Publications

Ministerial Advisory Group for Architecture and the Built Environment response to the DFP Consultation on Rating Policy Proposals - Commercial Window Displays.

This document is produced by the Department to help organisations in the voluntary and community sector.  It provides guidance and templates for developing fraud policy statements and a fraud response plan. 

This paper sets out the policy position of the Department for Communities, the Department of Health and the Department of Justice on the approach to strategic needs assessment within the Supporting People programme.  Its primary readership are the statutory partners invol

Evidence collated by the Department for Communities indicates that an increase in affordable homes for rent is required within the Northern Ireland housing market.

Evidence collated by the Department for Communities indicates that an increase in affordable homes for rent is required within the Northern Ireland Housing market.

The Department for Communities Voluntary and Community Division (VCD) has established a formal change programme aimed at improving how the Department ‘incentivises, supports and enhances community empowerment through an innovative and sustainable voluntary and community

Ministerial Advisory Group for Architecture and the Built Environment response to the DOE consultation - Strategic Planning Policy Statement for NI.

Ministerial Advisory Group for Architecture and the Built Environment response to the DOE Consultation - Policy Proposals on Local Government Reform. 

The purpose of this Investment Policy Statement is to establish best practice guidelines for the management of the Northern Ireland Central Investment Fund's investment portfolio (the "Fund").

This document outlines the Department’s policy, in partnership with the Department for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, for providing 'Thematic Regional Support for Women in Disadvantaged Areas and Rural Areas', establishing the need for the provision

The Ministerial Advisory Group for Architecture and the Built Environment response to the DCAL consultation: Draft Revised Community Festivals Fund Policy and Guidance Framework.

This report provides an overview of the first stage in the Department’s work on the implementation of a Debt Respite Scheme for Northern Ireland. 

Equality and Human Rights Screening Form for revised policy and guidance for Community Festivals Fund.

The Ministerial Advisory Group for Architecture and the Built Environment response to the House of Lords Select Committee on National Policy for the Built Environment.

Ministerial Advisory Group for Architecture and the Built Environment response to the DOE Consultation - Draft Planning Policy Statement 24 - Economic Considerations. 

Ministerial Advisory Group for Architecture and the Built Environment response to the DOE Consultation - Draft Planning Policy Statement 21 - Sustainable Development in the Countryside. 

Ministerial Advisory Group for Architecture and the Built Environment response to the DOE Consultation - Criteria for Listing - Proposed Revisions to Annex C of Planning Policy Statement 6. 

Ministerial Advisory Group for Architecture and the Built Environment response to the DOE Consultation: Revised Draft Planning Policy Statement 15 - Planning and Flood Risk.

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The Voluntary and Community Division (VCD) within the Department for Communities (DfC) is responsible for charity policy and legislation in Northern Ireland. This division is also the Sponsor Branch for the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland (CCNI).