Recently known as being the only park in Europe with an interface fence dividing and restricting access to the two main communities of lower North Belfast, Alexandra Park has now been totally transformed through the installation of a peace gate providing greater shared access for all!
Duncairn Community Partnership with the support of the Police, the Department of Justice and Belfast City Council successfully implemented a programme of awareness and promotional activity to support, monitor and celebrate this achievement.
Through a staged process of opening, the peace gate is now open during normal park opening times with little if any sectarian related incidents being recorded.
In the coming year Duncairn Community Partnership will be supporting specific programmes of work with young people from Holy Family Youth Centre and Mountcollyer Youth Centre to ensure the thoughts and ideas of our young people are at the forefront of any further developments within in the park.
Children from Holy Family and Mountcollyer Youth Clubs recently completed a cross community project whereby members from both clubs visited the Berlin Wall in Germany.