Awards Presentation was on Tuesday 07/03/2023
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Nicole Sloan
Nicole is a Radius tenant living in a Shared Housing development built as part of the T:buc (Together: Building United Communities) and ‘Housing for All’ Strategy. She is passionate and promotes culture, diversity, acceptance, respect and underst Read More

VOYPIC Women's Group
VOYPIC was created in 1993 by a group of children and young people in care and supporting practitioners. VOYPIC is an independent children’s charity that promotes the rights and voice of children in care and young people leaving care. We believe th Read More

Tada Rural Support Network Geraldine Lawless (Chair)
TADA Rural Support Network is a voluntary community group made up of 10 voluntary board members, the Chairperson of the organisation is Geraldine Lawless. TADA have over 20 years experience of providing tailored support to Identify and meet the needs Read More

St Johns and Killowen Primary Schools pupils Coleraine
St Johns and Killowen primary schools in Coleraine are shared education partners and work together regularly on good relations and community cohesion projects. Their principles Helen McDonnell and Arlene Moon work tirelessly to promote their shared e Read More

Aaron Smith
Aaron has been involved in Youth work for over 6 years, having been initially a Young Leader then an Ambassador on the Uniting Communities through Sport and Creative activities T:BUC Programme. He has now gone full circle in his leadership and good r Read More

Angila Chada
In summary we are nominating Angila Chada for this award as we firmly believe she has made an exceptional contribution to peacebuilding and Good Relations in Northern Ireland. She has dedicated her life’s work to promoting inclusion and diversity a Read More

Adekanmi Abayomi
Adekanmi Abayomi, LLB (Hons) is the Founder and Chair of EMSONI – Ethnic Minority Sports Organisation Northern Ireland. He is a Social Justice Advocate and a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria. As a long-term racial equality ac Read More

Dr Mukesh Chugh
I can think of no one more deserving of this honour than Mukesh. He has gone above and beyond to make a lasting impression on me and many other individuals. Mukesh’s inspirational and persuasive efforts have been recognised by others and he has Read More

Maureen O'Gorman
From the inception of Maureen’s career in youth work young people have been supported to participate in Good relations programmes, Latterly with a greater emphasis on TBUC, Maureen has the developed the capacity of a huge range of youth workers Read More

Mary Lafferty
Mary Lafferty, based in Omagh, Co. Tyrone, has made an outstanding contribution to building good relations in the Fermanagh and Omagh District Council area. She is an exemplary good relations community champion who leads by example. She has been to t Read More

Hazel McGuigan
Hazel Mc Guigan has dedicated her life to helping others, promoting understanding and breaking down barriers. She is an exceptional community ambassador with a passion for affecting change. As Chairperson of Campsie Community Association, she volunta Read More

Damien Devine
Donemana in the past has been perceived as a fractious village, but Dennett Valley Healthy Network (Damien Devine) has been working tirelessly to developed a shared space for all the community. As part of this shared space there is a workshop, allotm Read More

Mary Hogg
Mary has been at the fore front of women’s issues & empowerment in Mid Ulster for 23 years. Very much an advocate for Peace, Reconciliation & the peace Agreements. She has taken many personal risks in promoting good relations in Mid Uls Read More

Principals (Darren Mornin and Rita Moore) Limavady High School and St. Mary's High School, Limavady
The Limavady Shared Education Campus is the first project of its kind in Northern Ireland and was born out of The NI Executive’s Together: Building a United Community (T:Buc) Strategy published in May 2013. By creating a new campus for schools to s Read More

Orla Hawkins
I just think Orla is amazing with the kids, she didnt know any off the kids from the other community they have all come together and have developed a really great bond and friendship. I hope that they will continue with this however with Orla taking Read More

Dr Éamon Phoenix
The political historian and well known broadcaster Dr Éamon Phoenix received the 2022 Good Relations Award from the Community Relations Council (CRC) at an online gala event attended by peers, peacebuilders and government representatives. Dr Phoenix Read More