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Last week we hosted an online event for charities on the new social value framework to be applied to new

NICVA’s Communities in Transition programme is offering NEW Training Opportunities, Bursaries and Volunteer Support in 2021 for groups in East Belfast

Joanne McDowell, NI Ireland Manager for the Fundraising Regulator, reflects on the challenges NI charities have faced over the past

We are excited to promote our new training calendar for the first few months of 2021 and we have packed

Finance Minister, Conor Murphy today launched the £20.5 million Dormant Accounts Fund which will provide vital funding to the voluntary,

NICVA recently held a webinar with the Trader Support Service, HMRC and DfE to provide information on how Brexit will

Our latest update on what’s going on in Westminster that might impact charities, including news about the Spending Review, the

Interface-based leadership course – sign up now for Jan – Feb dates!

For the first time, NICVA held its AGM virtually with members joining us to hear how we have been supporting

NICVA are proud to support the #MakeOurFutureFair Campaign. Lead by the Human Rights Consortium, the newly launched campaign calls for

Belfast City Council have recently launched a new online citizen engagement platform, Your Say Belfast with the aim of enabling

On Wednesday 9th December, NICVA hosted a major webinar with Communities Minister Carál Ní Chulín and DfC Permanent Secretary Tracy

When persuaded to write this blog, I was asked to reflect on big transformational changes for 2021, no small task. It

What we have learned this year is that our Partners – those grantees with whom we have long-term, core funding relationships

NI report launched this week highlights the impact  of loneliness across NI communities and makes an urgent call to NI

With the deadline of 31st December just around the corner, our recent webinar “Brexit and Your Rights” examined how the

Communities Minister Carál Ní Chuilín has announced a second phase of the Covid-19 Charities Fund.

Loneliness has a real cost and affects people of all ages. It is something we’re all likely to experience at

Welcome to the latest edition of our monthly impact round-up. Each month at NCVO Charities Evaluation Services we summarise the

When the Governance Code steering group last published an update to the Code in July 2017, we committed to reviewing

On 3 December Úna McKernan from NICVA delivered a webinar on Preparing to Tender as part of the CFNI Accelerator

On International Volunteers Day, Karen Loftus, chief executive of Community Action Network, looks at how partnership working has proved essential

Online events webinar with guest speakers from Graham Group,Cancer Focus NI and Volunteer Now was held on 1 Dec as

Communities Minister Carál Ní Chuilín has announced that the £25M Sports Sustainability Fund is opening today (4 December).

Welcome to the December volunteering round-up, our last one of 2020. This has been a been a hard and unique

I usually use my December round-up to reflect on the last 12 months. But given the year we have had,

What a surreal eerie time the last eight months have been and I can’t say I’m getting more used to

During the initial months of the coronavirus pandemic many organisations and businesses face unprecedented changes and obstacles to their normal

In response to today’s announcement about the approval of a COVID-19 vaccine, the Voluntary Organisations Disability Group (VODG) has made

Level 3 QUB politics students are keen to gain first hand experience in the voluntary and community sector. Would your organisation be interested

On Thursday 10th December, The Department for the Economy are holding a webinar focusing on helping Northern Ireland businesses prepare

Hollie McKee and Muireann Montague review November’s In Conversation event for members Critical collaboration In our first ever members’ In

VODG has submitted written evidence to the Health and Social Care Select Committee and Science and Technology Select Committee joint

The guidance produced by the Northern Ireland Executive sets out the coronavirus restrictions for the current circuit breaker with effect from

How do you want to be judged? By how much you earn? By your kindness and humanity? It’s not an

If you thought getting Brexit ready was just for businesses, think again.  From 1st January 2021, any NI voluntary/community organisation

Dr Priya Singh was elected NCVO’s chair at our 2020 annual general meeting. Here she reflects on her incoming priorities

In response to HM Treasury’s Spending Review 2020, the Voluntary Organisations Disability Group (VODG), has issued the following statement: Dr

The RSPB NI have recently launched their 5 point Green Recovery Plan for a post-Covid 19 Northern Ireland.

The webinar “Brexit 2020: Where are we now? The future UK / EU relationship and the protocol” will take place

Throughout this year we’ve become accustomed to Rishi Sunak delivering economic statements, but today’s spending review was arguably the most

This blog was jointly written by Daniel King and Véronique Jochum. Up-to-date research on the pandemic’s impact on voluntary organisations

VODG has today (23 November) submitted a response to the Department of Health and Social Care’s consultation into stopping the

Junior Minister Lyons called a meeting early on Friday 20th November to explain the reasons for the closure of places

Michael participated in the Suffolk/Lenadoon TLP. The course started in February 2020 and had completed only 3 days before the

West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHs Trust is part of a network of 30 NHS Trusts and their respective charities who have been welcoming

The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme guidance has been updated to reflect the extension of the scheme until March 2021

NICVA and its sister Councils in Scotland and Wales have jointly written to the UK Chancellor calling for the devolution of the UK

At a recent Evaluation Roundtable Community of Practice session we asked what working practices people are hoping to retain from lockdown; and

As COVID continues to dominate all our lives, both home and work, in this webinar we explore the impact of the

Welcome to the latest edition of our monthly impact round-up. Each month at NCVO Charities Evaluation Services we summarise the

Next Wednesday the chancellor will set out the government’s spending plans for the coming year. Both the unpredictable nature of

Jahswill Emmanuel is Chair and founder of MSCNI (Multi-Ethnic Sports and Cultures NI). Here he shares his TLP story.

