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.

Together: Building a United Community (T:BUC)

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 2018/19

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	£27,700
Detached Youth Work	Children and Young People	£5,000
Bee Safe	Children and Young People	£2,000
Grant Aid	Children and Young People	£10,000
Reclaiming space through animation programme	Shared Community	£10,300
Moving Forward Together	Shared Community	£2,500
Good Relations Engagement	Shared Community	£7,000
Citizenship and / or Accredited Training	Safe Community	£3,000
Community Relations in Schools	Safe Community	£10,000
Hate Crime and Integration Group Programme	Cultural Expression	£1,600
Local Government Partnership on Traveller Issues	Cultural Expression	£650
Good Relations Events Programme	Cultural Expression	£11,400
Cultural Awareness Scheme	Cultural Expression	£9,000
Who do you think we are?	Cultural Expression	£6,500
Historical Commemorations	Cultural Expression	£2,000
Grant Aid	Cultural Expression	£10,000

Ards & North Down Borough Council

Project name	T:BUC Outcomes	Funding by council programme
Shared Education	Children And Young People	£30,000
Shared Voices	Children And Young People	£1,000
Community Cup	Children And Young People	£1,000
Tackling Young Peoples Issues in partnership	Children And Young People	£5,000
Community Relations through Sport residential	Shared Community	£8,000
Allsorts	Shared Community	£300
Holocaust events	Safe Community	£4,000
Holywood Culture Night	Safe Community	£500
Grants	Cultural Expression	£30,000
History talks	Cultural Expression	£3,000
Vulnerable Persons Relocation Scheme and BME	Cultural Expression	£400
Living History	Cultural Expression	£9,000
Cultural Expression Festival Programme	Cultural Expression	£60,000
Centenary Drama	Cultural Expression	£6,000

Armagh, Banbridge & Craigavon District Council

Project name	T:BUC Outcomes	Total Funding Allocation
Outreach Diversionary Programme	Children And Young People	£16,000
Diversity Awareness Programme in collaboration with Youth Support Providers	Children And Young People	£16,000
Community Led Good Relations Initiatives	Shared Community	£17,000
Integration and Inclusion Strategy Implementation	Shared Community	£10,000
Women Making Connections	Shared Community	£15,000
Cultural Expression Programme	Cultural Expression	£20,000
Good Relations Reactionary Programme	Safe Community	£22,000
Good Relations Self Awareness & Skills Development	Safe Community	£51,000
Building Capacity for Peaceful Change	Safe Community	£15,000
Good Relations Events Programme	Cultural Expression	£60,000
Good Relations Financial Assistance Small Grants	Shared Community	£25,000
Good Relations Strategic Support	Shared Community	£7,000

Belfast City Council

Project name	T:BUC Outcomes	Total Funding Allocation
Small grants programme	Shared Community	£215,400
St Patricks Day Celebration Grants	Cultural Expression	£30,000
Cultural Expression Programme	Cultural Expression	£50,000
Decade of Centenaries Programme	Cultural Expression	£5,000
Schools Intervention Programme	Children & Young people	£3,600
Good Relations Approach to Hate Crime	Safe Community	£25,000
DiverseCity	Cultural Expression	£10,000
Hate Crime awareness – Holocaust project	Safe Community	£22,000
Interface Programme	Safe Community	£25,000
Shared space programme	Shared Community	£25,000
Belfast Migrant Forum	Shared Community	£2,000
Good Relations Networks	Shared Community	£3,000
Good Relations Strategy and Communication Resource	Shared Community	£10,000
International day of Peace	Shared Community	£10,000

Causeway Coast & Glens Borough Council

Project name	T:BUC Outcomes	Total Funding Allocation
Promoting Youth Civic Engagement	Children & Young people	£17,000
Education Networking Programme	Children & Young people	£7,000
Through the looking glass	Shared Community	£17,000
“We are Open” Sense of Belonging Programme	Shared Community	£7,000
Heritage in Rathlin and the Glens Good Relations Programme	Shared Community	£5,000
Mainstreaming the GR Declaration in shared spaces	Shared Community	£3,000
Civic Leadership Programme	Shared Community	£3,000
Community Tensions Forum Support Programme	Safe Community	£5,000
Community Cohesion programme	Safe Community	£3,500
Positive Promotion of Cultural Celebration	Cultural Expression	£13,500
Building a United Community Fund	Children & Young people	£15,000

