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The Website version of the NICVA research email briefing, highlighting news, events, publications and information relevant to the sector.
NICVA Research Update 51
Recent Research
Making Peace with the Past: Options for truth recovery regarding the conflict in and about Northern Ireland– Healing through Remembrance
Research Survey
Volunteering in Organisations - Fill in the Volunteer Development Agency online survey about how your organisation engages with volunteers and win a £800 bursary towards assessment against the Investing in Volunteers award.
Research Events
Research capacity building for voluntary and community sector organisations. NICVA has teamed up with ARK (http://www.ark.ac.uk/) – the Northern Ireland Social and Political Archive to provide an introduction to basic research skills to voluntary and community sector organisations.
Publish your own research online
Would you like to make your research more accessible? Have you got a research publication to plug or some research news to share? Now is the time to publish your research online. Publish it on www.communityni.org free of charge.
Research Call
Does Intergenerational work feature in the future of Community Development?’ -a call for information
Recent Research
Making Peace with the Past: Options for truth recovery regarding the conflict in and about Northern Ireland - healing through Remembering
The question of how to deal with the past in relation to the conflict in and about Northern Ireland evokes strong and conflicting emotions. The question is often associated with South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and many advocate or reject the idea of truth recovery according to what they believe about the South African model. This report challenges this approach and expands the discussion beyond the South African case to other international experiences. Specifically, the Making Peace with the Past document suggests five different options with regards to truth recovery (including one which explores drawing a line under the past), and describes how each of these options might help to meet different needs.
The aims of this report are to:
The Options
Based on extensive research into a broad range of international contexts, Healing through Remembering has identified five options which might be applicable to dealing with the consequences of the conflict in and about Northern Ireland.
Healing through Remembering has described and assessed each option in the light of the following:
If you would like any further information or to order this report contact
Healing through Remembering
Alexander House,
17a Ormeau Road
Belfast
028 9023 8844
info@healingthroughremembering.org
www.healingthroughremembering.org
Research Survey
Fill in the Volunteer Development Agency online survey about how your organisation engages with volunteers and win a £800 bursary towards assessment against Investing in Volunteers award.
Volunteering underpins the work of the voluntary and community sector and the value of the contribution that individuals make cannot be underestimated. By completing our online surveyyou have the chance to help the development of volunteering in Northern Ireland and get the chance to win an £800 bursary towards assessment against the Investing in Volunteers award.
In 2001 the Volunteer Development Agency conducted two pieces of research, Volunteering in Northern Ireland and for the first time, Volunteering in Organisations. As a legacy for the Year of the Volunteer 2005 the Department for Social Development (DSD) has initiated development of a Volunteering Strategy for Northern Ireland 2007 -2012.
As part of the underpinning information for this strategy the Volunteer Development Agency, on behalf of DSD, is undertaking both pieces of research once again. It is for this reason that NICVA (Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action) has been commissioned by the Volunteer Development Agency to undertake this Volunteering in Organisations research.
The Volunteer Development Agency can do none of this without your help so we would ask you to complete the short survey online. It should take no longer than 10 minutes to complete.
Get the summary of Volunteering in Northern Ireland 2001. Get a paper version of the this survey
If you require any additional information about this survey or the wider research project please contact Andrea Burke at NICVA using one of the following methods:
028 9087 7777
Reserach Events
Research capacity building for voluntary and community sector organisations
NICVA has teamed up with ARK ( http://www.ark.ac.uk/) – the Northern Ireland Social and Political Archive, a joint initiative by the University of Ulster and Queen’s University – to provide an introduction to basic research skills for voluntary and community sector organisations.
The four half-day events that have been organised are primarily aimed at researchers and policy and information officers in voluntary and community sector organisations who are involved in processing or producing research for their organisations. The four sessions cover basic research skills from finding information, designing research to making presentations. Events can be booked individually or together as a block. However places are limited to 30 for each session so it is advisable to book early.
The sessions are free and a light lunch is provided for participants.
Session 1: Accessing and utilising sourcesof research
Including: NINIS, introduction to ARK, Household Panel Survey, using g overnment resources and statistics.
Wednesday 7 February 2007, 10.00am - 14.30pm, Queen’s University Belfast (Peter Frogatt Centre R 311)
Session 2: Design research projects
Including: questionnaire design, focus groups, interview skills, audits and evaluations, ethical considerations in doing research, involving peer researchers.
Thursday 1 March 2007, 10.00am - 14.30pm, NICVA, Duncairn Gardens
Session 3: Data Analysis
Including: questionnaire coding and data input, basic statistics charts,
analysing and presenting qualitative data.
Wednesday 28 March 2007, 10.00am - 14.30pm, Queen’s University Belfast (Peter Frogatt Centre R 311)
Session 4: Report writing and dissemination
Including: structuring a research report, writing an executive summary, disseminating data, writing a press-release, giving a presentation.
Tuesday 24 April 2007, 10.00am -14.30pm, NICVA, Duncairn Gardens
For further information or to book a place for either session or all sessions, please phone Andrea Burke at 028 9087 7777 or andrea.burke@nicva.org.
Publish your own research online
Would you like to make research more accessible? Have you got a research publication to plug or some research news to share? Now is the time to publish your research online. Publish it on Community NI, free of charge. Follow the simple online form at:
http://www.communityni.org/index.cfm
What is Community NI?
Community NI has been developed by the Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action (NICVA) to promote the voluntary and community sector in Northern Ireland. The website was officially launched in April 2005.
Publish your information
The principle behind the site is that every voluntary and community organisation will be signposted and will have the opportunity to publish information, whether that be a newsletter, job advertisement or event. Community NI aims to be the first central online source of information about the voluntary and community sector in Northern Ireland. It gives voluntary and community organisations the chance to promote themselves on the internet and to share their resources and expertise.
Call for information
Elaine Cartmill is calling for information on ‘Does Intergenerational work feature in the future of Community Development?’ (Intergenerational work involves the collaboration/solidarity between older people and youth).
The aim of the project is to research the inputs (is there funding available? older people and youth’s willingness or not to engage in intergenerational work); to look at the outputs (training, activities, education, networking is there others!) to research the possible impacts (does intergenerational work reduce crime, does it reduce discrimination, does it build community spirit? etc)
Elaine is doing this research project as part of her Diploma in Community Development Practice. She hopes to carry out short interviews with pre-identified personnel such as Policy Officer, Teacher, Community Safety Officer, Older Persons, Youth etc.
Elaine hopes this research will create awareness surrounding Intergenerational practices, and hopes that the information I present may be used for future opportunities in funding.
Areas of focus include
For further information on this research or to offer information please contact Elaine at
Thanks to everyone who sent information that has been included in NICVA Research Update 51. Please remember to send information about research that you have undertaken and requests for information that you would like included in the next update. Also remember to let others know about NICVA Research Updates. To register send an email entitled ‘NICVA Research Updates’ to andrea.burke@nicva.org
Andrea Burke
Research Assistant
NICVA
61 Duncairn Gardens
BELFAST BT15 2GB
028 9087 7777
028 9087 7799
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