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Total annual funding for the arts in Northern Ireland is the same as the cost of policing Twaddell Avenue. Scope asks whether we should treat it as an investment in creativity and afford the sector more respect.

Nick Clegg has made suicide a general election issue. Scope looks at the current political climate for this troubling issue which disproportionately affects Northern Ireland.

Scope delves behind the headlines to examine some disturbing implications of the Donaldson Report into health care in Northern Ireland.

Cool FM’s training partnership with Start360 is the first whereby a private sector company receives funding from the Big Lottery, Scope checks on how it is shaping up.

Policy hacks are new way of bringing people together to share ideas and develop solutions to some of Northern Irelands most pressing social, economic and environmental problems.

Our 12 policy fora are being revamped to become new Departmental Monitoring Groups (DMGs).

NICVA wants to reinvigorate how the voluntary and community sector engages in policy work and how we interact with our members on policy issues.

Influence is greater than access. Voluntary and community organisations have high levels of acess to decison makers. But do we have influence?

The Donaldson report makes for uneasy reading. Amongst its barrage of criticisms comes disbelief that Ombudsman findings into HSC failings are held back from public view. Scope looks at the issue.

Do you have a great idea to make a positive impact in your local community but have no idea how to start raising funds?  Or do you have a long-established community project but are striving to keep it going?  

What is involved in a typical voluntary and community sector merger?If you are curious about what a voluntary and community sector merger involves, this should answer your questions.

In a recent article Scope described Phil Flanagan MLA as a “bad boy of Twitter."

An alarming report about the extent of self harm in Northern Ireland has just been published. Scope looks at the facts. 

Scope visits East Belfast soon to be the scene of a ferocious General Election contest to check out its MLAs online activity. 

Working in CollaborationNI, I am constantly reminded that one of the biggest challenges facing the voluntary, community and social enterprise sectors is the challenge of change.  Facing it can feel as unwanted as a trip to the dentist.

Scope examines how government is undermining the independence of charities.

The Shakespearean horror of one MLA's destruction through salvation dominates our latest social media overview, as Scope turns to the greater Lisburn area (no doubt a big influence on the bard).

In the past week female representation in politics has been at the forefront of debate. But has a new Stormont report moved anything forward - and was it wrong to rule out quotas? Scope examines the issue.

Scope has had access to a secret 1971 government document that helped set segregation in stone and made Belfast’s peace walls permanent.

The war may be over but the battle scarred front line is still there. Scope asks what the future holds for interface communities.