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December 17, 2019

Reflections on 40: Thank you for a great milestone year!

December 17, 2019/ Healy King
Reflections on 40: Thank you for a great milestone year!

Colm McDaid pens the final blog in our 40th Anniversary Series “Looking Back to Look Forward.” Thanks for a great year everyone!

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From the desk of the CEO, 40th Anniversary Series
#40YearsSC, #SC40, thank you
October 10, 2019

Interview with Michael Dallat: Lessons from Doury Road

October 10, 2019/ Healy King
Interview with Michael Dallat: Lessons from Doury Road

Michael Dallat was there at the very beginning of the work that has grown into the current day Supporting Communities. We asked him to tell us about his experience working in the Doury Road community back in 1979.

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October 10, 2019/ Healy King/ Comment
40th Anniversary Series
#40YearsSC, #SC40, Doury Road
September 19, 2019

Lesley Baird: A 'Sisterhood' of Tenant Participation

September 19, 2019/ Healy King
Lesley Baird: A 'Sisterhood' of Tenant Participation

Lesley Baird is the Chief Executive at Tenant Participation Advisory Service Scotland (TPAS) and has been a great friend to Supporting Communities over the years. Read her guest blog in celebration of our 40th anniversary.

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September 19, 2019/ Healy King/ Comment
Guest blogger, 40th Anniversary Series
#40YearsSC, #SC40, TPAS
July 31, 2019

Staff Looks Back: Carolyn Agnew

July 31, 2019/ Healy King
Staff Looks Back: Carolyn Agnew

We asked former staff members to tell us some of their favourite memories from their time working with us. Carolyn Agnew, now with the Southern Health and Social Care Trust, shared her walk down memory lane and how Supporting Communities shaped her career.

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July 31, 2019/ Healy King/ Comment
40th Anniversary Series
#40YearsSC, #SC40
June 26, 2019

Estates Action Project & Tenant Participation Advisory Project: A Merger (1991)

June 26, 2019/ Healy King
Estates Action Project & Tenant Participation Advisory Project: A Merger (1991)

This month’s blog comes from Seamus McAleavey, Chief Executive at NICVA. Seamus writes about his memories of the 1991 merger that created NITAP, a key event in Supporting Communities’ history.

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June 26, 2019/ Healy King/ Comment
40th Anniversary Series, Guest blogger
NICVA, mergers, throwback, #SC40, #40YearsSC
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Supporting Communities

Supporting Communities promotes best practice in Community Participation in Northern Ireland through a 'grassroots' approach to Community Development, providing tailored support, advice, information and training to new and existing Community Groups, Statutory and Voluntary Organisations

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Events

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January Funding Clinic Sessions (Online)
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January Funding Clinic Sessions (Online)
Jan 20, 2026

Book an online session with our Funding and Social Value Officer for some one-to-one funding support.

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Tenant Participation & Community Development OCN Level 2 (Online Course)
Feb 5
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Tenant Participation & Community Development OCN Level 2 (Online Course)
Feb 5, 2026 – Mar 26, 2026

This 8-week course looks at the intersection of Tenant Participation and Community Development and is suitable for those working in social housing as well as community workers that engage with social housing providers.

Feb 5, 2026 – Mar 26, 2026
Causeway Area Funding and Networking Event
Feb 5
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Causeway Area Funding and Networking Event
Feb 5, 2026

Causeway Coast Funding & Networking Event!

Feb 5, 2026
February Funding Clinic Sessions (Online)
Feb 23
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February Funding Clinic Sessions (Online)
Feb 23, 2026

Book an online session with our Funding and Social Value Officer for some one-to-one funding support.

Feb 23, 2026
March Funding Clinic Sessions (Online)
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March Funding Clinic Sessions (Online)
Mar 30, 2026

Book an online session with our Funding and Social Value Officer for some one-to-one funding support.

Mar 30, 2026
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We’re working on new events. Check back soon to see what’s coming up!

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