Future Plans

The Management Committee and staff are presently putting together a Development plan for the next three years. This is with a view to expanding our existing premises and employing an outreach community relations worker to enable us to engage more effectively in long-term capacity building work within the local community. The aim is to be more effective in contributing to sustainable peace. We recognize that we provide an ideal neutral, residential resource in this locality and by working in partnership with other organisations in the area, we can contribute to building relationships and healing the divisions between people.

We will also continue to develop our Community Allotment Scheme. The aim of this project is the creation of a small number of allotments for the use of 'disadvantaged' groups in the area with the overall aim of promoting health and well being. This should then be 'handed over' to the interest groups in the local area who will maintain and manage the allotments themselves.

As well as the major plans ahead, we will still continue to provide a welcoming venue for the many groups who visit for discussion, work and recreation. At Kilcranny House we provide an international dimension with our international volunteers and yearly cultural exchange programmes, which add a wider perspective to our work. Our schools and youth programmes will also remain a major aspect of our work and continue to be developed, as our young people are our future.

The next few years ahead will be very challenging and uncertain, both in terms of funding difficulties and the changes in the political environment. However, Kilcranny House will rise to meet these challenges and uncertainties and, as a centre offering a holistic vision of non-violence, we know we have a real role to play in the future of the 'peace process'.