Derry City & Strabane District Council

Project name	T:BUC Outcomes	Total Funding Allocation
Post Primary Anti-Prejudice and Training Initiative	Children & Young people	£22,000
Primary School Awareness Initiative	Children & Young people	£15,000
Engaging Youth in their Communities programme	Children & Young people	£20,000
Good Relations Grant programme	Shared Community	£200,000
Good Relations Staff and Councillor Experiential Learning and Trust Building programme	Shared Community	£10,000
Networking and Clustering	Shared Community	£12,000
Legacy and Commemoration Dialogues and Acknowledgement	Shared Community	£9,000
Officers Initiative/Critical Response	Shared Community	£12,000
Civic Leadership Programme – Challenging Prejudice	Shared Community	£22,000
Cultural expression Programme	Cultural Expression	£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
CR Week	Cultural Expression	£10,000
Island Voices	Cultural Expression	£4,000
Traveller Awareness	Cultural Expression	£3,000
BME Support programme	Cultural Expression	£2,000

Fermanagh & Omagh District Council

Project name	T:BUC Outcomes	Total Funding Allocation
Our Place Programme	Cultural Expression	£10,000
Pre-school Exploring Diversity Project	Children & Young people	£4,000
TBUC Youth camps	Children & Young people	£2,000
Sustaining and encouraging the creation of shared council spaces	Shared Community	£9,000
Our Shared Community - Faith based Programme	Shared Community	£9,600
Black Minority Ethnic and Traveller Programme	Cultural Expression	£20,000
Our Shared Community- Sense of belonging Programme	Shared Community	£5,000
Shared Education Programme	Shared Community	£8,000
Our Shared Community - Community Relations Week	Shared Community	£2,000
PCSP Partnership Programme	Safe Community	£1,000
Our Cultural Expression - Shared History Programme	Cultural Expression	£3,500
Our Safe Community - Holocaust Dialogue Talks with Schools	Safe Community	£2,000
Ulster Scots Cultural Programme	Cultural Expression	£5,500
Irish Language Programme	Cultural Expression	£16,000
Promotion of PUL Culture Programme	Safe Community	£8,000
Mainstreaming Good Relations	Cultural Expression	£7,500
Supporting Actions - Improving communications about good relations	Shared Community	£1,000
Small Grants Programme	All key Priorities	£15,000

Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council

Project name	T:BUC Outcomes	Total Funding Allocation
Youth Council Leadership & Development	Children & Young people	£10,000
International Childrens Day 2018	Children & Young people	£7,000
Mini Mela X 3	Cultural Expression	£12,000
Accredited Mediation & Lccc Mediators Network	Safe Community	£10,000
Urban/Rural Local Gr Plan Development	Cultural Expression	£4,000
Good Relations & Cultural Identity Grant	Shared Community	£24,000
Community Relations & Cultural Diversity Week	Shared Community	£6,000
The Great War Legacy Project	Cultural Expression	£6,000
#BePartOfHere	Safe Community	£6,000
Holocaust Memorial Day 2019	Cultural Expression	£20,000
Good Relations Audit 2018-2021	Shared Community	£6,000

Mid & East Antrim Borough Council

Project name	T:BUC Outcomes	Total Funding Allocation
Promoting Diversity Through Sport	Children & Young people	£6,000
Youth Engagement Programme	Children & Young people	£5,000
Formative Years Engagement Programme	Children & Young people	£2,500
Schools Engagement Programme	Children & Young people	£15,000
Participation in Regional Initiatives Programme	Shared Community	£11,000
Shared Space Programme	Shared Community	£4,000
Creating a Culture of Respect Programme	Shared Community	£3,000
Good Relations Strategy	Shared Community	£3,500
Safe Space Programme	Safe Community	£14,250
Crisis Intervention Programme	Safe Community	£2,000
Building Capacity and Cohesion Programme	Cultural Expression	£12,250
Good Relations Grants Programme	Cultural Expression	50,000
Our cultural Expression Programme	Cultural Expression	£17,000
Cultural Education Programme	Cultural Expression	£8,000
Our Shared History Programme	Cultural Expression	£19,000
Promoting Positive Race Relations	Cultural Expression	£10,000
Local Historical/Cultural Events Programme	Cultural Expression	£2,500

Mid Ulster District Council

Project name	T:BUC Outcomes	Total Funding Allocation
Post Primary School Diversity Programme	Children & Young people	£10,000
Primary School Diversity Programme	Children & Young people	£8,000
Sharing Cultural Music Tradition in Schools	Children & Young people	£12,000
Youth Diversity and Engagement Programme	Children & Young people	£11,000
Mid Ulster Primary Schools Cross Community Programme	Children & Young people	£24,000
Good Relations Small Grants	Shared Community	£40,000
Shared History and Decade of Anniversaries Programme	Shared Community	£28,000
Shared Spaces	Shared Community	£4,000
Clergy and Churches Leadership and Engagement	Shared Community	£8,000
Enabling Good Relations and Safe Communities	Safe Community	£10,000
Celebrating Cultural Diversity	Cultural Expression	£60,000
Supporting BME Communities	Cultural Expression	£15,000

Newry, Mourne & Down District Council

Project name	T:BUC Outcomes	Total Funding Allocation
Youth Engagement Programme	Children & Young people	£7,500
Thematic Forums Programme	Shared Community	£7,500
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	£12,000
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