PEACE by PieceVolume 1 - Issue 4October 2012

Inside this issue:

- St Eunans launch GAA For All Project- PEACE People- SEUPB Notes- Donegal Sports Partnership- One Donegal Cultural Diversity Month 2012- North Atlantic Fiddle Convention

Roots of Empathy instructors Sarah ! ompson and Angie O Connor pictured with other participants at the Summer Institute in Toronto

Two instructors from HSE West’s Roots of Empathy programme were selected to participate in the Canadian based Programme’s Summer Institute in Toronto, Canada on 13th & 14th August.

! e purpose of the Summer Institue was to bring members of the Roots of Empathy family from around the world to meet with one another and to be exposed to the

culture and philosophy of the organisation.

! is opportunity was a scholarship to deepen knowledge in regions which have the Roots of Empathy programme. Mary Gordon, Founder and President of Roots of Empathy, delivered workshops directly and spent the entire two days with the participants from Ireland (North and South), Scotland, New Zealand, USA and Canada.

! e Roots of Empathy programme in Donegal began as a pilot in Phase I of PEACE III and has continued to grow throughout Phase II. ! e programme is being delivered in National Schools throughout the county.

For more information contact Seana Hume on (074) 9104639 or seana.hume@hse.ie or visit www.rootsofempathy.org

Early Childhood Education Directory Of Services

! e Early Childhood Education Directory of Services booklet for Border Village areas in County Donegal was o" cially launched on Wednesday 19th September 2012 by Donegal County Mayor Councillor Frank Mc Brearty.

! is directory of Services for Early Childhood Education was produced by Donegal County Childcare Committee and supported by the Border Villages Social Integration Project funded by PEACE III.

It will be a useful tool for anyone preparing for their children’s # rst steps in education and will also facilitate greater choice, particularly for new residents who have moved to the border towns and villages over the past decade, encouraging them to become more involved in the community services available to them in the local area where they now reside.

Mayor Cllr Frank Mc Brearty seated with Ms Avril Mc Monagle, Manager, Donegal County Childcare Committee and Cllr Dessie Larkin, Chair of Donegal CDB Peace & Reconciliation Partnership at the launch of the Early Childhood Education Directory Of Services Booklet.

For more information download the brochure at www.donegalcdb.ie/peaceiii/peaceiiievents/ or contact Donegal County Childcare on (074) 9123442 orinfo@donegalchildcare.com

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Shauna McClenaghan works as the Joint Manager of Inishowen Development Partnership(IDP), the local development company for the Inishowen area. She has managed social inclusion programmes in the Peninsula since 2000 and has been involved in successful Peace and Reconciliation Programme collaborations over the past twelve years.

“I have been participating on the PEACE III Partnership for the past three years representing the local development sector and have found the work promoted by the Partnership to be very strategic and integrated. My involvement as a delivery agent has ensured that applications for delivery have been made in line with the local development, border area issues identi� ed during our strategic planning.

Public Consultation on European Territorial Co-Operation Programmes 2014 – 2020

� e Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB) has launched a public consultation on the European Territorial Co-Operation Programmes for 2014 – 2020 and would very much welcome your views on the shape of these new programmes.

You are invited to attend a public consultation event on Tuesday 23rd October 2012 in the Mill Park Hotel, Donegal Town from 2.00 p.m. to 5.00 p.m. Should you wish to attend this event, please register your interest by e-mailing: consultation@seupb.eu

Further details on the dra� regulations can be found at: http://www.seupb.eu/2014-2020Consultation/overview.aspx

� e PEACE III Partnership has also o! ered great opportunities to work with the statutory agencies in delivering innovative solutions and we have been able to bene� t mutually from projects which not only tie in with our organisations objectives but more importantly o! er opportunities for individuals who otherwise would not have been able to avail of training/events.

� ere have been some very good relationships built over the period. I feel we have learned a lot in Donegal over the past Programme and there have been some great outcomes from the PEACE III Programme. We need to keep reminding ourselves that the innovative idea which formed part of the plan is only as good as the participation in the programme.

� e engagement of people in the community is of utmost importance and cannot be underestimated. I am con� dent that the learning from PEACE III can be built upon going forward and that the work will continue to make Donegal a better place for all, where we all feel we belong”.

