Kircubbin Community Groups Celebrate Success
Members of Kircubbin Regeneration Programme and Rectory Park Resident's Association have recently completed training on Rural Community Network's Capacity Building Towards Rural Reconciliation Programme.
The Capacity Building Towards Rural Reconciliation programme, funded by the EU Programme 2000 – 2006 through the Community Foundation for Northern Ireland Measure 2.7 Building Community Capacity and Promoting Active Citizenship, targets rural community groups who are focusing on improving co-operation within the local area and offers training on community development, good relations and peace building. There is also an opportunity to apply for a grant focused on good relations in the area and the support of a Community Development Officer to help develop ideas and projects for the group.
Francis Caldwell, member of Rectory Park Resident's Association complimented the programme saying 'This programme has enabled our community group to look at the possibilities of working with the wider Kircubbin community as opposed to focusing solely with residents who live in our park, we look forward to developing a project which will create links with all people in Kircubbin.'
Carol Ann Hewitt, Vice Chair of Kircubbin Regeneration Programme, added, 'Our group has been successful in regenerating Maxwell's Courtyard as a modern community building over the last year, however the training we have just completed has helped us to think about getting all people living in the Kircubbin district to take ownership in this building and we can now plan to organise events which will benefit all the local population'.
Caroline Maguire, Rural Community Network added 'The programme is about making connections in rural communities and encouraging relationships to develop'. She continued 'The training encourages participants to develop skills in community development and to find out more about each other in a relaxed environment and the grant encourages the participants to put what they have learnt in the training into practice.'
The groups will be working on developing a joint project which will focus on greater participation and inclusion of the wider community over the next few months.
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