Good Relations-District Electoral Areas Good Relations Programme
Fermanagh and Omagh District Council’s Good Relations Grant Programme aims to support, encourage and facilitate activities which enhance and develop community relations within the district, and which promote good relations between persons of different political opinion, racial group or religious belief.
Working across the seven DEAs within FODC, Community Support Officers have engaged with communities to develop Community Wellbeing Plans. The plans detail short, medium and long term actions to address the needs of that area. The Good Relations funding per District Electoral Area (DEA), administered by Community Support Officers, will support the costs for training, study visits, programme delivery where there is a good relations outcome.
The Community Wellbeing Plans can use a range of activities such as sport, music, art, personal development, and leadership to engage with and make a difference in the local community. Each project must demonstrate how it contributes to “Together: Building a United Community” (T:BUC) priorities.
- Our Children and Young people – To continue to improve attitudes amongst our young people and to build a community where they can play a full and active role in building good relations.
- Our Shared Community – To create a community where division does not restrict the life opportunities of individuals and where all areas are open and accessible to everyone
- Our Safe Community – To create a community where everyone feels safe in moving around and where life choices are not inhibited by fears around safety
- Our Cultural Expression – To create a community which promotes mutual respect and understanding, is strengthened by its diversity, and where cultural expression is celebrated and embraced.
