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Capital and Access Fund for Cinemas

Local cinemas across the UK will be able to apply for Lottery funding to update their buildings, improve facilities and boost access for audiences with sensory impairments.
UK Film Council | Neil Irwin | 07 Aug 2007

Triangle achieve management success

Loughguile Millennium Centre provided the backdrop for Triangle Housing Association to present 16 staff with First Line Management Certificates. This management programme delivered by NICVA represents the organisation’s commitment to continuous professional development and ensuring delivery of high quality services.
Triangle Housing Association Ltd | Edna Dunbar | 06 Aug 2007

Belfast Modernisation Fund Session

The Social Economy Network have arranged to host a funding information session on the 5 September 2007 for the social economy sector on the Modernisation Fund which has allocated funds of £15,000,000.
NICVA | Neil Irwin | 06 Aug 2007

Child poverty going in wrong direction

The Department for Social Development report 'Households Below Average Income 2005-06' is a deeply worrying report. It says that more than half of children in Northern Ireland are living in families with low incomes.
NICVA | Paul McGill | 02 Aug 2007

Health, Sex and Relationships

South Belfast Highway to Health is celebrating Sexual Health Week with the launch of the new relationships & sexuality education pack entitled “Health, Sex & Relationships” on Tuesday 07 August at Holiday Inn Hotel at 2.00pm.
South Belfast Highway to Health | yamila Petruschansky | 02 Aug 2007

Threats to civil society

CIVICUS has warned that funding has become increasingly complex for US grant-making bodies and those they fund around the world since the attacks on the World Trade Centre on 9/11.
CIVICUS | Civil Society Watch | 01 Aug 2007

£20 billion is a Lotto to Good Causes

Camelot has announced its results for the year ending March 2007 which show that revenue to good causes generated from the National Lottery has passed £20 billion. Meanwhile £8.5 billion has been generated in Lottery duty for the Treasury.
NICVA | Neil Irwin | 31 Jul 2007

£15m Modernisation Fund – more details

It may be the middle of the holiday season but people flocked to a meeting organised by the Department for Social Development to give details of the new £15 million Modernisation Fund for capital works.
NICVA | Feargal O'Kane | 31 Jul 2007

Gift Aid Consultation and Belfast Event

The Government's Gift Aid consultation will examine and identify measures to drive up charitable giving through Gift Aid.
HM Treasury | Neil Irwin | 31 Jul 2007

Peace III by the Autumn?

The €330 million Peace III Programme is hoping to launch by Autumn this year. Funding will be delivered under two priorities: (1) Reconciling Communities; (2) Contributing to a Shared Society.

Dealing with conflicts of interest

Transparency and accountability in voluntary and community organisations are essential for ensuring public confidence in the sector. An organisation’s reputation is often one of its most valuable assets and conflicts of interest or perceived conflicts of interest can severely damage this reputation.
NICVA | Oonagh Kane | 30 Jul 2007

£500m NI Rural Development Programme

The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development have received approval from the European Commission for the new Northern Ireland Rural Development Programme (NIRDP) for the period 2007-13.
NICVA | Sean Kelly | 30 Jul 2007

CFNI Director profiled in publication

Avila Kilmurray, Director of The Community Foundation for Northern Ireland, has been profiled in a new book "Britain's Everyday Heroes" by Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Entitled.
Community Foundation for Northern Ireland | Laura Bruce | 30 Jul 2007

Who will pay for Cultural Olympiad?

Is it possible that more funding will be diverted from existing programmes in the voluntary and community sector to the London Olympics in 2012, this time as part of Olympic themed cultural programmes and other activities as part of the run up to the games?
NICVA | Neil Irwin | 30 Jul 2007

Customers closer to getting fair deal

The Consumer Council welcomes the announcement that the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) will take a test case in the High Court against eight UK banks and building societies.
Consumer Council | Gráinne Duffy | 29 Jul 2007

Volunteering in Nepal

Our mission is to empower marginalized communities, with a focus on women and children, through enhanced volunteer programmes and whole community training to achieve democracy and raise economic productivity.

So good they're reviewing it twice

Minister for the Environment Arlene Foster has announced a six month review of the recommendations from the Review of Public Administration.
NICVA | John McCormick | 27 Jul 2007

Proposed Mourne National Park

With goodwill on all sides, the Ulster Society for the Protection of the Countryside looks forward to the establishment of a Mourne National Park that will be a worthwhile asset for Northern Ireland, and particularly so for those lucky enough to reside in that delightful area.

VCU seeks Grants Intermediary Body

The Department of Social Development are seeking to appoint an organisation /partnership to act as an Intermediary Body for the Modernisation Fund Capital Programme on behalf of the Voluntary and Community Unit (VCU).

Rise needed in National Minimum Wage

Reports that the Prime Minister is considering cutting the National Minimum Wage in Northern Ireland have alarmed those working in the sector.
NICVA | Fiona Veitch | 25 Jul 2007

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