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Civil societyThemes of citizenship, democracy and criminal justice flow through the work of Northern Ireland’s voluntary and community sector. Every day, voluntary organisations here lobby and form partnerships for governance, support one another’s training needs, and coalesce for the purpose of strengthening communities.
Definition: What is civil society?
The Ulster Cancer Foundation (UCF) is urging the public to respond to the Department of Health’s public consultation on tobacco control to ensure that a new generation of young people are protected from the current levels of death and disease caused by smoking.
Finance Minister Nigel Dodds is encouraging people to respond to the current consultations to improve the domestic rating system.
The Assembly returns from summer recess on 31 August. NICVA has been taking advantage of the gap in diaries by organising a series of meetings with MLAs and officials from political parties.
'Changing the Patterns of the Past: Putting People First in the Regeneration of North Belfast' is a new report produced by Participation and the Practice of Rights Project. The report analyses six urban regeneration masterplans covering north Belfast and finds serious problems with them. The next women’s policy forum will be hosted by Fermanagh Women’s Network on Thursday 18 September from 10.30am – 12.30pm in Fermanagh House, Broadmeadow, Enniskillen. 
The Police Ombudsman’s Office is to launch a trial project to gauge support for the use of mediation as a way of dealing with some less serious complaints against the police. The project is being launched initially in north and west Belfast and, depending on feedback from officers and complainants, it may then be rolled out to other areas of Northern Ireland. The NICVA facilitated policy fora will be back in action again in September. Are you or your organisation interested in trying to influence policy makers? The policy fora aim to enhance the capacity of organisations to make policy responses, coordinate policy information, participate in policy development, and influence decision making.
NICVA’s community relations policy forum on 11 September will feature an interactive workshop on understanding the complexities of community relationships in mixed areas. Footer
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