Campaign People
How it all began
In the autumn of 2002 a number of key leaders from the voluntary and business sectors expressed their concerns about the growing apathy in Northern Ireland to the Peace Process. Sectarian attitudes appeared to be hardening and research indicated a growing disillusionment, since the Good Friday Agreement. There was a real sense that the time was right for a new focused initiative aimed at injecting some positivity into Northern Ireland. It was felt that there was a need to ask everyone to do something positive to build peace and deal with sectarianism.
Out of these discussions, over several weeks, the One Small Step Campaign was born.
A Core Team appointed a Campaign Director on 17 February 2003 and the Campaign was launched on Thursday 27 February prior to the Ministerial Talks at Hillsborough on 3 / 4 March.
The Campaign launch consisted of simultaneous advertisements in the two Belfast morning newspapers - The Irish News and the News Letter. Both papers carried detailed editorial comment.
The Campaign plans to develop a programme of activities over the coming weeks but its primary objective is to encourage individuals to take One Small Step in Building Peace
Campaign Management
Campaign Chair Campaign Vice Chair | Trevor Ringland - Solicitor Roisin McDonough - Chief Executive, Arts Council for NI |
Campaign Advisory Committee
Sammy Douglas MBE Mary McKee Seamus McAleavey Denis Rooney Tony Kennedy Victor Haslett Dr Chris Gibson OBE Niall Fitzduff Michael Wardlow Tom Gillen Dr Duncan Morrow Angela Paisley Eamonn McCartan Dr Ian McMorris Brendan Mackin Peter Quigley Paul Nolan Dr Gareth Higgins Peter Bunting Baroness May Blood Pat McCartan | Chair - East Belfast Partnership Executive Director - Groundwork Northern Ireland Director - NICVA Chair - Institute of Directors NI Chief Executive - Co-operation Ireland CBE Deputy Chairman - Willis Chair - Civic Forum Director - Rural Community Network Chief Executive - NI Council for Integrated Education Programme Director - ICTU Chief Executive - Community Relations Council Director of Finance - Eastern Health & Soc Serv Board Chief Executive - Sports Council for NI Chair - CBI Director - Belfast Centre for Unemployed Director - East Belfast Mission Director, Institute of Lifelong Learning, QUB Consultant and Founder/Leader - Zero28 Asst General Secretary - NI Committee, ICTU Community Worker Chair - North & West Belfast Health & Social Services Trust |