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Shared housing and integrated education: Building good community relations

Christine DAVIES and Grainne MULLIN. Lecture: Shared Housing and Integrated Education: Building Good Community Relations. Feile Festival. St Mary's College, Belfast, Northern Ireland. (c) Allan LEONARD @MrUlster

Shared housing and integrated education: Building good community relations
by Allan LEONARD for Shared Future News
7 August 2019

A panel discussion on how shared housing projects and the integrated education movement are contributing towards good community relations was held at St Mary’s College, Belfast, as part of the Feile Festival. The panellists were Deborah Howe (Equality Commission), Christine Davis (Housing Executive), Grainne Mullin (Radius Housing), and Jill Caskey (Integrated Education Fund). The event was chaired by Gerry McConville.

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Education: We all have a role to play

Eileen CHAN-HU (CRAIC NI). (c) Allan LEONARD @MrUlster

Education: We all have a role to play
by Allan LEONARD
7 February 2019

The Integrated Education Fund hosted a day conference on some aspects of education in Northern Ireland, with a discussion on what role individuals, local communities, and organisations can play in realising a better vision. Contributors included: Baroness May Blood (Integrated Education Fund (IEF)), Dirk Schubotz (Queen’s University Belfast), Mairead McCafferty (Northern Ireland Commission for Children and Youth (NICCY)), Eileen Chan-Hu (CRAIC NI), Maire Thompson (Hazlewood Integrated College), Jayne Thompson (ParentKind), and Charmain Jones (Rural Community Network (RCN)).

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A Lagan College birthday: The story of integrated education in Northern Ireland

Staff and Pupils 1981-82. Lagan College (c) Allan LEONARD @MrUlster

A Lagan College birthday: The story of integrated education in Northern Ireland
by Allan LEONARD for Shared Future News
11 November 2016

Just past the reception desk is a small, black-and-white photography of the simple and utilitarian building that housed the first enrolment of students at Lagan College in 1981; today, celebrating its 35th birthday, the impressive expanse is testimony to the successful development of not only this school, but of integrated education in Northern Ireland.

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