Growing Community Spirit (and Vegetables) in Campsie
/The Campsie Community Garden grows food, flowers, and fellowship. Supporting Communities pays a visit to witness the Residents' Association's ongoing success.
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The Campsie Community Garden grows food, flowers, and fellowship. Supporting Communities pays a visit to witness the Residents' Association's ongoing success.
Read MoreRead about Supporting Communities Social Enterprise Training Courses in the latest E-Zine
Read MoreCheck out the latest edition of the August 2017 Community Funding Bulletin
Truly a "Fun Day" for Dunclug this July! See their video for more great photos of the community group's event.
Read MoreWilliam Burns brought his powerful and emotional message to the Central Housing Forum
Read MoreThe Super Adults are an inspirational group and an excellent example of local people taking the initiative and making things happen in their area. Congratulations on your 10 Year Anniversary!
Read MoreCheck out the latest edition of the Community Funding Bulletin - June 2017
Representatives from our staff enjoying the TPAS Scotland's Housing Professional's Conference titled 'Happiness, Headache or Heartache'
Read MoreSheenagh and Laura from Empowering Communities along with Eileen and Grainne from Radius
Read MoreAnother news-filled edition is fresh off the virtual presses! Read about our latest confernece event in partnership with Housing Rights as well as Colm's thoughts on the launch of our new social enterprise, Empowering Communities.
Welfare Reform is bringing a sweeping set of changes to the Social Security system in Northern Ireland and will have major implications for social housing tenants. Burying our heads in the sand, ostrich-like, is clearly not the answer … so what is?
Read MoreCheck out the latest edition of the Community Funding Bulletin - May 2017
Empowering Communities Staff Laura O'Dowd, Director and Sheenagh McNally, Housing Association Development Officer at the very successful launch of their new and innovative company.
Read MoreAnnouncing Empowering Communities Enterprise Limited, the new company to support the development of tenant participation in Northern Ireland.
Read MoreWinter's over for another year! Good Morning Down looks back on their successful Winter Warmer campaign.
Read MoreFind out information about 'The Welfare Changes Advice Service' in our latest Edition of E-Zine
Read MoreA simple estate inspection leads to an exciting children's art project in Stewartstown.
Read MoreSupporting Communities pays tribute to outgoing Director of Housing, Gerry Flynn who retires this week after 37 years service to the Housing Executive
Read MoreThe discussions amongst the group made it clear that there is an enormous appetite for networking and sharing good practice both within Northern Ireland and between the regions.
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!