Our latest update on what’s going on in Westminster that might impact charities, including a promise of new funding for

Small and micro voluntary groups and organisations (annual income of less than £100,000) continue to be a beacon of hope,

The Royal Free London is part of a network of 30 NHS Trusts and their respective charities who have been welcoming young volunteers since

At VODG’s annual general meeting, held on 16 November, Steve Scown announced his decision to step down after eight years

This recurring blog post aims to inform voluntary and public sector colleagues about national health and social care policy, with

With months of local restrictions now extended to a national lockdown, it is clear that ‘Covid-recovery’ is far from us

NICVA recently participated in a  Service User and Carer Engagement Event hosted by the Northern HSC Trust to hear plans

The Voluntary, Community and Social Economy Sector (VCSE) Covid Recovery Fund has been launched today to help the sector to safely

At a recent Evaluation Roundtable Community of Practice session we asked what working practices people are hoping to retain from lockdown; and

The Charity Commission has removed the status of charities on their website. This article explains the changes and offers support

On 11 November we hosted a webinar as part of the CFNI Accelerator Programme funded by Department for Communities on

Tahmed shares his experience of volunteering at Birmingham Children’s Hospital during Covid-19. The hospital is part of a network of

Workforce solutions that seek to improve independence and quality of life are key priorities for VODG members and will be

Voluntary Sector Impact Barometer survey The results of the first covid-19 Voluntary Sector Impact Barometer have been published, showing that:

The LRA (Labour Relations Agency) recently published ‘A Practical Guide to Working from Home: COVID19 and beyond’ to assist employers and

While we all continue to be required to work from home, NICVA continues to provide a full programme of training

Trustees’ Week is a time to celebrate and recognise the great work done by thousands of trustees. This year Trustees got

If you missed our webinar on Trustee annual reporting for Trustees’ Week you can watch it now at the link

If you missed the Developing Governance Group’s webinar for Trustees’ Week on the Code of Good Governance in a virtual

On 5 November, the Chancellor announced that the Job Retention Scheme (furlough scheme) will be extended to the end of

As we come to the end of Trustees Week 2020, I thought I’d take a look back at the events

A coalition of civil society leaders has written to Rishi Sunak to urge him to develop a Coronavirus Job Retention

Employees working from home due to COVID19 are eligible to apply for tax relief up to £125

Sarah Finnegan, Head of Compliance and Enquiries at the Charity Commission for NI, kicked off Trustees’ Week with a webinar

As part of Trustees’ week 2020 we held a webinar on what makes and great board and becoming a great

Nine months after the Northern Ireland Assembly voted to declare a climate emergency, we ask how a citizen’s assembly could

At a recent Evaluation Roundtable Community of Practice session we asked what working practices people are hoping to retain from lockdown; and

VODG member chief executives are set to gather later this month to hear from an expert panel of speakers on

Charities and volunteers are crucial to helping people through crises such as covid-19, and they also underpin so much of

Today marks the start of Trustees’ Week 2020. In a year which has been extremely challenging for many organisations, this

Charities which prepare accounts on the accruals basis are legally required to apply the Charities SORP.  This SORP is in the

Karen Pateman works for the Department of the Economy and did the Transformative Leadership Programme in Spring 2020. Karen shares

Since there wasn’t a charity policy round-up for last month, some of the updates included below happened in late September.

Welcome to the latest edition of our monthly impact round-up. Each month at NCVO Charities Evaluation Services we summarise the

At a recent Evaluation Roundtable Community of Practice session we asked what working practices people are hoping to retain from lockdown; and

The first group to do the TLP course in the Falls Shankill area completed in Autumn 2019. The majority of

The first Suffolk Lenadoon TLP group completed their course in Autumn 2019. We hear more about their TLP story.

David Murphy works at South City Resource and Development Centre. Here he shares his TLP story.

Communities Minister Carál Ní Chuilín has given the green light for further financial support to be released to support the creative

Give yourself five minutes to catch up on the latest volunteering news and what’s coming up. We have updated our

Trustees’ week is a time to recognise and value the work that thousands of Trustees do voluntarily for organisations of

Here, John Williamson, local interface community worker, shares his story.

Zoe Ferguson is Treasurer of Cliftonville Integrated Primary School PTFA. Here she shares her TLP story.

Here the first South Belfast TLP group share their story.

Here, participants on the second South Belfast TLP share their story.

Ciaran Mc Neill is recreation manager at Ligoniel Improvement Association. He shares his TLP story here.

This group was made up of young people who had been engaged in an International Fund for Ireland Peace Walls programme, staff