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IN THIS TOGETHER PROJECT

In This Together Project – rural communities, rural connections

We all know the impact Coronavirus has had on our communities, every single individual and family throughout the country. This project has been developed to try and showcase that even though we are all facing adversity and unprecedented times, community practitioners, community workers, volunteers and individuals are continuing to play a positive role. This shows true resilience and determination to help others.

Therefore we aim to showcase how relationships have developed during this pandemic. We want to explore areas and communities where relations have potentially developed for the better, during lockdown and how adversity has brought communities together even in a small way. We also want to showcase the best of rural communities and how individual and collective action has helped others, using storytelling as a method for collecting stories at this time.

Over the next few months, whilst this pandemic continues, we will be posting videos and short stories from individuals working in the community either, paid or voluntary and hear from them first hand about how we are “In this Together”. These videos will also be available on all our social media outlets so watch this space….

If you would like to be involved please contact Charmain on 028 8676 6670 or email charmain@ruralcommunitynetwork.org

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In This Together - The Draw

Thanks go to all those who participated in the project 'In This Together'. It has been a unique time and the project highlights the good work groups have been doing around the Province.Charmain Jones, as a small token of ...

Building Communities Resource Centre

BCRC's Lisa Mooney and Marzena Kepska tell how the virus has brought the community together through its outreach project. What actions have taken place at a local level? What have you been directly involved in yourself?Our outreach work has moved ...

Watty Graham’s COVID response

Once lockdown was initiated in mid-March, Watty Grahams implemented a community COVID-19 response team comprising of several dozen volunteers. A dedicated helpline number was immediately setup and in the space of 24 hours, thousands of flyers detailing this support ...

St Pius X College, Magherafelt

Bernie Gray from St Pius X College, Magherafelt tell how the whole school got involved in making visors.St Pius X College, Magherafelt is one of a number of Post Primary schools in the Mid Ulster area, that has been ...

Community Help Rathfriland

Joy Lapsley tells of how the COVID-19 has affected her and her town of Rathfriland.The 15th March 2020 - the first time I realised how bad life could possibly become. I heard we were going into lockdown within a ...

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