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Working together

Speaking at NICVA’s Annual Conference and AGM, George Reid, former speaker at the Scottish Assembly and Vice Chair of the Carnegie Enquiry into Civil Society challenged the voluntary and community sector and elected representatives to decide if they would like devolution in Northern Ireland to be about ‘decentralisation with power handed down from the Centre or a dynamic process with power rising up from the People’?

New Members - Sept-Oct 2008

NICVA is delighted to welcome several new members to the organisation.

NICVA welcomes Executive return to work

NICVA (the umbrella body for the voluntary and community sector in NI) has welcomed signs that there may be a meeting of the NI Executive this week.

This week in the Assembly - 17 Nov 2008

An overview of upcoming business at the Assembly from 17 to 21 November 2008.

Reaching communities through training

NICVA is working with the Big Lottery Fund on an exciting project to provide a development and support programme to Reaching Communities NI grant holders. At present NICVA is working with 31 groups providing one to one support and training programmes.

Media Guide updated

Get Your Message Across, NICVA's Media Guide, has an updated contact list and, even better, is available at a reduced rate.

This week in the Assembly - 10 Nov 08

An overview of upcoming business at the Assembly from 10 to 14 November 2008.

This Week in the Assembly - 3 November

An overview of upcoming business at the Assembly from 3 to 9 November.

Oaklee train their trainers

Oaklee Housing asked NICVA to deliver the Train the Trainers programme as part of the continued professional support offered to their staff.

Men's policy forum tackles equality

The next meeting of the men's forum will feature Patrica Carey, Head of Policy in the Equality Rights and Social Need Division of OFMDFM as guest speaker.

NJC - interim pay rise agreed

Local government workers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are set to get an interim pay rise to tide them over Christmas.

Call for White Paper

NICVA is calling on the Northern Ireland Executive to agree to develop a White Paper on the relationship between government and voluntary and community organisations, and to begin a deliberative process on what this might mean.

Assembly in recess

The Northern Ireland Assembly is in recess until Monday 3 November 2008.

How to weather the storm of recession

Jackie Smith, a Senior Partner with Goldblatt McGuigan and NICVA's auditor, has pulled together a list of steps to help charities defend against the credit crunch.

Neighbourhood Renewal update

NICVA held another meeting last Friday to get an update on Neighbourhood Renewal. Mark McDonald from the Belfast Regeneration Office (BRO) was on hand to answer questions about the process.

This week in the Assembly - 20 October

An overview of upcoming business at the Assembly from 20 October to 23 October 2008.

NICVA welcomes NR announcement

NICVA has welcomed the announcement of £7million from the Minister for Neighbourhood Renewal projects in Belfast.

Neighbourhood Renewal delays

Community leaders and political representatives descended on NICVA for crisis talks on Neighbourhood Renewal. Jobs and services threatened.

Another successful Members' Day

The second of this year’s members’ days, entitled Managing Relationships, was a huge success, with the majority of participants telling us that they really enjoyed it and got plenty of useful advice from it.

Joint Forum hosts training event

A lunchtime seminar at NICVA, facilitated by the Joint Government/ Voluntary and Community Sector Forum will explore the differences between working in the public and voluntary/community sectors through the experiences of two speakers each offering "a view from the other side."