Housing Associations Embrace Tenant Participation Training
/Rural Housing Association and NB Housing took part in tailored tenant participation training with Supporting Communities. Find out what they had to say!
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Rural Housing Association and NB Housing took part in tailored tenant participation training with Supporting Communities. Find out what they had to say!
Read MoreThe last edition of our E-zine included a bit of a teaser for our response to the government's Draft Programme for Government. If that whet your whistle, then you'll be itching to read the full version!
Read MoreCatch up on the latest Community Funding Bulletin
Read MoreShelia Taylor, Housing Manager at Helm Housing, shares her story of how Helm worked with Supporting Communities to refresh their tenant engagement strategy to develop a diverse, inclusive and flexible involvement structure that gives tenants a real voice and empowers them to make a difference.
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Read all about more funding opportunities in our 'Extra Summer Special Funding Update'!
A new social impact report from Gauge NI has revealed that for every £1 invested in Supporting Communities, £8 of social value is generated.
Read MoreSupporting Communities is closed for the week of July 11-15th and we'll be back in the office on the 18th.
See you then!
Comic Relief have just launched an exciting new pilot core funding (and support) scheme for small organisations delivering work in the UK with an annual income of £100,000 - £500,000.
For further information - www.comicrelief.com
Read MoreExtra extra, read all about! This 58th Edition of the E-zine has a special focus on the Draft Programme for Government. Make sure you respond and let them know what's missing!
Interagency working has paid off for a Community Association in Ballynahinch. Better watch your speed on Langley Road!
Read MoreCheck out all the events, funding and training updates in our latest edition of E-Zine
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The Housing Executive is calling for entries to the 2016 Rural Community Awards. The awards aim to improve community spirit within rural neighbourhoods. There is a prize fund of £4,000 on offer, with four prizes of £1,000 being awarded to help and support those communities working to improve their respective area.
"Supporting Communities was delighted to have been shortlisted for the National Digital Leaders Awards and to have come runners-up in our category is a great achievement for everyone involved in the Bridging the Digital Divide Project", remarked Colm McDaid at the London awards dinner on June 15th.
Read MoreJob application deadlines have been extended! Get yours in today!
Read MoreCheck out information about Supporting Communities now on the Digital Training and Support Framework
Read MoreWe are pleased to announce that Supporting Communities is now an approved Digital Training and Support Framework Supplier!
Read MoreRead about the TPAS Scotland Housing Professional Conference at which our Housing Association Development Worker facilitated two workshop sessions focusing on estate inspections and a keynote address highlighting the importance of our Inter-Agency Partnerships.
Read MoreAs our newly elected political representatives get down to the business of creating a Programme for Government, we'd like to highlight some of the urgent issues facing the housing sector in Northern Ireland.
Read MoreSupporting 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
The ONSIDE Evolution Project is set to launch next month, and we are so excited that we thought we’d introduce our training team in advance! Meet the team hard at work preparing materials to make technology more accessible and empower people to use digital tools with greater confidence.
Radius Housing has been awarded Supporting Communities' Platinum-level Tenant Participation Accreditation, the highest of the four accreditation levels, in recognition of sector-leading quality in its tenant engagement practices.
Choice Housing has become the first social housing provider in Northern Ireland to achieve Platinum Accreditation under Supporting Communities’ Tenant Participation (TP) Accreditation Framework, setting a new benchmark for tenant engagement across the sector.
A new community growing space is proving to be exactly what this Strabane community needed: a place to connect, to learn, and to grow together.
This short online session will help you get a better understanding of what we mean when we talk about ‘Social Value’ and ‘Impact Measurement’.
The aim of this session is to help participants improve their skills and knowledge when planning and completing a funding application.
This short online session will help you get a better understanding of what we mean when we talk about ‘Social Value’ and ‘Impact Measurement’.
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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!