The details below provide an outline of the activities submitted in Donegal ‘s application to the SEUPB based on the co-design process and funding criteria.
The objective of the PEACEPLUS Plan for Donegal, has resulted in the co-design of 32 innovative priority initiatives that enables sustained cross community integration and collaboration that will result in improved, shared, and inclusive local services, facilities, and spaces, and that make a significant and lasting contribution to peace and reconciliation.
The AP will be centred around three core themes:
The Programme outputs & results aims to deliver environmental improvements, support economic development, foster connectivity, tackle social exclusion, promote increased community cohesion, shared heritage & culture, promote intergenerational activities, health & wellbeing & support community peacebuilding.
The Plan will create several sustainable shared spaces that will stimulate and support peacebuilding and relational work for decades, strengthen the capacity and skills of community-based organisations, deliver initiatives on a cross community, intercultural and cross border basis that change behaviours and re-set relations.
The County will embrace a diverse and intercultural future where people from all backgrounds feel they belong equally and can contribute to their full potential together.
The tables below contains summary information regarding projects included in the application to the SEUPB. Most of the projects will be advertised by open, competitive tender. Relevant organisations and local community groups are encouraged to submit tender bids, to win the various contracts once the process goes live later this year .
Theme 1: Local Community Regeneration & Transformation
Designed to empower local people to transform and regenerate communities through infrastructure investment on a cross-community basis.
Donegal’s specific objective, to create six co-designed accessible, transformative, and sustainable community shared spaces, that facilitate communication, connection, co-operation, and interaction among users & stakeholders. The spaces are catalysts for bringing communities together and drive intercultural, cross-community & cross-border interaction to build lasting relationships and contribute to peacebuilding.
The new, multi-purpose, environmentally positive community developments include:
The Community Regeneration and Transformation Theme makes up 40% of the programmes and includes six countywide projects. It will target 2500 participants.
| Theme 1 Community Regeneration and Transformation (CR&T) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Project | Project Description | Area | Budget | Participants |
| Newtowncunningham Playpark, MUGA, Sensory Garden and Canopy Space | The proposal, provides for a dedicated outdoor Intergenerational recreational shared space, centrally located, and consolidating the village core as a place for all people, providing a vibrant hub for community/border enjoyment. | Inishowen | €500,000.00 | 500 |
| The Mall Redevelopment Ballyshannon; The Boat Yard Project | The proposal, provides for a dedicated multipurpose outdoor shared space, that will expand and improve one of the town’s most historical landmarks, providing a vibrant hub for cross community/border enjoyment. | Donegal | €500,000.00 | 500 |
| Loughanure Community Playpark | The proposal, provides for an all-Ability Playpark, centrally located next to the local national school. This new facility will enhance this rural village, provide a vibrant hub for cross community/border enjoyment. | Glenties | €250,000.00 | 250 |
| Fintown Community Playpark | The proposal, provides for an all-Ability Playpark, centrally located next to the Scoil Naisiunta Colmcille’. This new facility will enhance this rural village, provide a vibrant hub for cross community/border enjoyment. | Glenties | €250,000.00 | 250 |
| Glencar Outdoor Community Recreation Facility | The proposal, provides for a multiuse outdoor shared Space, located at Glencar Letterkenny, with the provision of a Multi Sports Playing Pitch and Community Garden & Allotments providing a vibrant hub for cross community/border enjoyment. | Letterkenny-Milford | €500,000.00 | 500 |
| Drumboe Community Park Development | The proposal, provides for an all-Ability Playpark & Walking Trails located in the picturesque forest area of Drumboe Woods, peripheral to the Twins Towns of Ballybofey-Stranorlar. This much needed facility will provide a vibrant hub for cross community/border enjoyment. | Lifford-Stranorlar | €500,000.00 | 500 |
| Total | Target Participants No :2500 80/20 Cross Community split | €2,500,000.00 | 2500 | |
Thriving & Peaceful Communities:
Programmes will focus on wellbeing, connectedness and empowerment which brings about positive change.
Donegal’s co-designed Action Plan will deliver thirteen co-designed transformative programmes, which will facilitate communication, social connection, co-operation and interaction among participants and stakeholders. The Programmes and activities are a catalyst for bringing communities together and will drive intercultural, cross-community/border interactions, building lasting relationships contributing to community wellbeing and peacebuilding.
Donegal specific objective is to raise the profile and acknowledge issues that still need to be addressed from the peace process, that impact on building cohesion and an intercultural future; and support good practice projects improving community relations, inclusion, leadership, relationship building, cultural commonalities, and the lives of young people at seminal moments.
The Thriving & Peaceful Communities Theme makes up 30% of the programmes and includes thirteen Countywide Peace Programme . It will target 2575 participants.
