As part of Community Relations and Cultural Awareness Week, I attended an event at the Thinking Cup cafe on the Lisburn Road. The theme was being Good Relations – A Convivial Conversation. The late Jo Cox and I suspect many others are quoted as saying: “.. we are far more united and have far more in…
Side By Side project takes flight at Ballymac Centre Launch Links between Poland and Northern Ireland have been celebrated at a special event today (Saturday, August 20) in east Belfast. Side by Side, a project revealing these links, particularly during World War Two, received support from the Housing Executive. The project was launched as part…
By Harold Ohayon “A New Struggle?” Following the historic and shocking victory for the OUT campaign, we have been inundated with reports about increased xenophobia and racism throughout the United Kingdom. In a gross, yet predictable, manner, the supporters of the IN campaign have sought to tie this increase to the election in an attempt…
CRAICNI C.I.C. is seeking to recruit additional Voluntary Non-Executive Directors CRAICNI stands for Cultivate Respect, Appreciate Inclusion in Communities in Northern Ireland. CRAICNI is the only social enterprise in Northern Ireland offering diversity and cultural awareness training services that are provided by facilitators from diverse backgrounds. CRAICNI aims to foster a wider understanding about diversity…
Launch of CRAIC NI Community Interest Company CRAIC NI C.I.C. (Community Interest Company), a start-up social enterprise, had its official launch Friday 11th December at the Ulster Bank Headquarters, Belfast. Opening the event Cecilia Whitehorn, the Manager of the South Belfast Social Enterprise Hub said, “As we have supported CRAIC NI to become a social…
