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Building Bridges

Major Funding for Community Relations Projects

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...

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Building Foundations

Bush Old Schoolhouse

Located in North Louth, Cooley is a small rural community. It is in a recognised area of disadvantage with high levels of unemployment.

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The Second Chance Education Project for Women

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

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Building Integration

St Mary’s College

St Mary’s College is an all girls, Catholic maintained secondary school in the heart of the Creggan area of Londonderry/Derry.

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Building Integration

Shared Neighbourhood Programme – Springfarm

This innovative new Programme which was launched in August 2008, by the International Fund for Ireland, will develop 30 shared neighbourhoods across Northern Ireland ...

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Growing Together

An innovative project based in Co. Leitrim is literally growing peace through its International Fund for Ireland funded ‘Growing Together’ project.

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Enterprise Equity

Duolog Technologies

Duolog Technologies provides Electronic Design Automation (EDA) tools and services to the global semiconductor design industry.

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Leaving a Legacy

Lurgan YMCA

Lurgan is one of a number of towns in Northern Ireland to be divided by a peace-line

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Building Integration

Lower Shankill Community Association

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…

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Riverbrooke Cross-border Initiative

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.

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Leaving a Legacy

Corrymeela

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.

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Building Bridges

Youth Initiatives

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.

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Building Integration

Fermanagh Trust Shared Education Programme

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…

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Short Strand Community Forum

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…

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Building Foundations

Holy Family Community Centre

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.

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The Community Youth Leadership Project

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...

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Parkmore Estate

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.

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Curragh Development Association

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.

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Building Integration

Lissize, Rathfriland, Co. Down

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.

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The International Fund for Ireland is an independent international organisation which was established by the British and Irish Governments in 1986. Financed by contributions from the United States of America, the European Union, Canada, Australia and New Zealand; the Fund promotes economic and social advance, and encourages contact, dialogue and reconciliation between nationalists and unionists throughout Ireland.

At its core, the Fund’s mission is to tackle the underlying causes of sectarianism and violence and to build reconciliation between people and within and between communities throughout the island of Ireland.

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