Events
The seven community engagement events within this programme will be held in the following areas:
Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council – 17 November 2011- Down District Council – 26 January 2012
- Strabane District Council – 23 February 2012
- Armagh District Council – 29 February 2012
- Ballymena Borough Council – 22March 2012
- Coleraine Borough Council – 29 March 2012
- Belfast City Council – 14 June 2012
These events are being chaired by William Crawley from the BBC and organised with a number of local partners in each area. A regional event will be held at the end of 2012 to bring together participants from the community discussions to reflect and engage with the issues in greater depth with key decision makers.
One of the key goals of each event is to encourage participants to develop their own local conversations between schools and communities in their area. A focussed and locally driven conversation is crucial to allowing the community to communicate what they want to see in education.
