Mr. Eamonn Deane

Eamonn Deane, Director of the Holywell Trust said: " We are proud to present this celebration of music that reflects the many cultures and sounds of our increasingly diverse society."

This residential was a culmination of contact and meetings facilitated by Eamon Deane of Holywell Trust between Abhaile Aris and the North West R.E.A.C.T. group in Derry.

The purpose of the meetings were two fold one to help foster better relationships between both groups and two to use this relationship to build better contacts with both communities.

From the outset both groups recognised that not only had our groups a lot in common but also our respective communities, all of us were suffering the same problems in terms of our socio-economic position and our experiences of the last 30 years of conflict.

It was decided that we would share a residential and discuss these areas of commonality.Eamon Deane from Holywell Trust agreed to facilitate it and suggested that we hold the residential in Teach Ban in Downings, which we all agreed to.
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All of our discussions were conducted in the most friendly atmosphere and a lot of this was down to the skills of our facilitators Eamon Deane and Maureen Hetherington who were excellent in keeping the residential focused, not letting us leave any given point until we all understood it.
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Facilitators: Eamon Deane and Maureen Hetherington.

Eamon Deane of Holywell Trust Derry had facilitated this trip at the request of Abhaile Aris.

Today's trip was part of Abhaile Aris programme entitled " Process of Nation Building" (PNB).The aims of the PNB programme is to initiate contact with the following sectors, Civic society including the Protestant community North and South, the Unionist community in the North, all the churches, women, Trade union and the business community.

On arriving in Derry we were taken by Eamon Deane to the Apprentice Boys Memorial hall at Society Street where we were met by Apprentice boys member and local historian Mr William Temple.
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On behalf of Abhaile Aris I would like to thank Eamon Deane of Holywell Trust for facilitating this engagement with the Apprentice Boys and in particular I would like to thank William Temple for his courtesy and very informative and enlightening talk and tour of the Apprentice Boys Memorial Hall and the walking tour of Derry's Walls.

- A book on the Ethics of Storytelling and The Politics of Dealing with the Past - local, national and international reputable authors have contributed to the book including Rev Dr Johnston McMaster, Damian Gorman, Dr Marie Breen Smyth, Dr Brandon Hamber, Professor Dan Bar-On (Israel), Dr Patricia Lundy, Arlene Healey, Marie-Therese O'Hagan, Maureen Hetherington, Eamonn Deane, Jim O'Neill, Professor Ann Kelleher (USA).
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Eamonn Deane, Director, Holywell Trust

Eamon Deane of the Holywell Trust said: "The main outcome of the meeting was that people agreed that we have to find a shared way forward in how the council and the community and voluntary sector would work together and develop a strategy that would have meaning for the lives of the people who live here and for visitors to the city."

Mr Eamon Deane, Director, Holywell Trust, Bishop Street, Derry

Mr Eamonn Deane - Director, The Holywell Trust, Derry.

Eamon Deane is Director of Holywell Trust, Derry City since 1988, was a long serving Trustee of NIVT and is on the Board of CRC and the Local Strategy Partnership.

Eamon has contributed to and is being involved with developments affecting community development work throughout the past number of years in Northern Ireland.

Eamonn Deane, director of Londonderry community organisation the Holywell Trust, was presented with the award by the Community Relations Council (CRC) at a special event at the Junction on Derry's Bishop Street today (Friday April 28).The presentation was made as part of Community Relations Week.

CRC chief executive, Duncan Morrow, says that Mr Deane continues to make a significant contribution to the building of a shared future in the North West and across Northern Ireland.
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"Eamonn has been a driving force behind efforts to create trust, understanding and cooperation within the community of the North West since the early 1970s and his dedication, enthusiasm and contribution to community relations are unparalleled," Dr Morrow says.
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Eamonn Deane was central to the establishment of the Bogside Community Association in the early 70s, helped set up the North West Centre for Learning and Development, set up the North West Community Mirror newsletter, was a founder member of the now Community Foundation for Northern Ireland, has been a member of the Community Relations Council, was a founder of the Holywell Trust, which was set up in 1988, and has been involved in countless community relations, cross-border and cross-cultural initiatives and projects.