Faith Groups get help to reduce sectarianism

‘Faith Works’ will support 30 faith groups and six church forums from across the North East to help reduce sectarianism.

Patricia McCallion, speaking on behalf of the North East PEACE III Partnership which is managing the project for the Special EU Programmes Body, said: “Religious and faith based groups are among the key PEACE stakeholders in the North East.

“The project will increase the confidence and ability of individuals and communities to explore faith based issues.

“It will support faith based groups and networks to explore sectarianiam and racism through a bespoke programme of learning, development and bottom up initiatives across the six council areas of Ballymena, Coleraine, Limavady, Ballymoney, Moyle and Larne”.

The Faith Works Project has been developed to enable local churches and faith based groups to engage with each other, develop awareness of other perspectives and explore how they can help to reduce sectarian within their local communities.

The participant groups will be involved in a range of activities including training, good practice visits, conferences and a residential and each group will have access to a resource allocation to enable them to deliver a project in their area.