Supporting Communities offers a wide range of practical training courses and learning opportunities designed to help individuals, community groups, and organisations build skills, knowledge, and confidence.

Training can be tailored to meet your needs and delivered either in person at your preferred venue or online, providing flexibility and accessibility for participants.

Funding from the Northern Ireland Housing Executive enables us to provide many training opportunities free of charge to Housing Community Network (HCN) Members.

We provide all course materials and resources, ensuring participants have everything they need to make the most of their learning experience.

Explore our training courses below or visit our Events section to learn more about the opportunities available. For further information, please contact Karla Turner, Training and Development Lead.

Training Topics

Click through to each topic area for a list of courses offered on that subject.

Community Development Training

Supporting Communities offers a range of accredited and non-accredited courses to suit community groups wishing to develop their skills. We can help you identify the course which is best suited to your and your group’s needs.

Governance Training

Good governance and effective working practices are essential to any successful group. Pick and choose the short courses you need or work your way through all the core skills in our more intensive Community Capacity Building accredited courses.

Financial Management Training

Money! How to get it and how to manage it can be a constant source of worry for small groups. If your group manages any money at all, you need to make sure you have the systems in place to show you are accountable and responsible. Make sure you know what is required.

Measurement & Evaluation Training

We offer practical training in measuring and evaluating your work to understand what works and what doesn’t. It’s also a key piece of information that your funders and supporters will want to see.

Digital Skills Training

Digital skills are essential for everyone to be included in our modern world. We offer a range of courses in basic digital skills to get you and your group online and up to speed!

Tenant Participation Training

We offer accredited and short courses on tenant participation practices and methods aimed at Housing Community Network members.

September 8, 2026

Growing Green Minds: How MACCA's Summer Scheme Planted a Love of Nature in Omagh

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!

August 12, 2026

Meet the New ONSIDE Evolution Team!

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.

July 28, 2026

Radius Housing Achieves Platinum-Level Tenant Participation Accreditation

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.

July 21, 2026

Choice Housing becomes the first social housing provider to achieve Platinum Tenant Participation Accreditation

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.