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Minister announces festive funding boost for homeless service providers
Communities Minister Gordon Lyons has announced a £150k goodwill grant to fund seasonal meals and small gifts for people experiencing homelessness.
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Bellaghy Bawn to Host New Writers’ Residency Following £3.8 million Cultural Investment
Bellaghy Bawn is set to become a premier destination for writers following a £3.8million (€4.6million) investment agreement between the Department for Communities and the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Ireland) through the Shared Island initiative.
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Minister announces additional funding for homelessness
Communities Minister Gordon Lyons has announced an additional £3.7m for homelessness and £3m to support NIHE service delivery but added that collective effort is needed to deal with the growing challenge in our society.
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College Marching Bands break the ice in Carrick
A pair of college marching bands added a touch of pageantry to the streets of Carrickfergus last week.
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Consultation on funding for the Employment Support Scheme
The Department for Communities has launched a 12-week public consultation on funding for the Employment Support Scheme.
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Consultation launched on Gender Pay Gap Information Regulations
A consultation on proposed changes to Section 19 of the Employment Act (Northern Ireland) relating to the requirements for employers to publish information on the pay of male and female employees has been launched by the Department for Communities.
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Appointment to the Ministerial Advisory Group for Architecture and the Built Environment for Northern Ireland
Communities Minister, Gordon Lyons MLA, has announced the appointment of Mrs Suzanne McCoy as a Member to the Ministerial Advisory Group (MAG) for Architecture and the Built Environment for Northern Ireland. This appointment is from 1 December 2024 to 30 November 2028.
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Communities Minister announces one-off fuel support payment of £100 for pensioners
Communities Minister Gordon Lyons has announced his plan for the allocation of £17 million from the Executive to mitigate the impact of changes to the Winter Fuel Payment (WFP).
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Communities Minister commends engineering heritage at museum visits
Communities Minister Gordon Lyons has visited the Ulster Folk Museum and the Ulster Transport Museum. As part of the visits, Minister Lyons viewed the latest exhibit in the impressive transport collection.
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Minister Lyons launches Defence Heritage Record for Northern Ireland
Communities Minister Gordon Lyons has welcomed the launch of a new Defence Heritage Record, a comprehensive resource detailing over 4,500 sites constructed across Northern Ireland in response to World War One and Two as well as the Cold War.
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Over £62 million in additional benefits sees £21 million boost for pensioners
Over £62 million in additional benefits has been generated in 2023/24 by a Department for Communities service which helps people access entitlements they have not been claiming.
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Appointment of Interim Chair to the Historic Monuments Council
Communities Minister Gordon Lyons MLA has announced the appointment of Mr Ciaran Lavelle as the Interim Chair of the Historic Monuments Council (HMC). The appointment is from 1 November 2024 until a permanent Chair is in place.
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Minister announces funding to expand access to Debt Advice across Northern Ireland
Communities Minister Gordon Lyons MLA has announced £1.3m for an Integrated Advice Partnership Fund to be administered by local councils.
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DWP consultation on Statutory Sick Pay available on DfC website
A consultation on proposals to strengthen Statutory Sick Pay has been added to the Department for Communities website.
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Northern Ireland has key role in commemorating landmark USA anniversary
Communities Minister Gordon Lyons has commended the links between Northern Ireland and the USA, as preparations for the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence continue.
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Communities Minister encourages local library visits during Book Week NI
Communities Minister Gordon Lyons has visited Larne Library to help highlight the benefits of reading more as part of this year’s Book Week NI.
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Minister applauds the history, heritage and hard work that gained UNESCO status
Communities Minister Lyons attended a celebration event in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, to mark four Moravian Church settlements being designated as a UNESCO transnational Cultural World Heritage Site.
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Appointments to the Northern Ireland Local Government Officers’ Superannuation Committee (NILGOSC)
Communities Minister, Gordon Lyons MLA, has appointed Mr Mark McBride as the Chair of NILGOSC from 1 October 2024 to 30 September 2028. Mr McBride previously served as an Independent Member on the Committee from 1 May 2019 to 30 April 2023.
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Over 1,000 new jobs within DfC to generate £35 million per year
Over 1,000 new jobs are to be created in the Department for Communities (DfC) as part of an expansion in service delivery for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).
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Funding boost for sport after Olympic and Paralympic success
Sports Minister Gordon Lyons has announced additional funding for grassroots sports clubs after a remarkable summer of success at the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.