Open Consultations
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Managing Change & Wellbeing’ Workshop
Thank you for attending the ‘Managing Change and Wellbeing’ workshop. If you can kindly take the time to anonymously complete the following survey. Your feedback is greatly appreciated and will help inform future workshops.
Closes today
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Consultation on the Draft Northern Ireland Executive Early Learning and Childcare Strategy
On 27 February 2025 the Northern Ireland Executive agreed the Programme for Government (PfG) 2024-2027 ‘Our Plan: Doing What Matters Most’. The PfG includes a commitment to “provide more affordable, accessible, high-quality early learning and childcare opportunities to support children’s development and ease financial pressures for working families. This must complement existing support available through Universal Credit and Tax-Free Childcare. We also...
Closes 24 March 2026
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HSENI Workplace Well-being Survey 2026
HSENI, with the support of NIPSA, have engaged HSENI’s Mental Wellbeing at Work Advisory Service (MWAWAS, acting as an independent consultant) to launch a Mental Wellbeing at Work survey for our organisation. This will see a short 35 question survey released by MWAWAS on Monday 16 th March 2026, with the aim of developing a bespoke HSENI risk assessment, action plan and policy in response to our returns. This initiative aims to build on the previous survey issued carried out in 2019....
Closes 27 March 2026
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Landscape Review of Advice Services in Northern Ireland
You have been invited to participate in an important Landscape Review of Advice Services in Northern Ireland (NI). The Department for Communities/Voluntary and Community Division have initiated this research to build a holistic, comprehensive picture of all advice services provided across the not-for-profit and public sectors in NI. This will strengthen the accuracy and comprehensiveness of DfC's inforamtion base. We have prepared a short online survey to gather...
Closes 27 March 2026
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Consultation on Notice to Quit Periods
The Department for Communities is committed to introducing longer notice to quit periods for private tenants. Before these longer notice periods can come into operation, regulations must be in place to set out circumstances where longer notice periods would not apply. The Regulations also provide for Shorter notice periods for each circumstance; The definition of each circumstance; The requirement for evidence; and The new...
Closes 29 March 2026
Closed Consultations
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Review of Religious Education (RE) in NI - Call for Evidence
The Department of Education is carrying out a review of the Religious Education (RE) Core Syllabus for in Northern Ireland. The review will cover Foundation Stage to Key Stage 4 (Year 1 to Year 12) The review follows a Supreme Court judgment that concluded the current RE Core Syllabus does not convey information in an objective, critical and pluralistic manner. The existing syllabus is nearly 20 years old, and the review aligns with the wider reform of the Northern Ireland Curriculum. ...
Closed 20 March 2026
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NIHE Community Grants Survey
Each year, the Housing Executive invests around £2.5 million in community involvement activities, including Community Involvement Grant Funding, which can be awarded to support projects under five themes.
Closed 20 March 2026
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Rural Strategy Consultation
Thank you for taking the time to review our draft Rural Strategy. Your feedback is vital in shaping a strategy that meets the needs of rural communities across Northern Ireland. The responses you provide will help us refine priorities, identify gaps, and ensure effective delivery. Our draft strategy sets out a vision to support rural customers, enable affordable rural homes, and secure the future of rural communities. The Strategy can be viewed here: Draft Rural...
Closed 20 March 2026