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The answer to this question was revealed at the 2007 Opportunities for Women Learning (OWL) certificate ceremony held on November 23 in the Hillgrove Hotel, Monaghan with Teresa McKiernan from Cavan Town named as the 15,000th OWL learner.
The WEA recently held a successful training day for voluntary and community groups across Northern Ireland focusing on Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP).
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.
Public Achievement is excited to announce that the ‘Histories, Heritage and Communities’ course, accredited by Queens University, Belfast, as a module of their ‘Certificate in Community Learning and Development’, is now open for applications
The Community Foundation for Northern Ireland has announced that its annual Community Awards will this year highlight the contribution of women and women’s groups and organisations. Nominations are now invited.
NICVA's governance review programme that began at the start of the summer has proved popular with organisations that want to examine their governance structures. The governance reviews are available to small to medium sized organisations (defined as those with an income of under £500,000).
The Probation Board for Northern Ireland wishes to make grants in 2008/09 to the voluntary and community sectors to fund services for offenders.
The WEA recently held two very successful media training days for voluntary and community groups across Northern Ireland. The training was part of the Creating Change Programme which aims to support groups to work together across the sectarian divide and lead positive change in their areas.
NICVA’s seminar on Collaboration & Mergers was a great success with those who attended on the 25 October. The aim of this morning session was to equip those organisations embarking on a merger or collaboration, with the “need to know” elements of these type of ventures.
The UPC have just released their training calendar. A range of courses are on offer including Community Publicity Skills, Developing Facilitation Skills, Introduction to Community Development, Race & Ethnicity and Women & Leadership (details on the attached document).
The NØW Project, helping individuals with learning disabilities to access and keep employment, has, for the second year running, scooped three awards at the prestigious National Training Award Event. Winning awards at Regional and National level NOW were also presented with the Special Category Award for Diversity and Social Inclusion, sponsored by 'Skills for Business'
NICVA’s online product and services directory communitybuyer.org has launched a new environmental campaign to promote suppliers who provide greener options when purchasing, organisations which facilitate access to recycling, plus guidance on environmental issues such as sustainability and energy efficiency.
‘Working Together’ is the theme for this year’s Annual Report and the past year has seen some very productive partnerships for Citizens Advice. These partnerships include working with the Department for Enterprise, Trade and Industry, the Social Security Agency, the Money Advice Trust, Advice NI and the Financial Services Authority.
An arts based regeneration programme developed by the Workers’ Educational Association (WEA) in partnership with Strabane District Council has won a prestigious National Training Award at gala ceremony in Belfast.
Community Direct, a social economy enterprise, based in Belfast, has won a much coveted National Training Award. The award, which recognises outstanding achievement and success through training and development was presented at a gala ceremony in the Culloden Hotel, on 16 October.
A panel survey carried out by NICVA has good news and bad about Positive Steps.
Nearly all voluntary and community groups have heard of Positive Steps but well over half (57%) are still not aware of how it is being implemented.
Applications are being sought for European Social Funding under Priority 1 of the new Northern Ireland European Social Fund Programme 2007-13. There will be £45.5million of funding available under the first call of the NI European Social Fund. (Please note this scheme does not open until 11 October 2007)
Greater Village Regeneration Trust are offering FREE Maths and English tutoring for anyone needing extra help with their GCSE's
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