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Comber Diversity Group

Wednesday, 05 August 2009 15:03
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The Social Partnership Programme work in the County Down town of Comber was recently profiled in the Belfast Telegraph. A story of good practice by people living in the town who have developed creative ways to positively build better relations after tensions between local people and eastern Europeans who live and work in the area is available to read here.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 30 September 2009 14:06
 

Good Relations in Co. Leitrim

Thursday, 04 June 2009 09:12
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Mediation Northern Ireland, in partnership with Ruth Moore, Hazel Hicks & Barbara Corkey has been awarded a contract to delive an innovative good relations support programme in the Leitrim County Council area funded by the EU Peace 3 Programme.

The Supporting the Protestant Community Programme will ­­­­develop local services including a forum & reconciliation training to enhance the capacity and leadership of the Protestant community in this Border area.

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Foundation Training Course in Church Mediation

Thursday, 07 May 2009 13:39
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This course examines people’s experience of conflict in life and in the Church, attitudes towards conflict and the varied personal responses. A range of different ways of handling conflict is also examined. Particular attention will be paid to mediation as an intervention and when it is appropriate to use it as a method of dealing with conflict in church settings. The different stages of the mediation process will be explored and appropriate skills at each stage will be identified.
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Community Cohesion Policy

Wednesday, 20 May 2009 12:22
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Mike Waite from the Centre for Good Relations, Mediation Northern Ireland's partner in the North West of England, has recently published an analysis of community cohesion policy for the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust. The report is available through the website of the Guardian.
Last Updated on Thursday, 25 June 2009 08:55
 

SPP report

Thursday, 07 May 2009 09:09
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Brent van der Linde reports on the  SPP programme 

Mediation Northern Ireland contributes to progress in Northern Ireland by embedding good practice in dealing with change, contention or conflict..
With the support of the Big Lottery and the Community Relations Council, we are carrying out an innovative programme which builds structures and systems to deal with contentious and community cohesion issues especially through strengthening social partnerships. A mediator goes between people affected by difference or conflict and, acting as an ‘impartial outsider’, assists communication, increases understanding and supports efforts to improve the situation, based on consensus, human dignity and mutual respect.

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