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Delivered by the Forum for Adult Learning Northern Ireland (FALNI) on behalf of Belfast Learning City, the project will run until January 2027, bringing together learners, communities, and providers to build a stronger, more inclusive learning community. Why Learner Voice Matters The purpose of this project is that the people who experience learning should help shape it.

NICVA is the membership and representative body for the voluntary and community sector in Northern Ireland. We support organisations to do their best work and ensure the sector's voice is heard where it matters. We have recently launched an ambitious new five-year strategy focused on strengthening the sector's resilience, leadership, skills and sustainability in a changing political, economic and social environment.

The Department for Communities is inviting voluntary and community sector (VCS) organisations to attend an online information session about a forthcoming competitive grant call. The competitive grant call will seek to appoint an intermediary funding body from the VCS to deliver the Northern Ireland Community Infrastructure Fund. The role will be suited to organisations with the capacity to manage a large grant funding programme on behalf of a public body.

Support from The National Lottery Community Fund Are you working with your local community to develop a project that supports people in your area? The National Lottery Community Fund are hosting a series of virtual information sessions for organisations across Northern Ireland, offering an opportunity to learn more about National Lottery funding available.

This new site will make it easier to find information, access resources and, for members, log in to view member-only events, news and resources. As part of our final preparations, we need your help to ensure the information we hold about your organisation is accurate and up to date. Over the coming days, member organisations will receive an email from with a unique, secure link. This will allow you to review and update your organisation’s details.

Founded on 14 June 1946, in response to the tuberculosis crisis at that time, the charity was established with a simple belief that everyone deserves better health, better care and better chances in life. Over the past eight decades, the charity has adapted and evolved to meet the changing health needs of the population and today focuses on chest, heart and stroke conditions and illnesses - the leading causes of death and disability in Northern Ireland.

Your free Fundraising Clinic A free fundraising clinic is a key NICVA member benefit. It's a chance for you to discuss whatever fundraising issue is most pressing for you and your organisation, but it's more than a quick chat and a list of potential funders. Our clinics aim to meet you where you are at.

Registration open to If your community organisation is in need of additional funds, come along to this online session to find out how you can receive free unrestricted funding via funding platform easyfundraising. This session will be facilitated by Becky Coleman, Senior Community Manager at easyfundraising.

Registration open to What does it take to keep strengthening impact in practice—together? Over the past few years, the Impact Practice Network has become a trusted space for open, practical conversations—where challenges are shared honestly, ideas are tested, and learning is grounded in real experience. At the heart of the network is peer insight—and the opportunity to hear directly from those putting impact into action. Now, we’re building on that momentum.

Held by The Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action (NICVA), the SUMMIT took place at ICC, Belfast on Wednesday 10 June 2026, hosted by leading broadcaster Sarah Travers.