About Good Relations

Good Relations challenges sectarianism, racism, celebrates our rich cultural diversity and tries to find ways for us all to be able to live, work and socialise together without fear or mistrust.

Ards and North Down Borough Council is committed to promoting equality and good relations for everyone in the Borough. Equality, inclusivity, and diversity are placed at the core of all of the Council's services and actions, as it strives to work towards achieving a shared future for all.

The Council delivers the Good Relations Programme as part of the N.I. Executive Offices' wider 'Together: Building a United Community (T:BUC)' Strategy. It is funded jointly by the Executive Office and the Council. The key aims of the programme are to improve relations between and within District Council areas and to support local solutions to local good relations issues.

The Good Relations Programme works towards building relationships and working with all communities across the Ards and North Down Borough area. The Good Relations Programme is based on the Together: Building a United Community Strategy.

An example of this can be seen in this short animation: Ards and North Down Good Relations: A Game of Three Halves - YouTube

The Good Relations Team at Ards and North Down Borough Council in collaboration with NEEP pictures has also produced thought-provoking animated videos on Racism and Sectarianism, why these issues still exist and what we as communities can do to tackle them.