North-West Community Network

Consultation Update

Week Commencing: 14 July 2008

North-West Community Network is committed to facilitating and promoting engagement with the Community & Voluntary sector in the North-West on the policy issues that affect it.

If you feel the sector should respond collectively to any of these consultations, please communicate this to us - not all consultation/policy issues can be responded to, however, given the sheer volume of documents that are issued.

Alternative formats of the documents referred to below are usually available to download from the relevant websites or by contacting the department/lead person involved.

Departmental consultations should, under good practice guidelines, afford twelve weeks for response - if you have any concerns over deadlines please do not hesitate to raise these with the named contact.

Some government departments have begun identifying in advance which policies will be open for consultation - it is hoped that this approach will eventually disseminate across all departments and other statutory bodies.

Consultation Title	Organisation	Closing Date	Contact Name	Contact Number	Email / Website
Play Facilities for the Derry City Council area	Derry City Council	N/A	N/A	N/A	http://www.ilex-urc.org
Rating of empty homes	Department of Finance & Personnel	15/08/08	N/A	N/A	http://www.ratingreviewni.gov.uk.
Section 75 Equality Screening	Sport NI	29/08/08	Colm Jennings	028 90 38 12 22	www.sportni.net colmjennings@sportni.net
Grant Aid Policy	Derry City Council	08/09/08	Eithne Moyne	028 71 365151	eithne.moyne@derrycity.gov.uk http://www.derrycity.gov.uk/
Amendments to the Planning Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992	The Planning Service	12/09/08	N/A	N/A	http://www.planningni.gov.uk/
Rates Deferment scheme for home owning pensioners	Department of Finance & Personnel	16/09/08	N/A	N/A	http://www.ratingreviewni.gov.uk.
Data Sharing	Department of Finance & Personnel	19/09/08	N/A	N/A	http://www.ratingreviewni.gov.uk.
Green Rebates	Department of Finance & Personnel	26/09/08	N/A	N/A	http://www.ratingreviewni.gov.uk.
High level marine objectives	Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs	30/09/08	Marjorie Addo	N/A	mps@defra.gsi.gov.uk
Employment Agencies Simplification Enforcement	Department for Employment & Learning	30/09/08	Anne Evans	028 90 25 75 80	employment.rights@delni.gov.uk
Delivering the Bamford Vision	Health, Social Services and Public Safety	03/10/08	N/A		www.dhsspsni.gov.uk A public consultation is taking place in the City Hotel, Wed 30 July, 1.30-4.30 – all welcome