At Community Relations in Schools (CRIS), we’re excited to support schools across Northern Ireland as they continue to grow and deepen their Shared Education work, with funding provided through the PEACE PLUS programme via the Education Authority. Building on decades of experience in peacebuilding and community relations, CRIS is ready to walk alongside schools in developing meaningful, inclusive partnerships that benefit pupils, staff, and the wider community. 

Students and their buddies from six North Belfast Everyday Peacebuilding primary schools met together for a day of fun at Girdwood...

Check out the Community Relations Councils' coverage of our 40th Anniversary Gala on their website: https://www.community-relations.org.u...

On Saturday 15th March 2025 CRIS will be celebrating its big 40th Anniversary by hosting a gala dinner fundraising evening!

In our 40th year of operations CRIS are delighted to share our latest film, ‘ Small Steady Steps ’ . This film was recently premiered at...

Ripples of Peace: Weaving Friendship in the Shadow of the Shipyard  is the latest impact case study in the  Ripples of Peace  series by...

CRIS is on the search for freelance facilitators to join our Associates Team. The great news it that we are not only recruiting...

Trusting GRACE is a new research model, developed by CRIS and Coventry University's Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations. ​ The...

CRIS could not let the anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement pass without honouring the positive change that has happened since that...

CRIS was delighted to recently present two North Belfast primary schools with the first ever GRACE Award, in recognition of their...

Here at CRIS, we were delighted to recently launch our Trusting GRACE research report at Parliament Buildings as part of the Community...

We are delighted to announce the publication of our second edition of 'Ripples of Peace'. In this edition, we take a closer look at a...

Settle in to watch a celebration of the Buddy Up! system developed by Community Relations In Schools (CRIS) and the lasting impact of...

Newtownabbey Empowering Schools Together (NEST) School Leaders met this week for the final time of the 2022/23 academic year. We were...

The red carpet was rolled out for a silver screen celebration of peacebuilding and the lasting impact of friendships developed across the...

Earlier this year, school partners involved in the Newtownabbey Empowering Schools Together (NEST) partnership identified a number of key...

In 2003, CRIS staff were introduced to Nursery School Principals, Nuala Gallagher from Holy Cross Nursery in Ardoyne and Nancy Magrath...

CRIS is seeking to appoint a team of associates who will support delivery of our pupil based Good Relations programming at Primary School...

This day last week, North Belfast was the topic on everyone’s minds for all the wrong reasons. A hoax bomb driven to the Houben Centre at...

CRIS is recruiting for two Coordinator posts for our pioneering Buddy Up project.