Supporting Communities helped groups in Northern Ireland to access over 2 million pounds in funding last year. The charity's Annual Report reveals an impressive amount of money was granted to small, community-based groups through the assistance of their community development, training, and funding support work.
Read MoreParents and children in Strathroy are getting extra support to tackle the challenges of homeschooling from their local community association. Read how Supporting Communities helped SCA to secure funding for tablets and homework supplies to help families continue their children’s education.
Read MoreThe Enniskillen Macular Support Group in Enniskillen are finding new ways to get connected and support each other despite needing to self-isolate during lockdown with the help of Supporting Communities’ Digital Inclusion Officer. Find out how we can help your group do the same.
Read MoreThe Carson Project is just one of the many groups in Ballymena that Supporting Communities is working with to make connections, access funding and other support. We caught up with two of the project’s workers, Ronda and Cyril Rainey, by phone to ask how they are coping with the COVID-19 crisis.
Read MoreCommunity groups and local businesses are working together to ensure everyone has enough to eat during this period of necessary stay at home orders. Jordan Laverty, CDO for the South Area, was quick to ensure the groups he works with were able to take advantage of a generous offer of free bread for those in need.
Read MoreWe’re moving our Funding Clinics online! At the moment, this service is only available to Housing Community Network members. Get in touch with our Funding and Social Value Officer, Anita Doonan, to book your appointment.
Read MoreThe Good Morning service has long been a lifeline for many older and vulnerable people throughout Northern Ireland. Now the callers find themselves on the front lines making sure their clients can cope with all the new difficulties, restrictions and worries relating to the coronavirus. Orla McCann, our CDO for the South Down area, spoke to Linda Baker, Manager of Good Morning Down, to find out what the situation is for her, her staff and their clients.
Read MoreCommunity groups are well placed to mobilise quickly and identify those who need help, but they lack the funding to sustain emergency efforts on an ongoing basis. Supporting Communities is working to address that and the other barriers that groups are facing when responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read MoreWhen we need to be physically apart, we will find new ways to be together. Access resources to help yourself and others to make the most of the internet.
Read MoreCommunities all over the world are now dealing with an unprecedented health emergency the likes of which we have not seen in our lifetimes. At Supporting Communities, we want to do everything in our power to continue to support and assist our members to respond effectively to this crisis.
Read MoreThis is a difficult and somewhat frightening time for everyone as we adjust our lives to deal with the new necessities of preventing and delaying the spread of the coronavirus. At Supporting Communities, we want to do everything we can to continue support community groups. Here are just a few of our favourite online communication tools to help keep you feel connected even when we need to stay apart.
Read MoreThis new three-year project with the National Trust is a great opportunity for all stakeholders to come together to foster positive partnership working to make Cushendun a better place to live for the whole community. At Supporting Communities, we are delighted to be working with the National Trust and the local community in Cushendun to take on this challenge together.
Read MoreNew staff Helen Maguire and Colin Patton are running the digital training strand of the ONSIDE Project, a joint piece of work we are collaborating on with Disability Action NI, the Housing Executive and the Independent Living Movement Ireland supported by the EU’s INTERREG VA Programme, managed by the Special EU Programmes Body.
Read MoreThe results are in! Find out what ‘The Amp’ survey tells us about the community’s priorities for the new Minister.
Read MoreThe first ‘Amp’ survey is out now! Get registered for our survey series and have your say!
Read MoreSupporting Communities held a final 40th Anniversary Event in 2019 at Stormont where we looked back to our roots, celebrated successes along the way, and launched ambitious new plans for the future.
Read MoreAt an event on December 5th celebrating 40 Years of Supporting Communities, the organisation launched a new accreditation standard for social housing providers in Northern Ireland.
Read MoreOver 300 community representatives, Housing Executive and Supporting Communities staff attended this year’s conference to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the event.
Read MoreSupporting Communities, previously known as NI Tenants Action Project (NITAP), is marking its 40th year since its start as a single estate-based project in the Doury Road, Ballymena in 1979.
Read MoreSupporting Communities invited our former colleagues, staff and board members from the past 40 years to come together with the current team for a look back at our history to mark our anniversary year. We were joined by the Mayor of Mid and East Antrim at the Braid Centre to mark the occasion.
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
Join us at this online Four Nations event!
Book a session with our Funding and Social Value Officer for some one-to-one funding support.
South Region area groups are invited to book a one-to-one funding support session with our Funding and Social Value Officer.
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HMRC Charity registration number: XR27102
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