Good Relations- Good News Stories

This year’s Holocaust Memorial Day theme, Bridging Generations, was marked in Fermanagh and Omagh with a series of remembrance events. The programme included a talk by Seymour Kelly, who shared the story of his mother, Holocaust survivor Lushka Kelly. The events emphasised the importance of preserving survivor testimony and remembering the victims of the Holocaust and later genocides.

Fermanagh/ Tyrone Brass Band Summer School hosted Brass Fest at the Buttermarket Saturday 13th September 2025 with support from FODC Good Relations. The event brought together bands from all over Ireland for a day filled with music, cross community spirit, and cultural interaction and celebration.

Omagh Filipino Community Group hosted a Summer Tambayan Event August 2025 with support from FODC Good Relations.

Good relations team out and about promoting Good Relations at FODC Hats of to the Forthill

Good relations team out and about at Omagh Show promoting Good Relations

This years Refugee Week  16- 22 June 2025 theme focused on “Community as a Superpower.”  Working with the Western Health and Social Care Trust our Good Relations team marked the week with an event in the Westend Community Centre, Enniskillen.  The event celebrated how communities have welcomed and supported unaccompanied minors arriving in the district  and support refugees and people seeking sanctuary.

An exhibition of celebration of shared cultural heritage showcasing Irish and Highland dancers. From its opening in the Ardhowen last December the exhibition showcased at the Strule Arts Centre in Omagh for the month of June. Keep a look out for its next showcase in the Fermanagh & Omagh area.

Local primary Schools across FODC participated in Environmental Youth Speak competition April 2025. The competition, run by FODC Climate Change team in partnership with South West College supported by Good Relations, saw the pupils deliver outstanding speeches on the topic of ‘Where would we Bee without Pollinators’. Events like this empower the next generation to become advocates for sustainability and help foster a lifelong commitment to protecting our planet, strengthening Good Relations our safer community strategy plan.

Omagh Churches Forum hosted a Lenten Lunch in St Joseph’s Hall, Omagh to celebrates 60 years of Corrymeela, supported by Good Relations.  The guest speaker Rev Dr Alex Wimberly from Corrymeela Community spoke about the story of Corrymeela in this the 60^th anniversary year.