Housing Community Network groups can pop into our ‘one-stop shop’ for advice and support between 11 am and 1 pm on August 4th in the Housing Executive Office on Court Street in Newtownards.
We’ve put together a crack team of experts from organisations that can help your community group with everything from funding and digital skills to community development and volunteer recruitment.
Come along to talk to the teams from:
Supporting Communities
Get referrals for training, advice on digital skills & HCN portal sign-ups, funding enquiries, impact measurement, communications, social media and more.
Housing Executive
Funding information & signposting to local office staff.
Ards & North Down Borough Council
ANDBC community development support, sign up to the community register, etc.
Volunteer Now
Get advice around policies & volunteer recruitment.
Ark Housing & Radius Housing
Information on Ards Participatory Budgeting Initiative, Ards Advisory Panel, and Good Relations funding.
Find out how we can help your group!
Hope to see you there!
When Mullaghmore & Castleview Community Association (MACCA) in Omagh set out to plan this year's summer scheme, they took a chance on something different. Alongside the usual trips to the cinema and play areas, children aged 5 to 14 spent a full week immersed in a STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics) Future Farmers programme exploring the natural world on their own doorstep. The risk paid off in a big way!