Insight and latest updates from our team

The movement towards open data in Northern Ireland has taken a big leap forward in the last week with the launch of OpenDataNI.

INVEST NI is the government agency that controls millions of pounds to support businesses and create jobs in Northern Ireland. It is the cornerstone of Stormont’s economic strategy, but how is it performing?

Moving toward the Assembly elections in May 2016, now is a good time to remind ourselves of the requirements coming out of the Lobbying Act (or Transparency of Lobbying, Non-party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014.)

The Centre for Economic Empowerment sets out the most significant announcements from the 2015 Spending Review and Autumn Statement. 

We've hosted three of five Manifesto Engagement Meetings, with Alliance, UUP and Sinn Fein, across these events a number of top tips have emerged to assist groups in getting their messages across to political parties and into manifestos. 

ONE in five MLAs who will finish the current five-year Assembly term were not elected into position by the public.

The sixth in a series of articles looking at different ways to raise funds. This month Deirdre Murphy, Fundraising Advice Officer at NICVA takes a look at the potential of EU Funding.

If you are planning for a potential reduction in funding/income, this article might assist you in considering the alternatives to redundancy which is an important stage of the planning and consultative process.

Open Data is an increasingly large part of the funding landscape here in Northern Ireland. Building ChangesTrust's Robbie Best has been out and about to find out more...

Almost 500 historic buildings across NI are deemed to be at risk, according to figures obtained by Detail Data

With funding uncertainty facing many organisations at present, this article outlines five key redundancy planning questions to consider along with signposting to useful resources to help organisations at this time.

170 legal agreements later we look at how engaging in this process builds belief in the visions of the collaboration. 

The fifth in a series of articles looking at different ways to fundraise. This month Deirdre Murphy, Fundraising Advice Officer at NICVA looks at Corporate and Major Donor fundraising.

NICVA has submitted its response to DSD on the charities accounting and reporting consultation and is urging all organisations to do the same.

NICVA has launched its 7th State of the Sector survey. The survey has been circulated to nearly 4,500 voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations and we need to hear from you. 

A workshop in collaboration with the Centre for Democracy and Peace Building which covered campaigning best practices on the platform. 

NICVA is urging all organisations to submit a response to DSD’s consultation on the charities accounts and reports regulations.

Claire Keatinge has plenty to say as she reflects on her four years in office as Commissioner for Older People in Northern Ireland.

Did you know that you can join NICVA for free if you are voluntary, community or social enterprise organisation in Northern Ireland with an income of under £20,000 per year? We would love to welcome you aboard!

It takes a smart and heart approach to make collaboration work