Results List
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Public Achievement Wins Prime Minister’s BIG Society Award
Source: Public Achievement
On 23rd April, 2012, Public Achievement won the Prime Minister’s BIG Society Award, making Public Achievement the first organisation in Northern Ireland to get this award. The above clip is the presentation speech by Minister Hugo Swire at WIMPS HQ.Presenting the BIG award on behalf of…
Resource type: News
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Tackling Rural Poverty Among Older Adults
People who live in rural poverty often remain invisible to society, obscured physically by beautiful scenery and statistically by their wide geographic dispersion. This is particularly true for older people who live in rural poverty.Nearly one-third of the rural elderly in Northern Ireland exist on…
Resource type: Grantee Story
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Creating Integrated Schools To Improve Tolerance and Promote Peace
Northern Ireland is a deeply divided society where religious segregation is a feature of almost every aspect of life. For example, 94 per cent of children are educated in religiously segregated schools and, unsurprisingly, research shows that high numbers of young children already have sectarian…
Resource type: Grantee Story
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Youth Networking spotlights shared learning
Source: Belfast Telegraph
A networking event in Belfast today will spotlight the very real differences young people are making in their communities. Hosted by Belfast actor Dan Gordon, the Impact of Youth event has been organised by five key independent funders - Big Lottery Fund, Rank Foundation, BBC…
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Elderly will turn off heat to save cash
Source: Belfast Telegraph
Almost 40% of people over 50 in Northern Ireland are planning to cut back on heating their homes because of growing financial strain, according to a new survey. Shock figures revealed that older people are so worried about how they will cope with the spike…
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Interface kids get their kicks on the pitch
Source: Belfast Telegraph
SUFFOLK Lenadoon Interface Group (SLIG) have hosted Northern Ireland's first ever Interface Soccer tournament at Balmoral High School Playing Fields. Over twenty-five 7-a-side soccer teams from interface areas across Belfast took part in the event and they were joined by local footballing heroes David…
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DUP warning fuels threat to power sharing
Source: The Guardian (London)
by Henry McDonald The looming threat to power sharing in Northern Ireland deepened yesterday after the first minister, Peter Robinson, warned that the IRA army council has to be dissolved before policing and justice is devolved to the Stormont assembly. The Democratic Unionist leader was…
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DUP and Sinn Fein take major step over policing
Source: Irish Independent
Original Source THE DUP and Sinn Fein yesterday took a major step towards a deal on devolving policing and justice powers from Westminster to the Northern Ireland Assembly. Both parties have agreed there will be a single department of justice with a minister needing cross-community…
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DFS co-founder funds NI justice projects
Source: Travel Retail Executive News Digest
Original Source By John Frank-Keyes Irish-American billionaire and co-founder of the Duty Free Shoppers group Chuck Feeney is set to match British government funding for community-based restorative justice projects in Northern Ireland right across the political spectrum. It is the first time the UK government…
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Cash boost for community schemes
Source: BBC News
Original Source Over the next three years the money will be invested in accredited community based projects (CBRJ). Criminal Justice Minister Paul Goggins announced the new funding package, which is a joint venture between the NIO and the Atlantic Philanthrophies. "CBRJ schemes have shown that…
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