All Party Group

The All-Party Group (APG) on the Voluntary and Community Sector met on Tuesday 10 March in the Senate Room at Parliament Buildings, bringing together MLAs and sector representatives at a critical time for voluntary and community sector organisations and those they support  across Northern Ireland. 

The session, chaired by Diane Forsythe, MLA and supported by NICVA as Secretariat, focused on the escalating pressures facing the sector and the urgent need for action from government.

NICVA, as Secretariat to the All-Party Group (APG) on the Voluntary and Community Sector, is pleased to confirm the meeting schedule for 2026.

Last week members of the All-Party Group on the Voluntary and Community Sector gathered in the Senate Chamber of Parliament Buildings for its latest meeting, with the DAERA Minister , Andrew Muir, MLA attending.

The All Party on the Voluntary and Community Sector held its first meeting of 2025 in NICVA offices, with a packed house of voluntary and community sector representatives, MLAs and the Minister for Communities in attendance.

Future arrangements for the All-Party Group on the Voluntary and Community Sector meetings for 2025 have been confirmed.  

Arrangements for the All-Party Group on the Voluntary and Community Sector meetings for 2025 are currently being rescheduled to ensure fullest engagement from the voluntary and community sector and MLA colleagues.

Thursday 2 May 2024 marked the launch of a new All-Party Group (APG) on the Voluntary and Community Sector, established to highlight the value of the sector and to ensure the issues affecting organisations are recognised in the Assembly.