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Minister Hargey Announces Release of £7.5Million to Support Charities 31st March 2021 E-Zine Welcome to Supporting Communities 163rd Edition of E-Zine, bringing you Best Practice from the Community Sector; Funding and Training Updates and Policy Developments in Northern Ireland, Great Britain and Republic of Ireland Minister Hargey announces release of £7.5million to support charities Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey has announced the release of over £7.5million of awards to support charities facing financial difficulty as a result of the pandemic. Over 300 charities are being offered the funding after successfully applying to Phase 2 of the Covid-19 Charities Fund. The money is awarded to support unavoidable Phase 2 of the Fund is being delivered by costs and eliminate deficits accumulated by Community Finance Ireland, following successful charities from 1 October 2020 to 31 March 2021, delivery of Phase 1 by The National Lottery with individually tailored awards of up to a Community Fund who disbursed £8.8million to over maximum of £75,000 per charity. 500 charities to support them in the period up to 30 September 2020. Minister Hargey said: “This funding is vital for charities who have lost Donal Traynor, Group Chief Executive of income from fundraising and trading activity as Community Finance Ireland said: many are still facing unavoidable costs, even if they “We are delighted to help deliver Phase 2 of the are not currently operating or have reduced Covid-19 Charities Fund on behalf of the services. Department for Communities. “Along with £8.8million awarded in Phase 1 of the We delivered £9.25million on behalf of the Covid-19 Charities Fund, this will bring the total Department through the Covid Social Enterprise disbursed by my Department to support charities Fund last autumn and are well aware of the during 2020/2021 to £16.3million. importance of this type of support to the sector. The Executive allocated my Department with “Our approach to the Fund has been to bring our £15.5million in May 2020 and I secured additional team’s skills and sectoral knowledge to aid a fair funding to ensure that all local charities’ needs and swift assessment of a charity’s specific needs could be met in full. and make an award which meets those needs in full. “I want to thank Community Finance Ireland for helping my Department deliver the much needed “We encourage all applicants, who receive a letter Covid-19 Charities Fund. I also want to thank of offer over the coming weeks, to return their NICVA for promoting the Fund and the support they acceptance note as soon as possible so that our provided to applicants to ensure local charities had team can move to payment stage.” help to apply.” NI ASSEMBLY UPDATE Assembly Business The most recent plenary sessions of the Assembly considered a range of matters including Functioning of Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill: Royal Assent, National Day of Reflection, Civil Justice Modernisation, Climate Change Bill: First Stage and Flags, Identity, Culture and Tradition. The report of the plenary sessions of the Assembly are available at; http://aims.niassembly.gov.uk/officialreport/officialreport.aspx Committee for Communities The minutes of meetings of the Communities Committee are available at; Session 2020 - 2021 (niassembly.gov.uk) Consultations Modern slavery transparency in supply chains Department of Justice Modern slavery transparency in supply chains | Department of Justice (justice-ni.gov.uk) Closing date; 12th May 2021 Draft Flood Risk Management Plan 2021-2027 second cycle Department for Infrastructure Consultation on draft Flood Risk Management Plan 2021-2027 second cycle | Department for Infrastructure (infrastructure-ni.gov.uk) Closing date; 25th June 2021 Local Government Boundaries Review in NI Local Government Boundaries Commissioner The Review | Local Government Boundaries Commissioner for Northern Ireland (lgbc-ni.org.uk) Closing date; none stated PEACE PLUS Programme Public Consultation The SEUPB has launched a public consultation for the For full information on the programme (including the new PEACE PLUS Programme (2021-2027). consultation information document and a link to the survey) click HERE What is the PEACE PLUS Programme? The PEACE PLUS Programme was developed through The consultation starts on Wednesday 10 March 2021 a stakeholder engagement process, which took place and will close at 5pm on Wednesday 12 May 2021. between December 2019 and February 2020. A total of You can find a copy of the PEACE PLUS Privacy Notice 16 public events were held across the programme area, for this survey HERE with over 1,000 people in attendance. Over 300 survey responses were submitted. A full report of the survey’s Please do not hesitate to contact us on 028 9026 6660 findings can be found HERE An infographic (office reception number) or email summarising the PEACE PLUS consultation process [email protected] if you require any support can be found HERE during the consultation process. Have Your Say on the New Sport and Physical Activity Strategy The Department for Communities is consulting on a a final opportunity for