Intercultural Education

We organise and run four workshops Cross Border to promote a more permanent peace with funding accessed from various agencies.

• We hold literacy classes in our meeting room for foreign nationals by the VEC.
  
• We provided meeting space for Mental Health Ireland once a month.
  
• We help promote events for the LGBT group including the NW Gay Carnival.
  
• We promote the inclusion of Special Needs groups or in the commmunity and their inclusion with other community groups.
  
• We provide research and information to Lone Parents and free IT and internet access.
  
• We write articles in the local media for community groups, send news shots to local papers to promote events and create posters/tickets.
  
• We provide smoke alarms to the elderly and other maginalised groups.
  
• We provide information and reseached infomation on entitlements and rights.
  
• We work with rural women's groups providing information on courses and funding.

Plan for 2010

Actions	Who	When	Where	Expected Outcome
Work with different nationalities in the AVCDP Centre providing meeting space and information	Project Co-Ordinator & Administrator/Finace Worker	Ongoing	In AVCDP Centre	Better integration of Foreign Nationals in teh community
Run workshops for groups Cross Border and Cross Culture at least four times each year	Project Co-Ordinator & Administrator/Finace Worker, Facilitators and Tutors	Four times each year	In Belfast and Ballyshannon	Break down segregation and promote peace and integration with different groups
Inform Foreign Nationals of relevant courses available	Project Co-Ordinator & Administrator/Finace Worker	From January	Locally	Foreign Natioanls better integrated in our community and better informed
Work with the VEC to Promote Literacy Classes in Englush as a second language	Project Co-Ordinator & Administrator/Finace Worker	Januyary-May, September-December	AVDCP Centre	Foreign Nationals will have better access to English Classes loacally
Work to create a moreinclusive society for those marginalised by society by their inclusion in courses and projects run or organised by AVCDP	Project Co-Ordinator & Administrator/Finace Worker in assocation with target groups chairpersons and secrataries	At all our training courses held throughout the year	In various venues	A more inclusive society where we recognise we are all different and we can live in peace with these differences
Assisting groups in administration, funding research and filling applications and attending & facilitating meetings	Project Co-Ordinator & Administrator/Finace Worker	Throughout the year	In AVCDP Centre and other venues	Raised awareness of what is better available in the area and better organised groups