Vital Links - Get to know The Northern Ireland Government and Assembly

Do you want to improve your knowledge of the Northern Ireland Government and Assembly?

NICVA’s Vital Links project will be running free training events aimed at helping voluntary and community organisations better understand how the institutions of government in Northern Ireland work.  We will focus on engaging with them on issues affecting our sector as well as learning more about how to lobbying for real change.

The Training is based around four distinct but complementary areas; 

• Getting to know the Assembly
• Making Policy Work for You
• Successful Lobbying and Campaigning
• How Government Department get and spend their Budgets

The training is delivered in an interactive, participative style and will bring you face to face with decision makers and insiders in the political system in the form of MLAs, government officials, political experts and successful influencers. The sessions are designed to help you take what you learn from your own organisation’s work and feed it into the decision making processes of government to try to bring about real change.

If you would like further information on each of the courses or to access a booking form, please contact info@vital-links.org you can also download the training calendar