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The WEA (Workers’ Educational Association) is winning the fight against gremlins through their Essential Skills courses. 1 in 4 adults in Northern Ireland have problems with reading, writing and maths. One learner who has overcome these problems with the WEA is Rab Robinson.
Creagh Concrete Products Limited of Toomebridge Co. Antrim, found guilty of pollution, was given an absolute discharge after making a donation of £5,000 to the RSPB.
The Arts Council is planning to permit only those organisation’s currently funded under the multi-annual programme (MAP) to ‘apply’ for funding when the new round opens. This means the scheme is closed to new applicants for the second year running.
Lisa McElherron, Policy Development Manager at NICVA, has a look back at the first one hundred days of the Assembly and casts a glance at what may be in store for the sector over the next few months.
The Arts Council has reopened its Lottery Projects, Equipment and Public Art Schemes on 28 August. All have a deadline of 27 September 2007. Lottery Projects can only apply for a 1 year funding term.
The Grant Tracker team wants to hear about your views of four main funding bodies who delivery lottery funding in Northern Ireland. Early feedback suggests Arts Council needs to improve - do you agree? What about the others?
The NJC employers made an improved offer at a meeting of the NJC Executive on 24 August 2007. The offer consists of a 3.4% increase on scale point 4, giving a new bottom rate of £6 an hour and a 2.475% increase on all other pay points. The offer is not staged.
Young people in care across Northern Ireland will be able to get advice and support on how to cope direct to their mobile phones with an innovative new service from VOYPIC – the Voice of Young People in Care.
The Chartered Institute of Housing is holding the Annual Conference & Exhibition on 03 and 04 October 2007.
Extern is seeking to increase the membership of its board in order to meet the demands of its expanding remit. We would welcome applications from people concerned for the future of some of the more vulnerable people in our society.
Inequality in Britain has got a lot worse in recent decades, a study by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation has found. In a separate report, the Foundation shows that 70% of people believe the gap between rich and poor is too wide, though there is no clear consensus on what should be done about it.
Are you thinking about setting up your own business in the Creative Industries? Or perhaps making a little extra income with your creative skills?
The Grant Tracker Team are conducting a quick survey on people's experience of the Arts Council's lottery funding schemes and process. It only takes couple of minutes to complete the mainly multiple choice questions.
NICVA has recently sent out a small survey to members on the issue of nuclear power. We are very keen to have the views of our members on this issue, so please try to respond. In the meantime, read some of the relevant information here.
The Funding Advice Network (FAN), facilitated by NICVA, is an informal membership body of individuals whose responsibility it is to provide funding advice as a substantial part of their role in community and voluntary activity.
The Arts Council Re-imaging Communities programme will be taking a roadshow across Northern Ireland throughout October to encourage applications for programme grants.
The largest of the National Lottery Good Cause distributors has re-launched Reaching Communities Northern Ireland, an £18 million programme which will support a wide range of projects that bring changes to people’s lives and create stronger communities.
Public lecture by Dr Rory O’Connor from the Suicidal Behaviour Research Group
University of Stirling on ‘Adolescent and Young Adult Suicide Risk: Characteristics and Promising Treatments’.
The Northern Ireland Centre for Trauma and Transformation [NICTT] in conjunction with the DHSSPSNI is offering the Accredited Certificate in Cognitive Therapy Methods (CCTM) to mental health and social care practitioners working in the Northern Ireland community and voluntary sectors.
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