Insight and latest updates from our team
Bureaucracy Project – Launch of the Code of Practice
By NICVA 17 Jun 2015 Una McKernan
NICVA are delighted that the Code of Practice has been launched, a code aimed at reducing the administrative burden associated with grant funding to the voluntary and community sector.
Summer Offer - half price room hire at NICVA
By NICVA 17 Jun 2015 Alex Hastings
It's summer offer time at NICVA with a 50% discount on room hire in our conference facilities.
Closing down our open spaces
By ScopeNI 17 Jun 2015 Nick Garbutt
The decision by Belfast City Council to grant planning permission for a sports ground on open land in West Belfast creates an uneasy precedent and is out of step with planning policy elsewhere, Scope reports.
The shocking truth about Transforming Your Care
By ScopeNI 17 Jun 2015 Nick Garbutt
Scope examines further evidence that the government's flagship Transforming Your Care programme is not just stalled but going backwards.
A healthy approach to asylum that will help us all
By ScopeNI 16 Jun 2015 Ryan Miller
There won’t be huge political fanfare, but a recent DHSSPS decision to increase access to free healthcare amongst vulnerable groups will save money and improve everyone’s health. Scope looks at why.
Featured Member - Niamh
By NICVA 16 Jun 2015 Shauna O'Neill
Niamh, (the Northern Ireland Association for Mental Health) is Northern Ireland’s leading and longest established mental health and learning disability charity.
Review of HSC Commissioning Arrangements
By NICVA 15 Jun 2015
In January the previous Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety announced a review of the arrangements for commissioning health and social care services in Northern Ireland. The terms of reference for the review are attached.
Calling all Committee Members/Trustees
By NICVA 15 Jun 2015 Denise Copeland
The current Governance in the Sector research being carried out by Volunteer Now has been extended to 19 June 2015.
Shaking up social policy
By ScopeNI 15 Jun 2015 Ryan Miller
Scope provides an update on the recent series of articles on abortion in Northern Ireland, an area of policy that is under extreme scrutiny currently, with developments coming at pace.
Celebrating NICVA learners
By NICVA 15 Jun 2015 Sandra Bailie
In this Adult Learners' Week we would like to celebrate the achievements of all those who have participated in NICVA’s 400 plus training sessions in the last year.
Forming Partnerships for Peace Funding
By NICVA 12 Jun 2015 Deirdre Murphy
The new PEACE Programme worth over €229m will provide support to projects that contribute towards the promotion of greater levels of peace and reconciliation.
Welfare Reform Events - Learning from Scotland
By NICVA 5 Jun 2015 Jenna Maghie
With the Welfare Reform Bill now fallen in Stormont and the Assembly entering “unchartered waters” everyone is still unsure of what will happen next with the Bill and the Assembly.
Volunteers connecting older people
By NICVA 5 Jun 2015 Sandra Bailie
In this Volunteers’ Week we want to celebrate the work of the people who volunteer in Big Lottery Funded Reaching Out Connecting Older People (ROCOP) programme. Volunteers are crucial to the delivery of many of these projects.
Volunteering at NICVA
By NICVA 5 Jun 2015 Guest Author
For Volunteers Week we asked NICVA volunteer, Niall Quigley to share his experience and motivations for volunteering with our Centre for Economic Empowerment project.
Spot the Spam, avoid the Scam
Be aware of the details to look out for in a potentially suspect email and avoid being conned out of your personal details, computer security or your money.
Places apart: Exposing huge disparities in Northern Ireland’s 11 new councils
By NICVA 3 Jun 2015 Andrea Thornbury
The first story from Detail Data has been published today.
Invitation to Tender: Economic Inequality
By NICVA 3 Jun 2015 Eoin Rooney
The Centre for Economic Empowerment is commissioning research on economic inequality.
Volunteers Week 2015
By NICVA 29 May 2015 Sandra Bailie
Next week we celebrate the massive contribution volunteers make to our communities during Volunteers’ Week 1-7 June.
Research in to governance of the sector in 2015
By NICVA 29 May 2015 Denise Copeland
A couple of weeks ago, NICVA asked trustees of voluntary and community organisations to contribute to a new piece of research being carried out by Volunteer Now Enterprises Ltd.
Complying with the Energy Saving Opportunity Scheme (ESOS)
By NICVA 29 May 2015 Denise Copeland
Charities, along with private companies, must comply with the new Energy Saving Opportunity Scheme (ESOS) that has come into force.
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