T2582 PEACEPLUS Community Connections Project

Belfast City Council awarded a contract valued at £638,135 to a consortium of six organizations (Ballynafeigh Community Development Association, Belfast City of Sanctuary, Business in the Community NI, Diverse Youth NI, GEMSNI Ltd, and Migrant Centre NI Ltd) on 28 April 2025 to deliver the PEACEPLUS Community Connections project. The citywide initiative supports integration and inclusion of people from minority ethnic backgrounds through four strands: community leadership and mentoring, community orientation and cultural facilitation, community connectors programming, and community and network building, targeting 726 participants. The project is part of the Belfast PEACEPLUS Local Community Action Plan funded by the EU's PEACEPLUS programme managed by the Special EU Programmes Body.