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Building on the Past – What does the future hold?
1 February, 2016Last updated2 August, 2024Our Building on the Past journalism project was born out of the removal of a previously available database from the Department of the Environment website – the antithesis of open data.Data Fridays
4 February, 2016Last updated2 August, 2024Once a month we focus on a data related topic to help organisations navigate through the opportunities and responsibilities in the age of digital transformation.Individual Giving in Northern Ireland 2015
11 February, 2016Last updated2 August, 2024NICVA's latest research into charitable giving in Northern Ireland examined who donated to charity, how much they gave and the causes they supported. This year's Survey also examined participation in social media fundraising campaigns.Untapping the Potential - Policy Manifesto 2016
15 February, 2016Last modified10 December, 2024The voluntary, community and social enterprise sector is good for Northern Ireland.Multiple Sclerosis: the wait to be seen
15 February, 2016Last updated2 August, 2024The mental and physical health of thousands of people living with Multiple Sclerosis in Northern Ireland is being put at risk by long waits for appointments with specialist doctors.How we made the 2016 NICVA manifesto
17 February, 2016Last updated2 August, 2024Writing a manifesto for a representative body is no small task. For the NICVA Public Affairs Team the process towards the drafting of our 2016 Manifesto began with our Policy Reboot.Gambling review update 2016
22 February, 2016Last updated2 August, 2024In 2011, the Department for Social Development launched a public consultation on the Future Regulation of Gambling in Northern Ireland.Whole of Government Approaches
2 March, 2016Last updated2 August, 2024What is a ‘whole of government’ approach and how does it encourage collaboration between the third and public sectors?Disclosure of Criminal Convictions - Advice to Applicants
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EU funding in NI agriculture: Should we stay or should we go?
9 March, 2016Last updated2 August, 2024MORE than 38,000 farmers and rural projects across Northern Ireland shared nearly £350million of European Union (EU) funding in a single year, according to the latest breakdown of figures.Shared Parental Leave Policy (SPL)
16 June, 2016Last modified10 December, 2024NICVA understands the importance of balancing work and childcare responsibilities and this policy sets out how SPL may support a family to balance these commitments in the first year of the baby’s life. The policy contains NICVA’s procedure for SPL.Social Innovation Decoded Workshops
14 October, 2016Last updated2 August, 2024Do you want to learn more about social innovation? What it is and how you can use it to improve what you do and how you do it? NICVA are running 7 Social Innovation Decoded workshops throughout Northern Ireland in the last quarter of 2016Living with HIV in Northern Ireland
19 October, 2016Last updated2 August, 2024NEW statistics show that 934 people are now known to be living with HIV in Northern Ireland – the highest number ever on record.Accounting and reporting guidance for charities - NICVA response
11 March, 2016Last updated2 August, 2024NICVA welcomes the Charity Commission’s guidance on the new accounting and reporting regulations.Stark choices, expensive healthcare and cheap politics
17 February, 2015Last updated2 August, 2024Three weeks after the Donaldson report and it appears all is forgotten. Are local political dynamics driving our health system unstoppably to the brink and beyond? Scope investigates.Fostering Innovation Through Public Procurement
19 March, 2015Last modified10 December, 2024This report examines how public procurement in Northern Ireland can better encourage innovation – the creation of new processes, products, ideas and services.How our MLAs fare on Twitter: North Down
18 February, 2015Last updated2 August, 2024US President Barack Obama reinvented social media as a tool for political success and his exploits have been copied across the world. Scope examines how our politicians are exploiting the new media.What you need to know about the Work and Families (NI) Act 2015
18 February, 2015Last updated2 August, 2024The Work and Families (NI) Act deals with voluntary sharing of leave and pay after the birth or adoption of a child as well as extending the right to request flexible working to all.The Cycle of Impact Practice
8 September, 2014Last modified10 December, 2024The cycle of impact practice illustrates the four main areas of activity you should undertake at some point to focus on your impact.Profanity, parody accounts and prison escapes: North Belfast MLAs
18 February, 2015Last updated2 August, 2024Our next port of call as we trawl Twitter to see how our politicians are faring on social media is the hotly contested constituency of North Belfast, home to several big guns (metaphorically speaking).Contagious confusion - mixing up the messages
19 February, 2015Last updated2 August, 2024Following our look at how our politics may be set up to drive the local health system to ruin, Scope spoke with News Letter political correspondent Sam McBride about whether things can change.Is Lottery funding being undermined?
19 February, 2015Last updated2 August, 2024Across the Irish Sea moves are afoot that could threaten the National Lottery and the charities in Northern Ireland that depend on its funding, Scope investigatesFermanagh and S Tyrone: a silent Minister and a Twitter "bad boy"
23 February, 2015Last updated2 August, 2024After gritty North Belfast, our Twitter tour sees us seeking out the MLAs of the idyllic countryside of Fermanagh and South Tyrone whose steeples are far from dreary.Opinion: spare the fireworks, change some minds
23 February, 2015Last updated2 August, 2024Public discourse is peppered with bombast. It has no use and dilutes the quality of debate - if you want people to rethink their opinions then pick your words more carefully.