Publications

A worksheet that can be used on site or after in the classroom to encourage pupils to record what they experienced on the site. Can be completed using the interpretation panels on site.

A simple exercise in observation and counting. Can be used on its own in the classroom.

This comprehensive publication provides teacher with a lot of detail about Grey Abbey and includes a guided tour. It also encourages cross curricular approaches to maximise the educational value of a visit to the site.

This comprehensive publication provides teacher with a lot of detail about Grey Abbey and includes a guided tour. It also encourages cross curricular approaches to maximise the educational value of a visit to the site.

This comprehensive publication provides teacher with a lot of detail about Carrickfergus Castle. It can be used at KS3 – The Impact of the Norman’s on the Medieval World.

This companion publication aimed at higher KS2 and KS3 pupils, provides a range of activities linked to the curriculum which can be used as a follow up activity after a visit to the Castle.

This comprehensive publication provides teacher with a lot of detail about Dundrum Castle and includes a guided tour. It can be used at KS3 – The Impact of the Norman’s on the Medieval World.

This document sets out guidance on how DfC's Historic Environment Division (HED) develops advice to local councils, heritage consultants, and others on planning applications.

This form should be used as a starting point to apply to be recognised as a Registered Housing Association with the Department for Communities.

Use this form to apply to the Lagan River Manager for permission to hold an event on the river Lagan.

These publications present the results of a Department for Communities' module in the April/May 2017 Omnibus Survey and September/October 2017 Omnibus Survey.

This screening deals with the Social Supermarkets Pilot Programme

This screening deals with the Pension Protection Fund (Compensation) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2018 

These examples are provided to help guide Housing Associations in developing their own designs by illustrating a range of aspects of the revised DfC Wheelchair Housing Design Standards. 

This screening deals with the Introduction of the Payment Exception Service - replacement for the Simple Payment service

This Statistical Fact Sheet, which is published three times a year (along with a more detailed annual bulletin), presents key information on employment vacancies which have been notified to the Department for Communities (DfC) JobCentres / Jobs & Benefits Offices (JCs and

The Benefit Cap is a limit on the total amount of benefit that working-age people can receive. From 31 May 2016, the amount a household could receive in benefit income was limited to £26,000 per annum.

This report represents the outcome of work undertaken by the Housing Market Symposium established in January 2017 by the Department for Communities in response to a key indicator contained in Northern Ireland’s draft Programme for Government 2016-21: “the gap betwe

Section 34(1) of the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 1964 requires that the Department prepare an annual report of its proceedings under that Act and the Charities (Northern Ireland) Order 1987. 

The Social Sector Size Criteria reports below detail the number of Welfare Supplementary Payments that stopped when customers moved properties and continued to under-occupy by at least the same number of bedrooms.