The current ceasefire in Northern Ireland prompted Mearns Pollock to set up with the support of some international friends the Carswell Trust. The trust hopes to support the present ceasefire by engaging with the community though arts and dialogue to development education projects to encourage conflict resolution. The Trust is based in Newry, Co.Down which is a nationalist city. It is also a city that can offer ways to build bridges in a deeply divided community and to offer hope for other cites around the world in similiar circumstances.