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Building Even More Research Capacity

A programme introducing basic research skills for voluntary and community organisations.
NICVA | John McCormick | 17 Dec 2007

Draft budget and the housing crisis

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.
NICVA | Jonny Currie | 14 Dec 2007

NICVA Peace III Advice Note

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.
NICVA | James Laverty | 14 Dec 2007

Upcoming at the Assembly - 17 December

The NI Assembly has now closed for its Christmas Recess from: 15 December 2007 to 6 January 2008. The first Plenary Sitting is on 14 January 2008.

The Falcons land at Parliament Buildings

Good Community relations are being developed thanks to the recent visit by members of the Newry Falcon Club to the Dungoyne Veterans Club, Dundonald for a tour of Parliament Buildings Stormont.
Newry & Mourne Co-operative & Enterprise Agency | Pauline Coghlan | 13 Dec 2007

NICVA consults on Budget and PfG

NICVA, in partnership with local community networks, has completed a series of information events encouraging organisations to make the most of the consultation period on the draft Programme for Government.
NICVA | Jonny Currie | 13 Dec 2007

Co-operation Ireland Exchange Grants

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.

Olympics budget under scrutiny

Tessa Jowell the Olympics Minister has confirmed that the contingency amount in the latest Olympic budget is likely to be needed. Other commentators have suggested that the current budget of £9.3 billion is itself likely to be insufficient.
NICVA | Neil Irwin | 13 Dec 2007

Sustrans Wins £50m Public Vote

Sustrans, the only project with a Northern Ireland dimension in the final four has won the £50m public vote.

2012 Cultural Olympiad and Arts Policy

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.
NICVA | Jonny Currie | 12 Dec 2007

Accessing community transport is easy

All you ever need to know about accessing community transport in Belfast is contained in a short film produced by NVTV for North Belfast Community Transport.
North Belfast Community Transport | Kellie Armstrong | 12 Dec 2007

WEA wins Centre of Excellence Award

The Workers’ Educational Association (WEA) and their learners are celebrating having been recognised as an Essential Skills Centre of Excellence by CCEA (Council for Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment).
WEA NI Head Office | Clare Oliver | 12 Dec 2007

NIRWN wins prestigious award

Northern Ireland Rural Women’s Network were awarded the Progressive Award for "Innovative Action With a Particular Regional Impact" at the CFNI Community Awards 2007.
Northern Ireland Rural Womens Network | Paula McAliskey | 11 Dec 2007

Online Youth Arts Network Survey

Do you think there should be a network serving the needs of youth arts organisations in Northern Ireland? Do you think there are too many already?
Young at Art Limited | Sheelagh Colclough | 11 Dec 2007

UK German connection challenge fund

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.
NICVA | James Laverty | 11 Dec 2007

Draft Code of Practice on Equal Pay

The Equality Commission has launched a public consultation on a draft Code of Practice on Equal Pay. The consultation will end on 7 March 2008.
Equality Commission for Northern Ireland | Deborah Howe | 11 Dec 2007

Health inequalities in Northern Ireland

It is possible to improve public health and reduce the gap between rich and poor but we are clearly not doing enough to tackle the underlying causes, argues Jane Wilde, director of the Institute of Public Health. The Programme for Government needs to be toughened across all sectors to tackle the causes of poverty and ill-health and we need to focus on social development as well as economic growth.

‘Many are cold, few are frozen’

Like developing an ice cream, creating sustainability is all about experimentation and even making a few mistakes ...
NICVA | John McCormick | 10 Dec 2007

Health ... and everything else

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.
NICVA | Paul McGill | 10 Dec 2007

5 BIG winners reaching communities

A range of community projects including a scheme supporting families in the aftermath of suicide, and an initiative for young people dealing with drug and alcohol addictions, have received more than £2 million from the latest round of Big Lottery Fund Reaching Communities Grants.

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