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NWCN Ebulletin 14 June 2023

1 ‌Micro Community Investment Fund
2 Creative Communities on a Shared Island
3 Community and Voluntary Sector Infrastructure Support
4 Workshop on Community Led Housing
5 FWIN 2023 Conference & AGM
6 Liberation from Patriarchy - 5 week women's programme
7 ‘Getting on with it’ project
8 Expanding the CHOICE coalition
9 State of Caring Survey 2023
10 Help us plan our events!
11 Physical Activity, Wellbeing & Sport Strategy 2023-2028
12 Latest Offers from Salto Youth
13 Echo Echo - Call-out for accommodation support!
14 Comms jobs with The National Lottery Community Fund
15 Public Appointment for HSC Trust: Non-Executive Directors
16 What's on offer for Kids at Echo Echo Studios this Summer!
17 Summer Student's Exhibition
18 Update on NINIS shut down

1 Micro Community Investment Fund

The fund will provide valuable investment for community initiatives making a difference in towns and villages across Northern Ireland.

The fund will enable those organisations who are making the lives of others in their communities better, by improving their financial, physical, and mental wellbeing.

You do not have to have a constitution to apply to this fund.
We want to support smaller, grassroots organisations delivering great work. 
Community Investments available: Up to £2,000

Priorities:

  • Financial wellbeing, physical wellbeing and mental wellbeing.
  • Focus on the positive contribution of people within the community.
  • Enable active participation of a community in decision-making and involvement in making their community a better place to live in.
  • Focus on the assets within the community which the project will use to make the community a better place to live in.
  • Help get people engaged in taking community action where it hasn’t happened before to make the community a better place to live in.
  • Projects that address more than one particular strand of well being.
Ongoing - No Deadline

Further information available 
here

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2 Creative Communities on a Shared Island

The Creative Communities on a Shared Island initiative seeks to build on the experience and expertise of local authorities’ existing strategic north-south and east-west (Ireland-Britain) ambitions and transform them into a collaborative network across the island of Ireland.  It intends to recognise and utilise the inherent creativity of all who live on the island of Ireland.

A total of €2.25 million will be provided under the fund and it is envisaged that the following amounts will be allocated:

  • Strand 1 : 4 x €250,000 (At least 1 grant will be awarded to a partnership specific to the border region)
  • Strand 2 : 25 x €50,000
Deadline 30 June 2023 @ 5pm

Further information available 
here

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 Community and Voluntary Sector Infrastructure Support

The Department for Communities is inviting you to join us in a virtual event on Thursday 29th June from 14:00 – 15:30 to find out what we heard through our first stage of engagement.

The Department is carrying out a programme of work aimed at refreshing the policy frameworks for our voluntary and community sector support. This includes agreeing with our partners on the outcomes that we should prioritise in future years.  This review of sectoral needs will inform how we can better support the sector to deliver outcomes set out in any future Programme for Government. 
 
We have engaged with a wide range of organisations in the sector, including those supported through our existing funding programmes as well as those that are not.  We have also involved other departments, local government and independent funders.  We are also working with a Reference Group comprising a range of sectoral interests, through which we are drawing on lived experience, expertise and knowledge, and together explore a range of insights and ideas in the design of new approaches.

You can register for this virtual session 
here

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4 Workshop on Community Led Housing

Development Trusts NI and Rural Community Network invite you to a workshop on Community Led Housing in The Junction, Dungannon on Thursday 22nd June 10am -12.30pm.

The workshop will:
  • Present findings and recommendations from research into Community Led Housing undertaken by DTNI and Queen’s University Belfast
  • Hear from people involved in Community Led Housing Projects in Northern Ireland
  • Discuss the potential for further community led housing projects here
To register click here.

For further Information contact 
kelly@ruralcommunitynetwork.org

5 FWIN 2023 Conference & AGM

Foyle Women’s Information Network would like to invite you to our 2023 Annual Conference & AGM
 
We will be hosting this event on Friday the 30th June at 11am in Holywell DCCP 8-12 Bishop Street, Derry-Londonderry.
 
This year’s conference theme will be “Voices From the Frontline” as inspired by our funder, ROSA. We have a fantastic line up of speakers, which will be announced in the next few weeks. This conference aims to support campaigning and influencing work that enables women and girls to use their voice to achieve change.
 
