Week |
Shared Community |
£1,500 |
Our Safe Community - PCSP Partnership Programme |
Our Safe Community |
£1,500 |
Our Cultural Expression - Shared History Cluster Programme |
Our Cultural Expression |
£10,000 |
Our Children and Young People - Holocaust Dialogue |
Our Children and Young People |
£3,000 |
Our Cultural Expressions - Ulster Scots and Irish Cultural Showcasing Programme |
Our Cultural Expression |
£11,000 |
Our Safe Community : Sharing our Space Programme |
Our Safe Community |
£15,500 |
Our Cultural Expressions: Mainstreaming Good Relations |
Cultural Expression |
£3,000 |
Our Cultural Expressions: Supporting Actions - Improving communications about good relations |
Cultural Expression |
£2,000 |
Our Shared Community: Small Grants and Resource Allocation Programme |
Shared Community |
£25,000 |
Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council
Project name |
T:BUC Outcomes |
Funding by council programme |
---|---|---|
Youth Council Leadership & Development |
Children & Young people |
£10,000 |
Good Relations & Cultural Identity Grant |
Our Shared Community |
£30,000 |
Mediators Network |
Our Safe Community |
£8,000 |
Monitoring - Outcomes based accountability |
Our Shared Community |
£7,000 |
Community Relations & Cultural Diversity Week 2019 |
Cultural Expression |
£6,000 |
Holocaust Memorial Day 2020 |
Cultural Expression |
£4,000 |
International Children's Day June 2019 |
Children and Young People |
£6,000 |
Arabic Awareness |
Our Safe Community |
£6,000 |
Irish Linen Centre & Museum Collaboration |
Our Shared Community |
£13,000 |
Young People & Story Telling |
Our Children and Young People |
£15,000 |
Mid & East Antrim Borough Council
Project name |
T:BUC Outcomes |
Funding by council programme |
---|---|---|
Promoting Diversity Through Sport |
Children & Young people |
£12,500 |
Formative Years Programme |
Children & Young people |
£3,000 |
Schools Engagement Programme |
Children & Young people |
£10,000 |
Exploring Spaces |
Our Shared Community |
£8,000 |
Safe Space Programme |
Our Safe Community |
£17,000 |
Integrate |
Our Safe Community |
£12,443 |
Participation in Regional Initiatives Programme |
Our Cultural Expression |
£11,000 |
Celebrating Culture Safely |
Our Cultural Expression |
£15,000 |
Building Capacity for Cohesion |
Our Cultural Expression |
£6,000 |
Our People, Our Heritage and History, Our Shared Borough |
Our Cultural Expression |
£12,000 |
EmbRACE |
Cultural Expression |
£15,000 |
Good Relations Grants Programme |
Cultural Expression |
£40,000 |
Mid Ulster District Council
Project name |
T:BUC Outcomes |
Funding by council programme |
---|---|---|
Young People Diversity Programme |
Children & Young people |
£15,000 |
Children and Young People Youth Diversity and Engagement Programme |
Children & Young people |
£10,000 |
Children and Young People MU Post Primary Schools Cross Community Programme Tender |
Children & Young people |
£25,000 |
Children and Young People MU Primary Schools Cross Community Programme |
Children & Young people |
£25,000 |
Shared Community Good Relations Small Grant Programme |
Our Shared Community |
£45,000 |
Shared Community Shared History and Decade of Anniversaries Programme |
Shared Community |
£25,000 |
Shared Community Shared Spaces |
Shared Community |
£1,000 |
Shared Community Clergy and Churches Leadership and Engagement |
Shared Community |
£5,000 |
Enabling Good Relations and Safe Communities |
Safe Community |
£12,000 |
Our Cultural Expression Celebrating Cultural Diversity of Ulster Scots and Irish |
Cultural Expression |
£35,000 |
Supporting BME Communities |
Cultural Expression |
£30,000 |
Newry, Mourne & Down District Council
Project name |
T:BUC Outcomes |
Funding by council programme |
---|---|---|
Youth Engagement Programme |
Children & Young people |
£7,500 |
Thematic Forums Programme |
Shared Community |
£6,500 |
Councillors Equality & Good Relations Reference Group |
Shared Community |
£2,000 |
Safer Community Programme |
Shared Community |
£5,000 |
Cultural Celebrations Programme |
Safe Community |
£90,000 |
Ethnic Minority Support Centre & BME Integration Programme |
Cultural Expression |
£14,000 |
Facilitated support for District Electoral Area (DEA) Forums |
Shared Community |
£86,000 |
Addressing DEA Good Relations issues via District Electoral Area (DEA) Forum Initiatives |
Shared Community |
£49,000 |
Good Relations Grant Aid Scheme |
Shared Community |
£27,000 |
Reactionary Programme |
Shared Community |
£10,000 |