District Councils Good Relations Programme

The District Council Good Relations Programme (DCGRP), is delivered as part of the Executive’s wider ‘Together: Building a United Community (T:BUC)’ Strategy. The key aims of the programme are to improve relations between and within District Council areas and to support local solutions to local good relations issues.

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.

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.

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

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