The Department for Communities is currently developing a new provision, called In-Work Support or IWS, to support disabled people in Northern Ireland to retain and progress in employment. This single provision will replace two current programmes, Access to Work (NI) and Workable NI. ...More
The Department for Communities is consulting on a Scheme of Delegation for the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland.
The High Court Judgment of May 2019 in McKee & Hughes (and others) v The Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, subsequently confirmed by the Court of Appeal in...More
We are consulting on the draft Circular Economy Strategy for Northern Ireland which aims to transition our Linear Economy to a Circular Economy, where business, people and planet flourish. Adopting a circular mindset throughout society and business will be essential to a successful...More
Purpose of this consultation
The Draft Offshore Renewable Energy Action Plan (OREAP) represents a crucial step for The Department for the Economy (DfE) to deliver on the Energy Strategy for Northern Ireland and the ambition of 1GW of offshore wind from 2030. The purpose of this...More
Did you know that DfE has its own dedicated Fraud and Raising Concerns team?
This session will give an overview of what our team does, how we can help, and when you need to contact us.
To register your interest in attending please complete this short registration...More
The Universal Credit Take the Time Wellbeing survey is to help us support you. You can help us by taking time out to complete this survey, to help us consider what we can do to maintain and improve your wellbeing.
Your participation is greatly appreciated.
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Web Accessibility: Everyone's important!
The session will be lead by Michael Loughridge
To register your interest in attending please complete this short registration form. Following registration we will issue an email containing the WebEx link to the session. In the event that the...More
A Covid Counterfactual: What if Government had not provided support?
Gareth Hetherington MBE, Director of UUEPC; and Dr. Eoin Magennis, Senior Economist at UUEPC
At the session UUEPC Director Gareth Hetherington MBE and Senior Economist Dr Eoin...More
The Information and Communications Unit in the Office of the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland (the Office) produces five Official Statistics publications annually, together with quarterly Official Statistics bulletins.
We would like to better understand how the statistics...More
We would welcome your views on your experience of the AccessNI webinar you attended this week.
There are only 13 questions and the survey should take no longer than 2 minutes to complete.
Thank you.
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This document is seeking views on level 4 and 5 provision and Higher Education in Further Education (HE in FE) – these are higher education courses and qualifications undertaken by learners aged 18+. This provision is primarily vocational in nature, is offered in a range of subject areas and is...More
The Department for Communities (DfC) is consulting with all Arm’s Length Bodies (ALB's) and corporate soles, in respect to its duty under Section 2 of the 'Period Products (Free Provision) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022' which requires that all Departments must specify by regulations ‘Public...More
Purpose of this consultation:
Vocational qualifications are the foundations upon which our vocational education and skills system is built. They are delivered in FE colleges, schools (including Irish Medium schools), private training organisations, the community and voluntary sector and...More
You are invited to take part in a joint consultation on the above.
4 th PPS Equality Scheme
Section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 requires public authorities to have due regard to the need to promote equality of opportunity and regard to the desirability...More
The Executive Office publish the Northern Ireland Good Relations Indicators report. We are interested in understanding more about the quality of the publication and how it is used. This is important, as it will help us to provide a high quality service which meets users' needs,
Your views...More
Amongst other things, this session will provide an assessment of how aligned our policies and programmes are to the 10X Vision and update you on what’s next for delivery of 10X.
The session will be lead by Giulia ní Dhulchaointigh and Victor Dukelow
To register your interest...More
On 14 th February Evelyn Heaslip from Work Psychology Service delivered a bite sized training session to Work Coaches in Holywood Road entitled “Understanding Addiction: Alcohol and other Drugs”.
We would be grateful if you could complete a short survey about the...More
How to claim
You can submit a claim to New Style Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) online by following the link below. Entitlement to New Style ESA is dependent on your National Insurance record. For more information on the entitlement conditions, please visit NI Direct . ...More
The Department for Communities is the lead government department for supporting the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector (VCSE).
We are also the lead funder of strategic capacity building in the Sector in Northern Ireland. We fund a range of organisations to provide...More
The session will be lead by Ryan White and Dale Shirlow and will provide an update on 10X Sustainability and introducing t he Climate Change Act (NI) 2022, the Circular Economy Strategy and the Energy Strategy which are the key departmental contributors to 10X Sustainability and fulfilling our...More
The ODT programme's Leadership and Skills Project aims to support DfE’s people to develop the skills they need to thrive in their careers and deliver the 10X Economic Vision.
Our senior leaders have identified skill...More
Líofa aims to encourage as many people as possible to make a personal
pledge to improve their Irish, and in doing so, to join a community of likeminded people focused on learning and using the language.
Líofa’s Gaeltacht Bursary Scheme provides practical support to Líofa...More
This is a public consultation by the Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland (PPS) to seek your views on our updated policy for prosecuting cases of domestic abuse. The policy document can be accessed here:
PPS Policy for Prosecuting Cases of Domestic Abuse...More
Dear owner, we would like to know a little more about the issues that you are facing as you manage, maintain and develop the listed building at this address. This will help us to understand the overall issues that listed building owners face and help us develop and refine the support we offer....More
This is a public consultation to seek your views on a new Protocol between the Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland (PPS) and the Service Prosecuting Authority (SPA) regarding the exercise of criminal jurisdiction in Northern Ireland.
The primary purpose of...More
As part of the Department for Communities' commitment to net zero by 2050, the Historic Environment Division Climate Change Working Group is hoping to commission an audit of the carbon footprint associated with State Care properties. This will involve all aspects of their care, for example...More