North Belfast Conflict Transformation Forum
The North Belfast Conflict Transformation Forum was formally established in June 2004 as a forum for building relationships and
promoting dialogue between groups and organisations from both the nationalist and unionist communities and among groups and
organisations within each of the nationalist and unionist communities. LINC project staff have been involved in the development of the Forum from its inception.
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East Antrim Conflict Transformation Forum
Staff at LINC have been working extensively with groups and individuals in the Carrickfergus, Larne and Newtownabbey areas of
East Antrim for some time. A number of individuals and organisations from this area have also been participating in the
North Belfast Conflict Transformation Forum. A meeting was held on 1 February 2005 at which it was agreed to create of a similar body for the East Antrim area and the East Antrim Conflict Transformation Forum was formally established on 12 April 2005.
Meetings have been held on a monthly basis since then and the number of people attending the meetings and the number of
organisations represented at the meetings has grown over the short life of the project.
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Transforming Loyalist Communities
The Transforming Loyalist Communities initiative involves representatives from LINC, EPIC, and Northern Ireland Alternatives
working with critical friends from civic society and key influencers within a specific loyalist paramilitary constituency to
explore ways and means of transforming the nature and effects of paramilitarism and its impact on working loyalist communities.
Ultimately the aim is to develop safe, secure and peaceful communities that are at ease with themselves and their neighbours
and free from crime, violence and social control.
Rathcoole - Whitewell Interface Network
The Rathcoole-Whitewell Interface Network was set up in late 2005 to address problems relating to violence orchestrated by both Loyalist and Nationalist youths in public areas within the Newtownabbey borough. Some members were in effect policing the situation, moving the youths on, however without cross community participation the impact of what the community representatives were doing was marginal as the youths tended to move the problem to a different location. The network now includes a Mobile Phone Rumour Control component and comprises activists from both traditional communities who meet monthly to engage in practical discussions for the ongoing development of non-violent responses to interface conflict.
North Belfast Developing Leadership Initiative
The North Belfast Developing Leadership Initiative exists to transform the conflictual relationships between the people of North Belfast through conflict intervention, dialogue, education, research, political analysis and leadership skills development thereby contributing to the creation of a script for second track peace and relationship building.
The initiatve is a partnership between InterComm, the De Bono Foundation and the Conflict Intervention Programme and is one of the Community Empowerment Partnerships set up by the government-sponsored North Belfast Community Action Unit.
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