Falls Partnership Initiative, Information, Statistics and Research on Falls Electoral Ward, Belfast. Deprivation Index

The launch of Adult Learners' Week takes place on Tuesday 15 May in the Long Gallery at Stormont. The designated week is the UK's largest annual festival of learning, inspiring thousands of people every year to find out how learning can change their lives.

FALNI (the Forum for Adult Learning NI) is supporting Adult Learners' Week in Northern Ireland because forum members want to secure access for all to learning. The Forum is promoting learning as a lifelong activity and they also advocate the...

Tuesday 27 March 2012 saw the official launch of Crossroads ‘In Your Prime’ Project in their state of the art premises at 432 Upper Newtownards Road, Belfast. TV Presenter and journalist Lynda Bryans officially launched the project and highlighted the aims along with the project objectives.

Crossroads ‘In Your Prime’ Project is part funded by the Big Lottery Fund and is working in partnership with the British Medical Association NI. 

The project aims to attract mature people who are willing to...

NICVA has been actively working on the issue of educational disadvantage, given the positive response so far from the voluntary and community sector and the seriousness of the problems, we are committed to continuing this work.  With that in mind there are upcoming events in Derry (15 May) and in Newry (22 May) open to all those with an interest in education and increasing educational equality.

What has happened so far?

Concerned with the state of the education system in relation to educational...

Two organisations attended the half day session and, rating the training as excellent, commented that they would go back to their organisations and "audit current practice ... and implement more effective practices."

The session resulted in four key questions being addressed by the groups — essential for their projects' future development. The areas covered were:

• The types of personal data held by their organisations
• What they do with their personal data
• What could go wrong if data was not stored...