Urban Villages Focus Magazine ISSUE 9

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Streets Alive: Adapting to serve the community

DERRY~ LONDONDERRY Bogside, Fountain & Bishop Street

NEW to Streets Alive - The Zephyr Festival The Streets Alive Zephyr (wind of the west) Festival was brought together online and celebrated the shared Traditions and Wind Instruments of Ireland, Ulster Scots, Bulgaria and Catalonia. Four masters of their instruments presented their own music in showcase form as well as delivering contained master class presentations and workshops on their particular instrument, including: Uilleann Pipes, Gaida and Kaval, Highland Bagpipes and Catalonian Bagpipes. A youth cultural exchange ran along with the concert preparations, bringing together young nationals from these regions currently based in Northern Ireland. The young people prepared

The Streets Alive programme has rapidly adapted its activities to continue to serve the Urban Villages communities at this time of the COVID-19 crisis, when it is no longer possible to roll out the planned programme of public events. A series of Facebook live events have been promoted and produced across social media to engage and encourage people doing the right thing, by staying at home. Events delivered to screens at home include; music and dance tuition and performance, language classes, cooking, fitness and many other activity classes. These are all available on the Gasyard Wall Féile Facebook page . If you need any further support or need to contact any local organisations in the Derry~Londonderry Urban Village area there are some useful contacts below: Dove House provide a range of services including benefit advice, unemployment support Follow New Gate Arts on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram or check out www.newgatearts.com for updates, online events and helpful advice. Check out Bogside & Brandywell Health Forum for classes, programmes, nutrition, guidance and information on Facebook or email info@bbhealthforum.org and debt advice. Contact Dove House by telephone: 028 7126 9327

tunes from their own traditional repertoire as well as exchanging prepared

pieces from each of the others culture.

Urban Villages Initiative | Focus Magazine Issue 9