Urban Villages - Focus Magazine {Issue 11)

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4 CONNECTING COMMUNITIES Working together

8 LOCAL STORIES Impacting lives and creating thriving places

28 CAPITAL INVESTMENT New Urban Villages FOCUS Magazine Capital Supplement

29 TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES Support to help you get a job

30 NEWS

What’s happening across Urban Village areas

across Urban Village areas

A note of thanks to community groups that have helped by providing photos for this edition at a time when, due to the pandemic, we have been limited in our ability to visit projects to capture images. Please note that some photos in this edition are not socially distanced because they were taken before the COVID-19 crisis emerged.

About Us

To foster positive community identities

The Urban Villages Initiative is a headline action of the Together: Building a United Community (T:BUC) Strategy. It is designed to improve good relations outcomes and develop thriving places. The Urban Villages Initiative is shaped and delivered in partnership with local communities and has three core aims:

The Urban Villages Initiative is continuing to invest in the five areas by supporting organisations in the development of projects aimed at improving the lives of people in these areas. For more information contact: info@urbanvillagesni.org

To build community capacity

To improve the physical environment

Front Cover: Kirsty Hill, Foyle Search and Rescue volunteer, photographed as part of an exhibition celebrating ‘Local Heroines’ on International Women’s Day for a Streets Alive project. With thanks to Lisa Byrne of Wrapped in Plastic for the photo.

Urban Villages Initiative | Focus Magazine Issue 11