Libraries NI celebrates Good Relations Week with Togetherness Events

Libraries NI celebrates Good Relations Week with Togetherness Events
Published 06 Sept 2023

Good Relations WeekFrom Monday 18 September to Saturday 23 September 2023, there will be a series of free events taking place in libraries across Northern Ireland.

The theme for this year’s Good Relations Week is ‘Together’, shining a light on individuals and organisations working together and sharing ideas and experiences to tackle inequality.

Libraries offer unique community spaces that are open to all members of the public and they are ideal places for people to connect with new experiences and to learn about others.

An African Drumming Circle event in Antrim Library is just one of the events that will focus on bringing people together in their own communities

Commenting on Good Relations Week, Dr Jim O’Hagan, Libraries NI Chief Executive said:

“I look forward to Good Relations Week coming round in the calendar of Libraries NI as it always emphasises the valuable work that goes on in libraries every week to support people in their own communities. Despite a difficult backdrop of financial constraints, Libraries NI staff working with partner organisations have developed a series of events offering a wide variety of activities and learning opportunities.”

 

Date & Time Library Event Details
18 Sept, 2:30pm Lisburn City Which Benefits are Right for You?
18 Sept - 23 Sept, during Opening Hours  Coleraine PRONI Exhibition – Disability on the Record
18 Sept, 11:00am - 12 noon Enniskillen WWII Workshop and Reminiscence with NI War Museum
18 Sept, 2:00pm - 3:00pm Irvinestown WWII Workshop and Reminiscence with NI War Museum
19 Sept, 2:00pm - 4:00pm Holywood Arches Family Film Screening with “Together” theme
19 Sept, 2:00pm - 3:00pm Cookstown Adult Shared Reading Session on the theme of Togetherness
19 Sept, 2:30pm - 3:30pm Crumlin Digital Film Archive “Together” themed selection with NI Screen
19 Sept, 10:00am - 12 noon Rathcoole Communit-Tea with Martin McDowell from the North of Ireland Family History Society
20 Sept, 11:00am Enniskillen Introduction to Library Services
20 Sept, 2:30pm Lisburn City AST Yarnspinners with Stephen O’Hara
20 Sept, 4:30pm Warrenpoint Reminiscence with NI War Museum
21 Sept, 11:00am Omagh Introduction to Library Services
21 Sept, 10:30am - 11:30am Greystone Communit-Tea with Martin McDowell from the North of Ireland Family History Society
21 Sept, 10:00am - 12 noon Rathcoole Community Board Games
21 Sept, 2:00pm Lisburn City Digital Film Archive “Together” themed selection with NI Screen
21 Sept, 10:30am – 11:30am Dungannon Reminiscence with NI War Museum
21 Sept, 8:00pm Tullycarnet AST Yarnspinners with Colum Sands
22 Sept, 2:00pm - 3:30pm Crumlin Community Board Games
22 Sept, 3:00pm - 4:00pm Crumlin Communit-Tea with Martin McDowell from the North of Ireland Family History Society
22 Sept, during
opening hours		 Randalstown Stroll Down Memory Lane – Reminiscence Session with local reminiscence box
23 Sept, 11:00am - 4:00pm Glengormley Community Board Games
23 Sept, 12 noon Castlewellan Adult Storytelling – share your story at the library
23 Sept, 11:00am Coleraine Family Film Screening with “Together” theme

23 Sept, 10:00am

 Antrim Africa Drumming Circle – in partnership with Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council

23 Sept, 11:00am

 Belfast Central Children’s Author Visit – Heather Bradley reading from her new book “We Both Speak English But……”