PEACE People SEUPB Notes

On Monday, August 20th, Uachtarán CLG, Mr. Liam O’Neill visited O’Donnell Park, Letterkenny to launch the PEACE III GAA For All initiative. � rough this bold coaching initiative, St. Eunan’s GAA Club will employ 4 full time coaches in the greater Letterkenny area to bring Gaelic Games to children of religious, ethnic and cultural backgrounds that would not usually be associated with the GAA.

� e coaches will work with all local schools and clubs that wish to avail of this fantastic opportunity to introduce their children to our National games and culture in a safe environment free from all forms of sectarianism and racial undertones. � ere was a large attendance of local school Principals and teachers present at the launch and they are very eager to get this programme up and running in the very near future.

President O’Neill was fulsome in his praise for the St. Eunan’s club for seeking the funding for this fantastic new programme and noted with delight the fact that so many schools and other local GAA clubs would also bene� t from the programme.

Councillor Dessie Larkin, Chair of Donegal CDB Peace and Reconciliation Partnership noted that the group were hugely impressed by the St. Eunan’s proposal when it was � rst presented both for its e! ort at recognising the need for social inclusion and diversity within the GAA and for having the foresight to seek funding outside the realms of the GAA.

St. Eunan’s Club Chairman Paul Carr commented that it was a very proud day for the club to introduce the initiative and he thanked the team of Paddy Mullen, Gerard

McGinley, Dermot Higgins, Co. Treasurer Grace Boyle and Stephen Friel for their help in making this coaching dream become a reality for Letterkenny and its environs. He was especially appreciative of the signi� cance of the visit of the President and thanked him for taking the time to launch the GAA For All Initiative and for recognising the importance of this project for modern Irish society.For further information contact odoherty.gaaforall@gmail.com

Uachtarán Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Liam O Neill o� cially launching the St Eunans GAA For All project at O Donnell Park in Letterkenny

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One Donegal Cultural Diversity

Month 2012! e Launch of this years One Donegal Cultural Diversity Month, which will also include the launch of the 2013 One Donegal Calendar, will take place at 12 noon on ! ursday 1st November in the Regional Cultural Centre. All are invited to attend.

! e brochure for this years months of events is currently being " nalised and will provide details of approximately 205 events which are to take place accross in excess of 32 locations throughout the county and beyond.

Brochures will be distributed in mid October in conjunction with a media promotion. A promotional stand will also be available in Letterkenny Shopping Centre on 2nd November from 12.00 - 5.00 p.m. to distribute these a# er the launch.

Updates will be available throughout November on the following websites:www.donegalcdb.ie/peaceiiiwww.facebook.com/donegalcountycouncilwww.twitter.com.donegalcouncil! ese web based communications will be utilised in addition to maintaining a continued presence in the local media.

Twenty nine groups received " nancial support from the One Donegal initiative to host events this year along with events also hosted by Delivery Agents.

! e following are two groups supported by One Donegal who have already commenced work on their events:

Holocaust Education Trust ireland (HETI) - ! e Crocus Project. HETI have already began the process of distributing crocus bulbs to DEIS Schools throughout the county. ! e crocus blooms at the end of January around the time of Holocaust Memorial Day. ! e activity provides an opportunity for students to learn about the Holocaust and it is a tangible way to promote awareness and stimulate discussion about discrimination and intolerance. For more information visitTinyURL.com/onedonegalheti

Inishowen Carnival Group - ‘Our Colours Our Sounds’, is a two week exhibition and programme of events held in the town of Carndonagh at the centre of Inishowen.

Shop windows in the town’s centre will be transformed by various artists highlighting the theme of Cultural Diversity, creating an open-air ‘whole town’ experience.

It runs from Monday 19th of November to Friday 30th November. Events include a Film Night, a Poetry Evening, Eastern Dance Classes, a World Music Night, Family Storytelling, and Mural Painting Workshops. For more information visit www.ourcoloursoursounds.org

Epilogues : ‘A Perspectives in Con$ ict Taster Session’, will take place on 12th November in the Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny from 10.00 a.m. - 1.00 p.m.

“Epilogues” is a workshop based education programme that explores the underlying causes of con$ ict in and about Northern Ireland.

