Niall Kerr

Project Co-ordinator

Creative Centenaries Project

Creative Centenaries Background

• Takes a creative approach to remembrance and commemoration

• Uses digital and creative methods to engage, particularly with young people

• Adopted the principles as set out by Community Relations Council and Heritage Lottery Fund

• Endorsed as the hub for Decade of Centenaries related information in NI

www.creativecentenaries.org

Interactive website with news, events, resources, and timeline sections

Educational Comic Books

Other educational resources

• Animations

• iBooks

• Interactive educational resources

• Outreach and engagement work

Partnership work• Creative Centenaries Resources Fair, in conjunction with Community Relations Council and Heritage Lottery Fund• Interactive touch-table with National Museums Northern Ireland• Using PRONI content for further resource development• Heritage Lottery Fund application for events, exhibition, outreach programme

2016 and beyond

• Content, information and events- Continue to provide content, information and resources

around the Decade of Centenaries

•Partnership building- CRC, HLF, NMNI, Libraries NI, PRONI, NIO, BBC and more

•Further outreach and knowledge sharing- Continue to provide an avenue for people to engage with the

timeframe in a range of settings

•Events, exhibition, outreach programme- Programme a large scale project with high impact across

Northern Ireland and Ireland, engaging with the public ahead of and during 2016

Niall Kerr

Email: n.kerr@nervecentre.org

Tel: 028 7126 0562

Deirdre MacBride

Programme Director

Community Relations Council

Start from the historical facts; Recognise the implications and consequences

of what happened; Understand that different perceptions and

interpretations exist; and Show how events and activities can deepen

understanding of the period.

All to be seen in the context of an ‘inclusive and accepting society’

Conference and pamphlet of reflections Developing principles and guidance Roundtable Engaging stakeholders Linking to agencies councils, and government Planning ahead – contested years Creating resources - web links, lectures on line

and in DVDs and CDs

Marking the Decade◦ From the local (of people and places) ,

◦ to the international (Empire, war, migration),and◦ To the modern (protecting minorities, why people migrate,

identity, war and solidarity)

Promoting inclusive discussion, dialogue in exploring history and identity

Ethical-Forward looking – what shape society? Practicing how to mark anniversaries in public

space as we approach the 50th anniversaries of the recent conflict

Lectures and DVDs /CDs Conference Good practice toolkit Digital resources Networking and Partnership event Signposting Promoting activities

Local interpretations of people and places What was happening here, then – including not

excluding; Uncovering local history thus creating new resources; Drama, travelling exhibitions etc. Lectures and Discussions Shared and Ethical Remembering Who do we think we are? Art – stitching and unstitching the Troubles

Partners ◦ Libraries - local heritage officers, local newspapers◦ PRONI – Covenant records and census◦ Local historians and history societies, arts, drama and

history teachers and societies◦ Museums and arts centres, Ulster Historical Foundation

Financial (own programmes)◦ Councils: Good Relations/Festival funding, ◦ Peace III partnerships◦ CRC small grants, ◦ HLF hlf.org.uk Your Heritage and Young Roots programmes

etc.◦

Stella Byrne

Casework Manager

Heritage Lottery Fund

Funding for Decade Related Projects

First World War: then and nowGrants between £3,000 and £10,000

Our HeritageGrants between £10,000 and £100,000

Heritage GrantsGrants over £100,000

Young RootsGrants between £10,000 and £50,000

The importance of small grantsCommunity integration

Diamond War Memorial

Belfast Nationalists and WWI – Exhibition and Slideshow Presentation

• Focal point for nationalists with family members who fought in FWW to research their family history connections

• Encourage interest and debate based on facts not myths

• Successful launch

• £7,700

A Unique Experiment: The Resettlement of WWI Soldiers on Cleenish Island in Lough Erne

• Homes Fit for Heroes

• Stories of the resettled soldiers

• Impact on local area

• Legacy today

• £8,900

Impact of the First World War in the Newry Area in the Context of a Changing Political Landscape

• The exhibition illustrates how the First World War affected the lives of hundreds of ordinary people in the area either through recruitment, experience of warfare and bereavement and loss.

• £39,200

On The Brink: The Politics of Conflict 1914-1916

• This project explores, through heritage sites, artefacts of the period, and engagement with local communities, the impact and legacy of the outbreak of the First World War, the Battle of the Somme and the Easter Rising in the Mid and East Antrim and Causeway areas.

• £178,800

Connecting History

The project reshaped the modern history galleries at the Ulster Museum (UM) to meet the challenge of forthcoming anniversaries and in so doing, will contribute to work on the Decade of Anniversaries.

£454,800

Irish Unionism 1914- 1918

The project will reflect on how the events of 100 years ago have shaped the Ireland of today with a particular emphasis on the Unionist perspective on the events of 1914-1918 and the development of the ideological and cultural differences found within Northern Ireland today.

•£270,700

HMS Caroline

• The project will conserve, repair, protect and interpret HMS Caroline, Alexandra Dock and the Pump-House for the next generation

• £12,385,900