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The Voluntary Sector Housing Policy Forum issued stark warning today, as it launched a joint briefing highlighting the potential implications of the draft budget and the draft investment strategy.

This updated advice note provides advice and information for the Community and Voluntary Sector of the workings of the EU Special Support Programme for Peace and Reconciliation 2007 - 2013 - Peace III.

The Exchanges Programme within Co-operation Ireland runs a small grants Programme. These grants are available for cross-border projects which focus on mutual benefit; peace & reconciliation; and diversity.

The next meeting of the Voluntary and Community Arts Policy Forum is scheduled to take place on Monday 17 December at 2.00pm in NICVA. The agenda will focus on the impact of the Cultural Olympiad, part of the vision for London 2012.

A new fund for language and non language related actvities for schools, colleges or youth groups has been set up to encourage young people to build links between the UK and Germany.

There has been a lot of controversy about how much Northern Ireland is spending on health since the draft Budget was published. When health erupts on the public it’s usually about what the media see as a good issue – where should a maternity unit be based, should a new hospital be nearer Omagh or Enniskillen, why are people dying from MRSA in hospitals? All of these are important and emotive questions, very often a matter of life and death, but other vital issues rarely surface.

Ash urges action on climate change as they bring Friends of the Earth's Big Ask campaign to Belfast

Jump on a bus to help build tomorrow’s world today. That’s the theme of NICVA’s annual conference this Friday 7 December. This conference aims to put sustainability at the top of all our agendas. Equally you can have a chance to challenge the ‘green claptrap’. We’re confident you’ll find it is a case of “win for you and win for the globe”.

On Monday 17 December NICVA is hosting a briefing session on Access NI (ANI) the new criminal history disclosure service set to replace the PoCVA system and the CRO service provided by PSNI from 1 April 2008.

Jerry Greenfield, one half of the famous international Ben and Jerry’s ice-cream brand will be the keynote speaker at Building Tomorrow’s World, the annual conference of the Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action on 7 December.

The breakdown in procedures by Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs that led to the loss of 25 million personal records, including names, addresses, national insurance numbers and bank account numbers, is a warning of what can happen.

Any voluntary or community sector organisation with experience of working the natural environment, or working in partnership with an organisation with this experience can apply for a Lottery funded Breathing Places grant

The Arts Council have launched the STart UP Initiative which is a new initiative set up to provide support, including grant aid, to those organisations throughout Northern Ireland who have not yet availed of Arts Council funding, including Awards For All.

The Food Standards Agency has launched the fourth round of the Dame Sheila McKechnie Award. The awards assist community food initiatives to develop innovative approaches to tackling issues around food inequality.

The next meeting of the Voluntary and Community Arts Policy Forum is scheduled to take place on Monday 17 December at 2.00pm in NICVA. The agenda will focus on the Cultural Olympiad and the Programme for Government.

The European Commission has announced a call for applications for transnational activities to the European Refugee Fund.

SEUPB has opened calls for applications for major capital projects under the Peace III Programme. The call is primarily targeted at public bodies wishing to develop projects to the value of around €10m.

What do young people want to say to the world? As participants in a giant national conversation what questions would they ask? What messages would they send? And how would they choose to communicate their ideas? Inspired by those questions, we invite your group to be part of Operation Soapbox, a national project to explore how we express ourselves and how new ideas form.

Northern Ireland Local Government Association (NILGA) members have expressed their deep concerns at the emerging findings of the Review of Local Government Aspects of the Review of Public Administration.

The Ulster Cancer Foundation (UCF) is marking Lung Cancer Awareness Month in November by raising awareness of the signs and symptoms of Northern Ireland’s biggest cancer killer.
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