It engages people in the everyday work of peace building by exploring six themes central to an understanding of violent political con$ ict – Violence, Loss, Revenge, Forgiveness, Justice, & Human Rights.

! e exploration is deepened through direct engagement with the perspectives of both victims of, and the various parties to, the violent political con$ ict. Spaces are limited, and booking is essential.

For booking or more information contact:Sarah ! ompson at sthompson@donegalcoco.ie or Brian Mc Aleer on (074) 9172229 or bmcaleer@donegalcoco.ie

Donegal Sports Partnership and Copius Consulting have successfully secured funding for a second year, to design and deliver an Innovative Sports & Recreation Programme of Activity.

! is programme has been supported by the PEACE III Programme, managed for the Special EU Programmes Body by Donegal County Council.

! e programme will focus primarily on sport and the development of greater links between clubs, communities and national governing bodies. In addition, key principles of the programme include the promotion of inclusion and integration amongst communities as well as developing an understanding of key issues such as cultural diversity, racism and sectarianism.

! is project believes that sport has a key role to play in addressing social and societal issues, and therefore enhanced relationships between clubs and communities will go a long way towards not only improving sports participation and performance, but improving sports participation and performance, but improving relationships between and within communities.

Donegal Sports Partnership are seeking partnership approaches from sports clubs and community organisations, who will be asked to team up and submit a combined expression of interest form to participate in the programme. Successful partnerships will then undergo a series of training and participation opportunities and engage directly with a range of national governing bodies of sport.

Essentially the project will enable clubs and communities to purchase equipment, participate in a range of training courses, deliver community based sports programme and participate in community based taster sessions.

In order to ensure that the programme adequately meets the needs of clubs and communities across Donegal, you are invited to have your say. If you could take the time to complete this simple survey, https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/innovativesportsprogramme it will make an enormous contribution to the overall project.

For more information contact Karen Guthrie at karen@activedonegal.com or visit www.activedonegal.com/

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ank you to those delivery agents who have been

sending information about their programmes for

inclusion in the newsletters. We would encourage

ALL Delivery Agents to do so in order to showcase

the valuable work they are doing.

In addition to submitting articles to PEACE by

Piece, information about your project and events,

along with any news from your organisation, can

be uploaded onto the PEACE III web presence,

and further promoted through Facebook and

Twitter. It is a requirement of all funded projects

to publicise the work you are doing. Utilising the

above methods will help ensure you are doing so.

If you would like further information on any of the

projects in the Donegal PEACE III Action Plan 2011

- 2013, or you would like your PEACE III project

highlighted in the next edition, please contact Sarah

ompson or Brian Mc Aleer at:

sthompson@donegalcoco.ie

(074) 9172586

087 9232654

bmcaleer@donegalcoco.ie

(074) 9172229

Donegal County Council on Facebook

and Twitter:

www.facebook.com/

donegalcountycouncil and

www.twitter.com/donegalcouncil

� is project is supported by the European Union’s European

Regional Development Fund through the EU Programme for Peace

and Reconciliation, managed for the Special EU Programmes Body

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From June 27th – July 1st 2012 the North Atlantic Fiddle Convention (NAFCo) visited the island of Ireland for the " rst time. Donegal and Derry/Londonderry welcomed hundreds of participants and thousands of visitors to celebrate traditional " ddle music and dance from all around the North Atlantic seaboard, from Canada and the United States to the Shetland Islands and from Ireland and Scotland across to the Nordic countries.

NAFCo is about cultural exchange, developing new audiences, forging partnerships, fostering learning opportunities for both young and old, exploring international links and celebrating artistic excellence and diversity. Over 200 individual events were programmed throughout Derry City and across Co. Donegal over a 5 day period.

NAFCo was established in Aberdeen, Scotland in 2001 to develop new audiences for traditional music and dance, act as a cultural artistic exchange and a meeting place for artists, academic and fans. NAFCo is unique in not just o# ering performances and workshops to the public, but it also presents unique learning opportunities for all ages in traditional music and dance based around the North Atlantic seaboard.

e festival has moved around the world, spreading its musical in$ uences wherever it goes. For more information Contact: Tom Sherlock, NAFCo 2012 Marketing Manager at tom@nafco2012.com