Interfaith & Belief – Unity & Peace Programme Volunteer

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Corrymeela Community

The Project forms part of the Belfast PEACEPLUS Local Action Plan, managed by Belfast City Council. It aims to improve relations between and towards faiths and beliefs in Belfast.

You will help develop a programme to map and showcase valuable human and community assets within faith and belief groups across Belfast to enable others to access those assets going forwards.

You will help create and circulate an online survey to explore these assets,
giving access to facilities and helping to address challenges around new arrivals to Belfast including refugees and asylum seekers.

You will plan and proceed with a programme of site visits to 10 faith and belief group projects across Belfast from which will come opportunity to build capacity
alongside civic, public services and faith leaders
.

You will work with a wide range of faith and belief perspectives and with project partners – Corrymeela Community,
Redeeming Our Communities NI
, Belfast Islamic Centre, and Northern Ireland Interfaith Forum.

You can help see your own faith or belief perspective (if any) positively portrayed and learn to relate well with other perspectives. If you do not have a formal faith or belief, we have opportunities – we still want to hear from you!

There are three requirements for you to register:

• To live, work or regularly worship at a place with a Belfast postcode - check it at  Even if you do not have one, contact us to explore possibilities.
• To be open to working with those of different faiths and beliefs
  . You do NOT require theological or spiritual knowledge though – we give training and guidance on what to do.
• To be willing to provide details about yourself for registration and for feedback, needed for the running of the project and to measure success.

Codesign sessions will be on average of 3-4 hours per month - both online and at faith venues across the city.

The Belfast Local Community Action Plan is supported by PEACEPLUS, a programme managed by the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).).

• Learn about the range of social provision by faith communities in Belfast
• Find best practices in social programmes and make these better known
• Enable greater public awareness of and access to existing social programmes
  
  Provide new volunteers to help facilitate existing faith group social programmes
• Find gaps and needs and build capacity with city leaders to fill them

• Adaptability
• Capacity Planning
• Community Development
• Decision Making
• Interpersonal Skills
• Problem Solving
• Self Awareness

• Community
• Family Support
• Food Insecurity
• Migrant Support
• Older People

Belfast, UK

Flexible - hours are based on your availability and other factors