Northern Ireland Consultations:

Week Commencing:10 August 2009

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 often 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.

Consultation Title	Organisation	Closing Date	Contact Name	Contact Number	Email / Website
EQIA assessment to have the name of the city changed from Londonderry to Derry	Derry City Council	11/09/09	Damien McMahon	028 7136 5151	damien.mcmahon@derrycity.gov.uk www.derrycity.gov.uk
Draft Disability Discrimination (Transport Vehicles) Regulations (NI) 2009	Equality Commission for Northern Ireland	25/09/09	Oonagh Smyth	02890 500664	The Equality Commission will be holding the following consultation events: Derry: Tuesday 1 September 10:00-13:00, The Junction Omagh: Wednesday 2 September 10:00-13:00, Omagh Community House To register contact Oonagh Smyth: osmyth@equalityni.org www.equalityni.org
Dealing with the Past	Northern Ireland Office	02/10/09	Legacy Policy Unit	020 7210 6503	legacypolicyunit@nio.x.gsi.gov.uk www.nio.gov.uk
Volunteer Strategy	Department for Social Development	09/10/09	Community Support Team	028 90829430	There will be a consultation on 14 Sept 09 at The Verbal Arts Centre, Stable Lane, Derry from 9.30am – 12.30pm - Volunteer Development Agency Booking Form Volunteering Strategy Online Response volunteering@dsdni.gov.uk
A Victims and Survivors Service	Office of First Minister & Deputy First Minister	16/10/09	N/A	028 9052 8560	info@victimsni.gov.uk www.ofmdfmni.gov.uk.
The NI Funding Code – The Procedures	NI Legal Services Commission	16/10/09	Jill Herron	028 9040 8888	jillherron@nilsc.org.uk http://www.nilsc.org.uk/uploads/consultation/documents/NILSCProcedure%20Document.pdf
Flexible Working and Time to Train	Department for Employment & Learning	23/10/09	N/A	028 9025 7580	employment.rights@delni.gov.uk www.delni.gov.uk/consultation-zone Flexible Working and Time to Train Consultation 2009 (Adobe Acrobat Document, 1095994 bytes)
Proposal to exempt student loans from individual voluntary arrangements	Department for Employment & Leaning	23/10/09	Patrick Smith	028 9025 7777	patrick.smith@delni.gov.uk www.delni.gov.uk/consultation-zone Proposal to exempt student loans from individual voluntary arrangements (Adobe Acrobat Document, 321496 bytes)
Personal Development System	NI Fire & Rescue Service	27/10/09	Marina Hughes	028 9266 4221 (2305)	Marina.hughes@nifrs.org www.nifrs.org
Draft spending priorities for the dormant bank and building society accounts scheme in NI	The Department for Finance and Personnel	29/10/09	Brenda Shearer	02891 277656 (63056)	dormantaccounts@dfpni.gov.uk. www.dfpni.gov.uk
Code of Practice for Victims and Witnesses of Crime Consultation	Northern Ireland Office	30/10/09	N/A	028 90 527259	CJD.Public@nio.x.gsi.gov.uk http://www.nio.gov.uk/index/public-consultation/documents.htm
The Draft Local Government (Finance) Bill	Department of the Environment	31/10/09	Julie Broadway	02890 256091 / 02890 256093	julie.broadway@doeni.gov.uk http://www.doeni.gov.uk/index.htm
Update of Northern Ireland Multiple Deprivation Measure 2005	NI Statistics & Research Agency	06/11/09	N/A	028 9034 8112	deprivation.nisra@dfpni.gov.uk www.nisra.gov.uk

Every attempt is made to ensure the information given above is accurate, though we would be grateful if any inaccuracies were notified to us. You are also invited to share information on any other consultations currently open which have not been included here.

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