Stakeholder engagement: women involved in community transformation
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The Department for Communities (DfC) will be facilitating a series of stakeholder engagement events to seek views on the development of a programme providing support for women wishing to be involved in community transformation.
This engagement process is being undertaken as part of the Department’s contribution to the Fresh Start initiative and to the delivery of the Executive’s Action Plan – Tackling Paramilitarism, Criminality and Organised Crime.
A series of engagement sessions have been arranged to gather your views about the programme’s proposed content which is designed to:
- Be supportive and enhance the ability of the women participants to work in their communities by making new connections to community and voluntary sector groups and also through community action.
- Support the creation of influential relationships for women that build participation in our political structures and grow civic leadership from the neighbourhood level upwards.
The stakeholder engagement sessions will be held as follows:
| Dates | Location | Venue / Address | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 22 May | Coleraine | Causeway Rural & Urban Network Hub 1 Brook St. | 2 - 4 pm |
| 23 May | Derry - Londonderry | Holywell Trust 10-14 Bishop St. | 2 - 4 pm |
| 24 May | Belfast | Spectrum Centre 331 Shankill Rd. | 10 am - noon |
| 24 May | Craigavon | Mount Zion House Edward St, Lurgan | 2 - 4 pm |
| 25 May | Dungannon | The Junction 12 Beechvalley Way | 2 - 4 pm |
| 25 May | Newry | Ballybot House 28 Cornmarket | 7 - 9 pm |
| 26 May | Belfast | Training for Women Network 11-13 Bloomfield Av. | 10 am - noon |
| 30 May | Belfast | Cultúrlann McAdam Ó Fiaich 216 Falls Rd. | 10 am - noon |
| 30 May | Belfast | Weavers Court Business Park Linfield Rd. | 3 - 5 pm |
| 30 May | Larne | Larne Town Hall 1-9 Upper Cross St. | 7 - 9 pm |
| 31 May | Carrickfergus | Carrickfergus Town Hall 2B Joymount | 7 - 9 pm |
| 31 May | Belfast | NICVA 61 Duncairn Gardens | 10 am – noon |
| 1 June | Enniskillen | Fermanagh House, Broadmeadow Place | noon - 2 pm |
| 1 June | Bangor | Bangor Carnegie Library Hamilton Rd. | 7 - 9 pm |
| 2 June | Lisburn | Bridge Community Centre 50 Railway St. | 10 am - noon |
| 5 June | Omagh | Tara Centre, 11 Holmview Avenue | noon - 2 pm |
Advance registration is not required. However, for planning purposes it would be appreciated if you would email Donna-Marie.Hancock@communities-ni.gov.uk or telephone (028) 9082 9406 and provide the names and contact details of proposed attendees.