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When 25% of those living in Foyle/Derry City are battling with loneliness and community funding has been cut by 64% across Northern Ireland, we explore why community spaces like this matter now more than ever. Through interviews with Derry Meet Ups founder Cassie Jane, members and facilitators, the film tells the story of what happens when people choose connection and what’s possible when community is treated as something worth protecting.
Transcript
00:03Am I looking at you or am I looking at the camera?
00:06I'm looking at you, Carl. Hello, my name is Cathy Jane and I'm founder of Dairy Meetups.
00:26I put this reel out on Instagram and I said, here, does anyone want to go for coffee dates,
00:31go to markets, go on hikes, go on sea swims, go do all these awesome, beautiful things
00:35that we're all meant to do.
01:05Dairy Meetups has given a template to all our social clubs in the city.
01:11It's just having people around you as well that hold the same values for community.
01:17A lot of people suffer and a lot of people are lonely and they don't know where to turn to.
01:21This is what Dairy Meetups is meant to be.
01:23Yes, it's about building community and building friendships,
01:26but at the same time you need to have fun. That's how you build these connections.
01:32There's a lot going on in the world and young people, they need to feel that sense of community
01:39and that sense of camaraderie and they need to feel that it's available to them in their own city.
01:50You can't be in a village without looking after all your villagers.
01:53Music

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