Policy resources

NICVA rejects and condemns the actions of those involved in the recent wave of violence in our communities. As well as voicing our unwavering support, we want to provide and signpost to whatever practical support we can.

With more and more people struggling through the Cost of Living Crisis, and a NI voluntary and community sector still under severe pressure due to Covid, charities themselves are struggling to survive.

This presentation describes the exciting journey which NICVA has undertaken towards environmental sustainability and Net Zero carbon emissions between summer 2019 and Christmas 2022

Campaigning on important issues is essential to a healthy democracy. The voluntary and community sector has expertise, evidence and experience across a range of issues and plays an important role in influencing policy and effecting positive change.

This research empirically tests some of the concerns that have been expressed in relation to contemporary procurement practice in Northern Ireland.

This report was commissioned by NICVA’s Centre for Economic Empowerment to determine the economic/monetary impact of voluntary advice provision in Northern Ireland.

A toolkit to help the voluntary and community sector make and present estimates of the financial costs to government of implementing their policy asks.

This report covers economic inequality in Northern Ireland – how high it is, how this compares to other countries, and how it has been changing.

This report considers the use of distributional analysis and weighting in economic assessments within central government in Northern Ireland.

The voluntary, community and social enterprise sector is good for Northern Ireland.