Our AGM will take place after a short lunch break. Nominations to join FWIN’s board will be open to all members.
 
To register for your place please email 
bethanyfwin@gmail.com
 and provide any dietary requirements.
 
We look forward to seeing you there!

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6 Liberation from Patriarchy - 5 week women's programme

Re-imagining human relationships in a peaceful society

An engagement programme, supporting women to explore together, the root causes of patriarchy, gender inequalities and the power dynamics informing women's lived experiences today; with a view to cultivating women's voices and leadership in a re-imagined peaceful society.

This programme seeks to make the connections between gender justice and peacebuilding, integrating holistic methodologies.

Facilitated by Helen Henderson (Community Educator and Human Rights Commissioner) 

Holywell Trust, DiverseCity Community Partnership building, Bishop Street, Derry/Londonderry.
10am - 1pm: Wed 5th July, Tues 11th July, Weds 19th July, Sat 22nd July & Weds 26th July.

To register please email 
info@thejunction-ni.org
 by 27th June 2023.
 
 7 ‘Getting on with it’ project
 
We’re looking for representatives originating from a Protestant/Unionist background to interview about their day-to-day interactions and memories of the past. The purpose of this research is to gain a better understanding of how people in the community live their daily lives post-conflict. 

Interviews will last for no more than one hour and will look at how comfortable/uncomfortable people feel in different interactions depending on who they’re with, where they take place, and when they take place. Following this, participants are being given an exciting opportunity to represent the community via taking photographs across Derry that will be published in an exhibition.
 
To express interest or find out more, please contact 
niamhbmccann@gmail.com

8 Expanding the CHOICE coalition

Challenging Health Outcomes - Integrating Care Environments
a consortium to tackle health disparities for people living with mental illness

The CHOICE project was funded as part of the second phase of the £26 million, UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Mobilising Community Assets to Tackle Health Inequalities Investment. CHOICE was the only project in Northern Ireland (NI) to get an award.

CHOICE is building a network of people and organisations – a community coalition – to tackle the issues of social exclusion and poor physical health among people living with severe and enduring mental health problems. This requires a whole-systems approach that engages key public, private and voluntary stakeholders while placing people living with mental health illness at the centre of co-design activities and ideas.

We use participatory and arts-based activities to assist this programme. Working closely with all the relevant stakeholders we are developing an action plan to improve the health and wellbeing of people with mental health problems.

If you or your organisation would like to know more about what we are doing or join the growing CHOICE community coalition, please contact:
Prof. Gerard Leavey
Director of the Bamford Centre for Mental Health and Wellbeing in Ulster University
Website: 
CHOICE website 
Email: g.leavey@ulster.ac.uk

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9  State of Caring Survey 2023

This year’s survey focuses on several areas including health, employment and finances. Your responses will enable us to be more focused in our work and to communicate to decision makers what really matters to you.

This survey is the most extensive survey into carers’ experiences in the UK, so it may take around 20-30 minutes to complete.

The more information you give us, the better we can build a comprehensive picture of how caring affects different people. We are really keen to hear about your experiences – good or bad – in as much detail as possible as this helps us understand what it is like to be a carer in 2023.

Take the survey 
here

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10 Help us plan our events!

Cultúrlann Uí Chanáin is asking people in the community to submit their ideas for our events and experience when they come to learn Irish, learn music, see cultural events and more. 

Irish version: 
https://forms.gle/MzqyLffzyZt5zNDX8
English version: https://forms.gle/6yPxBXWdBFLL3hMa9

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11 Physical Activity, Wellbeing & Sport Strategy 2023-2028

Sport and being active is a big part of people’s lives in Derry City and Strabane. There are around 180 sports clubs with in excess of 22,000 participants or about 15% of the entire population.

Yet health inequalities are higher in Derry City and Strabane than for Northern Ireland as a whole, especially for people living in the most deprived areas, both urban and rural. The population is getting older; it’s projected that by 2039 the Council area will have nearly 4,000 fewer children under the age of 16 and 14,000 more retired adults.

View the draft strategy here
Complete the consultation here

The consultation closes on Friday 18 August 2023 at 5pm.