| Theme 2 Thriving and Peaceful Communities (TPC) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Project | Project Description | Area | Budget | Participants |
| Social participation and combating exclusion (SPACE) Donegal County Council Programme | The programme will undertake events and activities to explore the issue of accessibility and connectedness and increase social participation especially on an intergenerational basis. | Countywide | €250,000.00 | 335-375 |
| Turn Up the Volume for Equality Donegal County Council Programme | Using music and production skills to engage more young people (18-24yrs) in arts and culture. | Countywide | €75,250.00 | 100-125 |
| Peace building through sport | Sports Programme centred approach to relationship building. | Countywide | €200,000.00 | 265-300 |
| Crossroads | Youth intervention Programme (16-24yrs) at seminal moment. | Countywide | €200,000.00 | 265-300 |
| Connection and Citizenship | Youth intervention Programme (10-18yrs) connecting early with others. The Programme will be a co designed with a focus on the empowerment, motivation, and skills acquisition of a new generation of active citizens. | Countywide | €200,000.00 | 265-300 |
| Power of Visibility | Civic participation and Social Inclusion Programme. The aim of the project is to identify and work with groups and individuals that are traditionally less included in activities and in leadership positions, develop role models and help target groups become more involved in decision-making at community and more public levels across all sectors. |
Countywide | €200,000.00 | 265-300 |
| Peace building through the environment | The Community Climate Action & Mitigation programme will have a number of strands addressing the need for individualised and community-based climate actions within the County, this programme will aim to have long-term impact with regard to climate adaption across Donegal. | Countywide | €200,000.00 | 265-300 |
| Respectful Relations | Youth intervention Programme that engages with public agencies, schools, and community organisations in promoting respectful youth behaviours toward others. | Countywide | €200,000.00 | 265-300 |
| Inclusion Not Isolation | Mental, physical, social health and wellbeing Programme, targeting equality groups that are isolated due to variety of factors. | Inishowen | €80,000.00 | 110-130 |
| Good Neighbours | Capacity Building Programme that strengthens Cross community /border Relationships .The project will develop relationships through the medium of sport, arts, drama, culture, health & wellbeing activities, and initiatives. | Donegal | €80,000.00 | 110-130 |
| Cultural Connections | Use of traditional music, linguistic and heritage to explore cross community / border relationships. | Glenties | €80,000.00 | 110-130 |
| Ethnical and Shared Remembering | A process of dialogue and discussion between key actors and communities about the past and development of a civic voice for the future. | Letterkenny-Milford | €80,000.00 | 110-130 |
| Champions of the Environment | Using natural features such as the river to support environment champions, promote environmental and ecology awareness, and undertake mitigations to improve the environment. | Lifford-Stranorlar | €80,000.00 | 110-130 |
| Target Participants No : 2575-2950 80/20 Cross Community split | €1,925,250.00 | 2575-2950 | ||
Building Respect for all Cultural Identities
Programmes focus upon providing support to those most marginalized and underrepresented groups within our communities.
Donegal’s Co-designed Action Plan will deliver thirteen transformative programmes, which facilitate communication, connection, co-operation and interaction among participants and stakeholders. The programme activities are a catalyst for bringing communities together and will drive intercultural, cross-community interactions that increase levels of mutual understanding, trust and respect, and builds lasting relationships that contribute to peacebuilding.
Donegal’s specific objective is to foster a greater sense of belonging by recognising cultural and religious differences as positive, and by embracing diversity generally; and to increase skills, change behaviours and attitudes, which will reduce sectarianism and racism, reduce poverty and exclusion, and promote a positive intercultural future for all.
The Building Respect for all Cultural Identities theme makes up 30% of the programmes and includes thirteen Countywide Peace Programme. It will target 2575 participants.
| Theme 3 Building Respect for all Cultural Identities (BRCI) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Project | Project Description | Area | Budget | Participants |
|
Our Voices Together |
Exploring immigration through lens of newcomers to the county and the Irish experience as emigrants – finding commonalities and finding a home for the stories and experiences. | Countywide | €125,250.00 | 170-200 |
| Diversity and Decision-Making in an Intercultural Future | Cultural competency and systemic change – training in inter-culturalism for communities and for decision-makers across the public and community sectors. | Countywide | €200,000.00 | 265-300 |
| Creative Minorities | Events and activities that highlight, promote, and enjoin cultural expression from majority and minority traditions. | Countywide | €200,000.00 | 265-300 |
| New Horizons | Understanding the changing demographics and developing responses to prejudice and racism/sectarianism. | Countywide | €200,000.00 | 265-300 |
| SHARED Heritage | Programme using intergenerational and intercultural learning to explore shared past and identify commonalities. | Countywide | €200,000.00 | 265-300 |
| STEAM Training | Focus on skills development on a cross community and intercultural basis for young people post-primary level to learn about Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics (STEAM) subjects, especially from a rural and less engaged background. | Countywide | €200,000.00 | 265-300 |
| Food Equality Initiative | The programme will help to better understand food inequality in the County and undertake activities to alleviate food poverty support existing initiatives across the community. | Countywide | €200,000.00 | 265-300 |
| The Viewing Project | A programme to using art and drama as the basis for engaging people from all backgrounds in challenging topics relevant to the PEACEPLUS Programme | Countywide | €200,000.00 | 265-300 |
| Inishowen Is Ours | To support environmental regeneration of the peninsula by working with communities, and previously excluded groups, to tackle climate change, with nature-based solutions and developing bio-diversity action plans. | Inishowen | €80,000.00 | 110-130 |
| Believe We Can | Sports utilising the Donegal coast and ocean to provide Personal Development and well-being opportunity for young people from marginalised backgrounds and equality groups. | Donegal | €80,000.00 | 110-130 |
| Belonging Across Boundaries, Stories to Connect | Festival and story-telling that may cross borders and use the medium to connect people and communities | Glenties | €80,000.00 | 110-130 |
| Pride Not Prejudice | Training in recognising and countering discrimination, racism and prejudice while creating a cross border collaboration to share learning. | Letterkenny-Milford | €80,000.00 | 110-130 |
| New Friends, New Relationships | A programme to organise interventions for young people (9-12yrs) at a time when they are ending their primary education and progressing to post-primary education. A series of interventions will enhance cultural understanding and learning; as well as make new friends from different backgrounds through the medium of theatre, arts, music and dance etc. | Lifford-Stranorlar | €80,000.00 | 110-130 |
| Target Participants No : 2575-2950 80/20 Cross Community split | €1,925,250.00 | 2575-2950 | ||
Donegal County Council and PEACEPLUS Partnership wish to thank everyone who participated in the co-design process, your input has been invaluable in the successful development of this Action Plan for the County .
