Strabane District Council’s
One Small Step Project

This project is planned to begin in Spring 2007 and will involve schools and pupils who took part in the poster competition last year. The project is funded by The Community Foundation for Northern Ireland, under the One Small Step Campaign. The One Small Step Campaign aims to support and encourage the building of a shared future and a shared society in Northern Ireland where all of our citizens can live, work and socialise together free from the threat of sectarianism or racism.

This will be a storytelling project that culminates in the recording of their shared stories. Through this community relations project the children will learn how to craft together stories in a fun and stimulating way. The children will take part in community relations workshops where they will explore various artifacts linked to specific religions, political groups or cultures in Northern Ireland. These will stimulate discussion around the idea of identity. This exploratory learning leads on to the next stage of the workshops where children will create stories from a selection of topics including culture, sports, music, flags and emblems, buildings and churches and our area.

More details of this project will be posted once it has begun. For further information please contact Sarah Lapsley, Education Services Coordinator at the Verbal Arts Centre.

Links:
www.stabanedc.com
www.onesmallstepcamapign.org