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12 Latest Offers from Salto Youth

Please see 
attached document
 for current opportunities with Salto Youth:

  • Eat4Change Train the Trainers
  • SoliDARE
  • SNAC Volunteering Conference 2023
  • iBuild - Tools and skills for entrepreneurs
  • FEMININ – MASCULIN, restoring the sacred energies

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13 Echo Echo - Call-out for accommodation support!

Echo Echo Dance Theatre Company has a two week company development workshop in the last two weeks of August 2023 - from 21st August to 1st September.

We have colleagues coming from Ireland and Europe. We are still looking for places for some of them to stay.

We've made this two-week project free and by invitation only for experienced and close colleagues of the company as we know that many professional dance artists are rarely in a position to access professional development training where it means they must pay for a course, travel and accommodation.

We are hoping that this project will lead to strengthened connections between Echo Echo and our colleagues in Ireland and beyond.

If there is anyone in, or close to, Derry who might offer a room for all or some of this period - for a small payment or for free - could you 
message me
 please? Or feel free to share with anyone else who might be able to help. 

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14 Comms jobs with The National Lottery Community Fund

We are looking for a 
Communications and Engagement Officer to join our Northern Ireland Communications team to help us tell and showcase fantastic stories from the organisations we support to a range of networks, stakeholders and the wider public.

We are looking for a 
Communications and Engagement Assistant
 to join our Communications and Engagement team in Northern Ireland to help support our customers, communicate with a range of internal and external stakeholders and highlight fantastic stories from the organisations we support.

Closing date for both posts 9th July 2023
 
15 Public Appointment for HSC Trust: Non-Executive Directors

This is an exceptional opportunity to share your talents and expertise to make a positive difference to the lives of people in Northern Ireland.

Western Health and Social Care Trust (WHSCT) 2 x Non-Executive Directors (1 x Lay & 1 x Finance)

The deadline for receipt of applications is 12:00 noon BST Friday 30 June 2023.


Further details available 
here
16 What's on offer for Kids at Echo Echo Studios this Summer!
 
A Box - Magical Dance/Theatre Performance for Younger Audiences
Friday 30th June 3pm  & 4.30pm 
Saturday 1st July 11.30am

When you were little every box was a magic box!

You could endlessly hide in the box, put toys and things in it, forget them, and then have the pleasure of re-discovering them later. You could travel through space in the box, or surf the big waves, or glide through the snowstorm, or ride through the woods, or just have a cup of tea, or a snooze there. You could paint it, cut and stick things on it, even make a costume out of it.
To find out more and book go to:

https://www.echoechodance.com/whatson/a-box-by-tonya-sheina-zoe-ramsey
 
Echo Echo Summer Scheme
3rd July - 7th July 10am - 1pm daily
A Week of Creativity for Children 5 - 11 years
 
Join experienced professionals of Echo Echo Ensemble for a week of dance and movement for primary school ages! The course will run from 3rd-7th July, from 10am-1pm daily. It is suitable for kids aged 5-11 (the youngest should at least have completed P1).
In our kind and playful environment kids will spend time dancing, playing, storytelling and engaging in arts and crafts.
To find out more and book please go to:

https://www.echoechodance.com/whatson/echo-echo-summer-scheme-2023
17 Summer Student's Exhibition

You are cordially invited to Eden Place Arts Centre's Summer Students Exhibition.
Launch: Wednesday 21st June @ 7pm

Exhibition will continue until Friday 23rd June.
Viewing times on Thursday 22nd and Friday 23rd: 10am-7pm

For more info contact Judi on: 07902172080 or email: 
info@edenplaceartscentre.com

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18 Update on NINIS shut down

Important Information regarding shut down of NINIS

NINIS hosts statistics (databases), area profiles, interactive content and static maps. Work is underway to ensure that, once NINIS is no longer available, alternative arrangements are in place so, that as far as possible users still have access to this information. A redirect page will be available that sets out these arrangements and includes interactive lookup tables that provide links to the new locations.

As detailed in previous news stories, the statistics element (database) of NINIS will be replaced with a new system – The NISRA Data Portal. Over the last few months, the Data Portal has been populated with various NINIS datasets. Training materials (NISRA Data Portal user guide, instructional video and FAQ section) have been published to help you navigate and use the new system (linked in the footer of the portal). Online training sessions and help, if needed, will also be available - info@nisra.gov.uk

If you have any questions please feel free to get in touch - info@nisra.gov.uk

 

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