PEACEPLUS Programmes

Programmes supported by PEACEPLUS, a programme managed by the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB).

Building Peaceful and Thriving Communities across Ards & North Down and Louth County through heritage, storytelling, food, and shared education.

EventWise NI is proud to deliver a portfolio of PEACEPLUS-funded programmes that bring communities together through education, culture, and storytelling. Each project has been carefully designed to foster reconciliation, celebrate shared heritage, and create opportunities for cross-community dialogue.

Explore our current programmes below:

BRIDGE: Education Shared Trips

BRIDGE is a cross-community education programme for 120 young people aged 15–17 from Ards & North Down. Participants will explore heritage at home and abroad through:

  • Local and cross-border trips
  • An international visit to Poland
  • Leadership and “Train the Trainer” workshops
  • Shared reflection and creative outputs

📩 Recruitment has reopened – Enrol for our programme below.

*Spaces are very limited

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Any questions? Email our Recruitment Manager Sarah Reid at sarah@eventwiseni.com.

SAVOUR: Stories|Ancestry| Voices|Oral History|Understanding| Reconciliation

SAVOUR is a heritage and food-based reconciliation programme that explores identity through living history, storytelling, and food traditions. Participants will experience:

  • Three full-day heritage excursions
  • Ulster Scots food heritage talks with Paula McIntyre
  • Foraging, wild food, and cultural experiences
  • Shared meals as a tool for dialogue and connection

📩 Recruitment is now open!

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Any questions? Email our Recruitment Manager Sarah Reid at sarah@eventwiseni.com.

Shared Narratives

Shared Narratives is a PEACEPLUS-funded cross-border storytelling project delivered by EventWise NI in partnership with Louth County Council.

The programme brings together diverse, divided and often overlooked voices to explore conflict, identity, peace and the future through creative and meaningful engagement. Using storytelling as a bridge, Shared Narratives creates space for people from different backgrounds to reflect on lived experience, hear one another’s perspectives and contribute to a wider conversation about understanding, belonging and reconciliation.

Over two years, the programme will engage participants across Louth and Northern Ireland through a range of creative and educational strands including film, theatre, photography, writing and facilitated dialogue. It will work with women, young people, those affected by conflict, ex-political prisoners, security force voices and others whose experiences deserve to be heard and valued.

Shared Narratives will produce a range of public-facing outputs including exhibitions, a documentary film, a new stage play, creative publications and educational resources. Alongside these outputs, the project is designed to build meaningful relationships across communities and support deeper reflection on the past, present and future of this island.

At its heart, Shared Narratives is about connection. It is about creating thoughtful, respectful spaces where stories can be shared safely and where creative practice can help people engage with difficult histories in ways that are human, constructive and forward-looking.

Delivered through:

  • Cross-border storytelling and dialogue
  • Creative writing and photography workshops
  • Educational engagement with young people
  • Theatre, film and public-facing cultural outputs
  • Relationship-building across communities and backgrounds

Any questions or want to be involved? Please email our Project Coordinator Imelda McAloon at imelda@eventwiseni.com