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Assembly update - 24 September 2007

Summary of key issues discussed on the Assembly floor and in committee chambers.
NICVA | Sean Kelly | 25 Sep 2007

Age Awareness Week

Age Awareness Week which highlights issues of discrimination which affect older people to the rest of society.
Age Concern Northern Ireland | Tom Cairns | 25 Sep 2007

Implement convention says rights group

The Centre on Human Rights for Disabled People wants to see the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

Fire 'n' Ice

The Cedar Foundation is asking people from all over Northern Ireland to undertake a once in a lifetime challenge while raising funds for disabled people in Northern Ireland.
The Cedar Foundation Head Office | Gayle Campbell | 25 Sep 2007

You and Me, Mum

Women’s Aid Federation Northern Ireland has launched a major new programme to support women and children affected by domestic violence. Entitled You and Me, Mum the programme recognises that rebuilding relationships after domestic violence is an intensely personal process.
Womens Aid Federation Northern Ireland | Stephanie Mallon | 24 Sep 2007

Give your views on our shared past

The Consultative Group on the Past wants your views on what steps should be taken to support Northern Ireland society in building a shared future that is not overshadowed by the events of the past.
Northern Ireland Office: | Sandra Holben | 24 Sep 2007

Funding for Millennium Volunteers

The Volunteer Development Agency is delighted to announce funding for the Millennium Volunteers programme to develop youth volunteering in Northern Ireland.

Developing a National Strategy on ESD

The development of a National Strategy on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) is currently underway in the Republic of Ireland. The National Steering Committee on Education for Sustainable Development has appointed ECO-UNESCO as consultants for the development of the National Strategy.
ECO UNESCO | Elaine Nevin | 20 Sep 2007

Equality Commission welcomes decision

Equality Commission welcomes the High Court decision on the application for judicial review of the making of the Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006
Equality Commission for Northern Ireland | Ciaran Bradley | 20 Sep 2007

Minister launches enterprise programme

Economy Minister Nigel Dodds recently launched a new Invest NI initiative in North Belfast that will focus on encouraging entrepreneurship in the area. The Exploring Enterprise Programme in North Belfast is part of a wider £1m initiative which aims to raise awareness of enterprise and the possibility of self-employment.
Invest NI | Shauna Magill | 19 Sep 2007

Age organisations listen to communities

The Community Safety Unit of the Northern Ireland Office has commissioned Age Concern and Help the Aged to organise four listening events across Northern Ireland.

Woman wins sex discrimination case

A Belfast woman who was employed by Action Cancer has been awarded £30,892 by an Industrial Tribunal which found that she suffered sex discrimination in a recruitment exercise and was unfairly dismissed from her post with the charity.
Equality Commission for Northern Ireland | Ciaran Bradley | 18 Sep 2007

NICVA Link Awards Open

The NICVA Link Awards 2008 have been launched by Seamus McAleavey, chief executive of NICVA and Chris Clark, chief executive officer of BT Ireland.
NICVA | Neil Irwin | 18 Sep 2007

DSD withholds Mod Fund scoring matrix

The Department for Social Development is not going to supply details of the scoring matrix referred to in the guidelines document for applying to the Modernisation Fund Capital Grants programme.
Grant Tracker | Neil Irwin | 18 Sep 2007

Policy, Lobbying, and the NI Assembly

As the MLAs are ready to do business at Stormont after the summer recess, the latest NICVA members’ day on 14 September focussed on the opportunities for voluntary and community organisations to get their issues on the agenda of the re-established Assembly.
NICVA | Feargal O'Kane | 17 Sep 2007

Six to one say no to nuclear

People in the voluntary and community sector in Northern Ireland are backing energy conservation and renewable energy rather than a big technological fix.
NICVA | Paul McGill | 14 Sep 2007

DFID Development awareness mini grants

The Mini Grants Scheme is aimed at organisations or networks with an interest in development education work.

European Parliament awareness funding

The Directorate General Information is funding projects that seek to increase awareness of the European Citizen as to the European Parliament's role, how it operates and the positions it adopts.

Quality of Life Report - Lessons for NI

The Northern Ireland Executive should closely examine the Conservative Party's Quality of Life Report, Friends of the Earth said today. The environmental campaign group congratulated John Gummer and Zac Goldsmith on the review, which it said provided a blueprint for a greener future.
Friends Of The Earth Northern Ireland | John Woods | 13 Sep 2007

Clock is ticking for volunteering

The Volunteer Development Agency today published research into volunteering in Northern Ireland. The main findings revealed that volunteering here is worth around £937 million, but that volunteering levels have declined since 2001.
Volunteer Development Agency | Fidelma Glass | 13 Sep 2007

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