interested stakeholders to new sport and physical activity strategy for Northern contribute to shaping the strategic direction of sport and Ireland. Read here how you can input your views. physical activity over the next decade and beyond. A The new Sport and Physical Activity Strategy[1] will number of webinar sessions (see below for details) are be cross-Departmental and focus on linkages and being held to provide an overview of the consultation shared outcomes between sport and physical activity document, the co-design process, the key themes and and other cross cutting policies, including mental health goals. and well-being, obesity, education, social inclusion and equality. The consultation document on the strategy has The survey is available at Consultation on a a new been developed with input from a wide range of Strategy for Sport and Physical Activity | Department for stakeholders whose views were collected through an e- Communities (communities-ni.gov.uk) and the deadline survey and 70 focus groups. The document is now for completion is 23 April 2021. An easy read version is available for consideration and comments, providing also available at the same link. 2 Member’s Stories Share Your Success Stories You asked, and we heard you! Our members want to see more good news stories from community groups showcasing their work, best practices, and achievements all over Northern Ireland. We have created a new section of our website dedicated to our Member’s Stories. Here you can submit your own story for publication and read the news that community groups have shared. We will help you craft your story and feature it in our Ezine to get the word out! You will also get a link to your group’s story so you can share it with your followers on your social media channels. Member’s Story: The Carson Project Celebrates International Women’s Day with an Online Event — Supporting Communities The Carson Project Celebrates International Women’s Day with an Online Event "A Strong Woman Stands Up for Herself. A Stronger Woman Stands Up for Everybody Else" COVID-19 has put a stop to many things this year. One Bebhinn reflected on how thing still very much on the calendar, however, is each of these women has International Women's Day. This worldwide event influenced their celebrates women's achievements and calls for gender community's development equality. and peacebuilding involvement through their stories, strength, and courage. She noted the fact that we have The Carson Project, based in the Harryville area of many local examples of phenomenal women active in Ballymena, held their annual event online this year. supporting and enabling peace in Northern Ireland, but Ronda Rainey, the project worker, said, “This is our they have largely remained invisible. She concluded by fourth year hosting the International Woman’s day event, highlighting the need for women's contributions to be and over the last two years, we have had the event more widely recognised and a need for more informal funded through St Stephen’s Green Trust Fund. I would spaces where women can come together to support like to take this chance to thank everyone involved in each other, learn from each other, and create making the event such a success, particularly Bebhinn opportunities for mentoring younger women. McKinley, who kindly delivered this year’s inspirational presentation. We have been delighted to be able to Reflecting on the occasion, Bebhinn told us, “This event deliver another successful event this year, albeit virtually had a really positive outcome with those in attendance through Zoom, and we look forward to hosting another encouraged to further the discussion within their wider next year, hopefully in person.” communities and to look at ways to engage others and encourage succession planning.” The event attracted a good turnout, with women attending from across Mid and East Antrim and the wider Gillian Forrest from Supporting Communities Northern area. congratulated Ronda and the Carson Project for facilitating such an inspiring event. The keynote speaker, Bebhinn McKinley, gave a talk that looked at the contribution women have made locally “For me and my colleagues working across Northern and globally to their community. Ireland, it has been heartening to see so many women actively engaging in their communities, providing support She shared her insights into women's roles in and leadership,” she said. “This has been particularly peacebuilding, from the founding of Women Together evident during this pandemic. International Women’s and the Peace Women to the contributions of Sadie Day provides a place for women to discuss and Patterson, Avila Killmurray, May Blood, and Baroness showcase the contributions made by so many of us!” O'Loan. She also touched on the role of Betty Bigombe, a Ugandan mediator who played a key role in conflict Gillian also thanked Bebhinn for her inspirational resolution and humanitarian efforts in northern Uganda, presentation saying, "I hope everyone who came will be who she recently met through her role as a member inspired to get involved in community life - there are so of Women Mediators Across the Commonwealth.
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