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NICVA announce the first meeting of Stormont's All Party Group on the Voluntary and Community Sector.

Local communities across the region are celebrating as the five award category winners of the Good Relations Awards 2024 are announced.

NICVA believe the decision to roll £22.6m of Northern Ireland’s UK Shared Prosperity Fund into the financial settlement between the UK Government and the Northern Ireland Executive, is both disappointing and short sighted.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt MP delivered his Spring Budget on Wednesday, 6 March . It focused on the economy ‘turning a corner’ and delivering tax cuts for working people.

On Saturday 2 March, NICVA returned to the Alliance Party Conference at the Stormont Hotel in Belfast to host our Conversation Zone event, a chance for members to engage with elected representatives on the issues that matter to them.

NICVA and representatives from the voluntary and community sector have met with the Department for Communities Minister Gordon Lyons to discuss the ongoing issues facing the sector.

NICVA welcomes the news we will now have a stable, functioning government here in Northern Ireland.

Two years to the day since the collapse of devolved government in Northern Ireland, the Executive has been restored and new Ministers announced.

On behalf of the Department of Health, NICVA is currently seeking nominations for VCS Representatives to the five Shadow Area Integrated Partnership Boards being established for the roll out of the Integrated Care System across NI.

Over 200 delegates gathered at Ulster University’s Belfast campus today (Monday, 22 January) to explore how Belfast can address economic inactivity and achieve a truly inclusive labour market.

The Joint Forum VCS Panel, supported by NICVA, is hosting engagement sessions regionally to explore proposals for a renewal of the strategic agreement or “Concordat” between Government and the Voluntary and Community sector in Northern Ireland.

NICVA hosted their annual general meeting on Friday, 8 December 2023 with Shadow Secretary of State Hillary Benn MP in attendance, along with acclaimed international author and speaker Adam Luecking.

On behalf of the Department of Health, NICVA is currently seeking nominations for Voluntary Community Sector positions across the Children’s Social Care Services Strategic Reform Programme. 

An update from Denise Hayward, VCS Co-Chair of the Joint Forum on behalf of the Voluntary and Community Sector Panel, on proposals for a new Agreement between the Voluntary and Community Sector and Government 

Joint press release by the Equality Commission and NICVA.

On Thursday 28th September, NICVA convened a sector-wide meeting with the newly appointed Shadow Secretary of State Hilary Benn.

Want to know how to demonstrate Social Value in bidding for public contracts? Read and watch this special info & Q&A session held by NICVA on 14th September to find out more

Feeling overwhelmed by soaring energy bills? Too overwhelmed to think about the climate crisis? On 8th September, NICVA held a special event to help voluntary and community organisations meet both of these big challenges.

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

NICVA are proud to announce we will be the secretariat for a new All Party Group for the Voluntary and Community Sector at Stormont, giving our sector better and more direct access to elected representatives.