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Jaguar Land Rover have created the JLR Foundation, a charitable foundation dedicated to empowering children and young people to reach their full potential and catalyse positive social and environmental change.

NICVA’s Director of Policy and Insight Jonny Currie responds to the NI Executive’s Programme for Government released today. 

The unprecedented demand for the Department of Health's Core Grant funding scheme, with nearly 260 organisations applying and 25 successful grants, demonstrates the critical role and urgent needs of Northern Ireland's voluntary and community sector in health and social care delivery. The decision to maintain the 50% cut to this vital funding stream, reducing it from £3.6m to £1.8m, undermines the sector's ability to support the health system at a time of unprecedented pressure.

This week we are highlighting the importance of networking in the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise sector, with a spotlight on Social Enterprise Northern Ireland (SENI). 

We spoke to the newest member of the SENI Team, Audrey Keogan, Member Relationship Manager.

Mid and East Antrim Agewell Partnership and Social Finance are working together to develop social investment in Northern Ireland with new community transformation funds.

This series of online training is designed specifically for charity trustees and those staff whose work contributes to the good governance of the organisation.

Renewed focus on upskilling education and training facilitators in the voluntary and community sector.

On 21 November, NICVA held its annual Trustees Conference on the theme of finance. 

***PLEASE NOTE: Nominations are now closed and we will update this article with information regarding the Panel in due course***

Do you have the commitment, knowledge and skills to represent the VCSE sector on community planning in Belfast? On behalf of Belfast Community Planning Partnership (BCPP), NICVA is inviting nominations for representatives to the Belfast Agenda VCSE Sectoral Advisory Panel for a further four-year term from April 2025 to March 2029.

At USEL (Ulster Supported Employment Ltd), empowerment is the purpose. As Northern Ireland’s leading provider of employment support for people with health conditions and disabilities, USEL has been transforming lives for over 60 years. Their mission is simple: to provide access to employment, training, and support services to people who face barriers to work due to a health condition or disability.

The Executive's first anniversary and Programme for Government launch marks a crucial pivot point—moving from promises to potential measurable outcomes through genuine partnership and clear accountability. 

National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage rates increase from 1 April 2024.

NICVA was one of 50 + signatories to a recent letter, coordinated by the Northern Ireland Anti-Poverty Network (NIAPN), addressed to NI Executive Ministers. The letter, endorsed by a broad coalition of civil society organisations and groups, calls for the withdrawal of the draft Anti-Poverty Strategy currently out for public consultation.

It outlines that the strategy fails to meet the basic criteria of a reasonable and effective anti-poverty strategy and is therefore not fit for purpose.

Members of the Department for Communities (DfC) Anti-Poverty Strategy Co Design Group have produced a position paper detailing their key recommendations for the development of a Northern Ireland Anti-Poverty Strategy.

To reflect the rising costs of living and the changing funding landscape, The Fore have announced that they will increase their maximum grant size from £30,000 to £45,000 with effect from the Autumn 2025 funding round.  

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