The Vision and Mission of Forthspring Inter Community Group

Our vision is of a diverse and peaceful community, where all people are free to live with dignity, hope, respect and understanding.

Our mission: Forthspring works alongside people in creating an environment that builds trust and relationships within and between communities.

The Strategic Aims of Forthspring Inter Community Group

In 2004 Forthspring developed a three year strategic plan covering areas of work from 2004

1. To develop a diverse range of programmes that promote Good Relations and encourage personal and community empowerment, ensuring the programmes provide developmentally challenging opportunities, encouraging innovative approaches and partnerships.
2. To ensure Forthspring is a quality organisation with a reflective learning culture.
3. To enhance Forthspring’s profile locally, nationally and internationally to share good practice and to seek a sustainable future for the organisation.

Sub Aims

1. To actively promote a healthy living lifestyle.
2. To encourage cross-generational understanding.
3. To develop non violence as a core ethos underpinning the work of Forthspring.
4. To ensure Forthspring is an ethical and environmentally friendly organisations in all its operations and models this as good practice.
5. To actively encourage balanced and active involvement of the community we work alongside.

Key areas of Work for Development

• Non Violence Work:
the study and practice of non-violence as a real alternative to dealing with conflict. This work will be ongoing within Forthspring as well as with local schools.

• Multi Cultural Awareness Work: in an ever increasing multicultural Belfast, our plan is to engage with members from the minority ethnic communities in raising awareness and developing relationships “ full stop is missing in the end of this sentence.
• Engaging men: Finding creative and meaningful ways of engaging men within the various personal development and peace – building programmes