Existing delivery
Our existing good relations action plan included support for 36 programmes broadly split between the four TBUC strategic themes of Children and Young People (eight programmes), Shared Community (ten programmes), Safe Community (six programmes), and Cultural Expression (12 programmes).
The unit cost is highest for Safe Community at £400 per participant and lowest for Children and Young People at £118 per person.
Total good relations investment in programmes is £784k, most of which comes from the council (57 per cent) and the balance from TEO.
The largest item of investment is in good relations small grants (£280k) with other programmes including St Patrick’s Day, a positive cultural expression bonfire beacons programme, a civic engagement programme, minority ethnic equality and inclusion programme, an interface engagement programme, a shared education schools programme, and a strategic connections programme.
There are detailed and robust monitoring and evaluation mechanisms in the existing strategy and the programmes are well regarded and considered effective. Many of the projects are consistent with the criteria linked to building a positive peace and an integrated social cohesion framework.
