Afternoon Welcome and introduction
Evening Reception and opening dinner

Morning Introduction and welcome
Sport: social inclusion and social citizenship: the theory
Professor Fred Coalter, University of Stirling

Sport England investment into community sport: philosophy and practice
Nick Rowe, Sport England

Street Leagues
Jennie Harland-Khan, Project Manager

Community regeneration and constructing communities through sport
Peter Shaw, Greater Shankill Partnership

Afternoon Developmental workshops
Sharing best practice

Morning
Child protection and sport
Steve Boocock, NSPCC

Sport and the need for an ethical framework
Margaret Talbot, Chief Executive, CCPR

Implementing ethical codes of practice with governing bodies of sport
Anne-Marie Hughes, Irish Sports Council,

Sport and disability

Afternoon Workshops
Discussion and sharing best practice

Morning Dreams and Teams: a cross-national perspective
Sue Burgess, Sport Development Consultant
A plenary session to develop conclusions, practical responses (strategies/plans), cultural perspectives on issues raised and establish a broader international network to pursue these issues.

Afternoon Continuation of morning's activities

Visits for sports projects in Nothern Ireland

Morning Browlow Sports Campus Trust, Browlow Road, Craigavon

Launched in June 1999 the Browlow Trust aims to use sport as a medium to promote improved community relations between all sections of the community, regardless of age, gender, disability, race or community background. The trust represents the achievement of the first phase of a 20-year vision, shared by two local secondary schools, Browlow Integrated College and Lismore Comprehensive, to address an acknowledged shortage of outdoor sports provision. BSCT is an innovative partnership between two secondary schools, Craigavon Borough Council and the local community. A Community Sport Development Officer (John News) was appointed in February 1999, with the assistance from Sports Council Northern Ireland and Department of Education.

Lunch at House of Sport, Belfast hosted by the Sports Council, Northern Ireland

Afternoon North Belfast Play Forum, Waterworks Multi-Sports Facility, Cavehill Road, Belfast

Many areas of North Belfast have experienced high levels of violence and social and economic decline. Drug abuse, violent crime and conflict between rivals/gangs have been regular features of this area, with social polarisation and low levels of community infrastructure preventing the emergence of a strong community voice. It is against this context that the North Belfast Play Forum was established in the unused Waterworks tennis courts. The composition of the forum represents the diversity of the local community and the facility is managed by Mark McCashin and consists of open air, floodlit, multipurpose sports facility with three five-a-side courts, three basketball courts, one seven-a-side court, three netball courts and can also be used for various other sports, based on a area of 70 x 35 metres.

Tour of Belfast (to be confirmed)

Evening Return to Dublin about 8pm

Morning Final plenary

Departure

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