Insight and latest updates from our team
Engaging the Hard to Reach
By NICVA 31 Mar 2015 Peter Hamill
Over thirty people from nineteen organisations recently attended a training session on ‘Engaging the Hard to Reach’ in NICVA as part of the Big Lottery Fund Reaching Out: Connecting Older People development and support programme.
Eat your heart out Justin Bieber you''ll never out-twitter Ó Muilleoir
By ScopeNI 30 Mar 2015 Nick Garbutt
Scope stops off in South Belfast to examine politicians on social media and stumbles across the politician who out-tweets Obama.
NICVA seek urgent meeting with First and deputy First Minister
By NICVA 30 Mar 2015
In reponse to severe cuts to the voluntary and community sector NICVA has asked for an urgent meeting with First and deputy First Minister.
Great GrantTracker Offer: 13 months for the price of 12
By NICVA 30 Mar 2015 Deirdre Murphy
Now more than ever charities and voluntary groups are having to look for new sources of funding. GrantTracker can help you do this.
This latest spending cut will boost crime
By ScopeNI 27 Mar 2015 Nick Garbutt
Scope cartoonist Patrick Sanders sums up that there is to be said about the devastating cuts to NIACRO and the impact on re-settling offenders.
Black Thursday for Voluntary and Community Sector
By NICVA 27 Mar 2015 Seamus McAleavey
Thursday 26 March 2015 was a bad day for the voluntary and community sector in Northern Ireland.
Meeting the change challenge
By NICVA 26 Mar 2015 Sandra Bailie
NICVA’s new training calendar April – September 2015 is now ready to view on our website.
The irony of calling quotas patronising
By ScopeNI 25 Mar 2015 Guest Author
This month Scope has chosen to discuss gender quotas in politics. Here political activist - and feminist - Adrianne Peltz outlines why many of the standard objections are objectionable.
Innovation conference - Development, Design and Delivery
By NICVA 25 Mar 2015 Jenny McEneaney
NICVA and the Chief Executive's Forums conference on innovation in public service delivery saw speakers from the public, private and voluntary and community sectors address delegates on innovative processes and practices.
Pity the poor children of the cuts
By ScopeNI 25 Mar 2015 Nick Garbutt
We could all end up paying a very high price for cuts to Early Years services, Scope explores the implications.
Cinderella Premier
By NICVA 24 Mar 2015 Elizabeth Hendron
Over 350 peopled joined NICVA's Honorary President Kenneth Branagh at the premier of Cinderella.
Cinderella Premier
By NICVA 24 Mar 2015 Elizabeth Hendron
Over 350 peopled joined NICVA's Honorary President Kenneth Branagh at the premier of Cinderella.
The need for new politics in NI
By ScopeNI 23 Mar 2015 Ryan Miller
This month Belfast hosted Imagine! - a "festival of ideas and politics". Scope speaks to director Peter O'Neill about why he thinks it was important and his hopes for making it an annual event.
Gender quotas? Do me a favour - politicians are all the same anyway
By ScopeNI 23 Mar 2015 Guest Author
Political commentator Alex Kane explains why quotas for female politicians will never get his vote.
Fundraising Alternatives Part 2: A focus on Direct Marketing
By NICVA 23 Mar 2015 Deirdre Murphy
The second in a series of articles looking at different ways to fundraise. This month Deirdre Murphy, Fundraising Advice Officer at NICVA looks at Direct Marketing as an opportunity to raise funds.
A new open data culture in Northern Ireland
By NICVA 23 Mar 2015 Andrea Thornbury
In the past 20 years open data has gained in popularity with citizens proclaiming their right to access data and governments around the world increasing the amount of data that they release as ‘open’.
Saving the Festival is like nailing legs to a cadaver and telling it to walk
By ScopeNI 23 Mar 2015 Guest Author
Tom Collins who had oversight of the Belfast Festival at Queens for 11 years explains why he believes it cannot be saved.
BIG new youth fund has fresh focus
By ScopeNI 19 Mar 2015 Ryan Miller
Collaboration with youth at every stage is a new requirement for any groups looking to access some of the Big Lottery's new £50m pot aimed at Empowering Young People.
A lost opportunity: how the public sector could grow the economy by promoting innovation
By ScopeNI 19 Mar 2015 Nick Garbutt
The public sector currently spends £2.7 billion a year. Scope examines how this massive spending power could be used to grow the economy and produce better services
Fostering Innovation Through Public Procurement
By NICVA 19 Mar 2015 Bob Harper
This report examines how public procurement in Northern Ireland can better encourage innovation – the creation of new processes, products, ideas and services.
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