Insight and latest updates from our team

NICVA recently hosted an engagement event with the Department for Communities (DfC) on the recently published draft Housing Supply Strategy.

The Community Faiths’ Forum (CFF) is open to all faith groups who seek to help disadvantaged, excluded, or marginalised people in local communities.

Faith-based organisations in Northern Ireland have an important and distinctive place and reach in society and their work plays an important role in communities.

With another year of lockdowns & uncertainty facing so many within the community, the VCSE sector continued to demonstrate strength & resilience as online events, webinars and campaigns continued to thrive throughout the course of 2021.

The Electoral Commission guidance for non-party campaigners covers spending limits, donations, when you must register with the Commission, reporting requirements and key dates and events.  

January 2022 dates have now been set for the Transformative Leadership Programme (TLP) in North Belfast

Press Release NICVA and The Wheel launch Shared Island, Shared Practices, a new all-island initiative that will bring together communities from across the island to discuss solutions to their shared challenges.

Book a free one-hour cyber security clinic appointment to work out appropriate next steps for your organisation to improve its cyber security practice.

As organisations begin to return to the workplace, NICVA has updated its Hybrid Working Policy which hopefully will offer some guidance to other organisations in the sector.   

The Big Give is the UK's number 1 match funding platform specialising in connecting charities, philanthropists and the public to make a greater impact through the power of match funding.

These PSNI officers did the Transformative Leadership Programme in Autumn 2021 in West Belfast. Here’s what they had to say.

Seed funding for village revival projects in Northern Ireland from the Architectural Heritage Fund is available now.

Mervyn works with Belfast Exposed and did the TLP in the Belvoir, Taughmonagh, Finaghy, Annadale/Ballynafeigh area of South Belfast in Autumn 2021.

The ESF Users Group briefing sets out urgent recommendations to government for ensuring the replacement of vital EU funding helping 10,000 vulnerable people each year in NI overcome major obstacles to social inclusion & entering employment

The revised Code of Good Governance for the voluntary and community sector in NI was officially launched at a special seminar as part of Trustees’ Week.  If you missed this event, you can watch it now at the link below.

Kenneth Branagh is back in Belfast for a showing of his new Film Belfast. The new movie goes on release here on the 21 January 2022.

Following on from the Spending Review Announcement on Wednesday 27th October, Finance Minister, Conor Murphy joined NICVA members to provide an update on what the outcome of the Spending Review means for public finances here.

Further to the introduction of this Bill to the Assembly in September, the Committee for Communities has launched its ‘call for evidence’ and seeks your views. The closing date has been extended to 26 November 2021. 

Catch up on the most recent news and developments happening via the Government and Voluntary & Community Sector Joint Forum.

With support from NICVA, The Scaffolding Project have launched a briefing document examining 'The experience of poverty and community responses in East Belfast.'