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02 October 2006

New research on the voluntary and community sector in a divided society is launched.

How much impact have voluntary and community organisations had on bridging the divide in Northern Ireland? For the last 2 years NICVA has been working with the Centre for Voluntary Action Studies at the University of Ulster on a piece of research that attempts to answer that question. Funded by the Community Relations Council under Peace II, the research was guided by a steering group from the sector and includes both a study of the makeup of organisations and case studies on how they have coped and gone about their work in a divided society.

The research will be launched on 17 October at 10.00am in Craigavon Civic Centre.  If you would like to attend the launch, please contact Teresa Flanagan on 9087 7777 or email teresa.flanagan@nicva.org

A public lecture will be given by the researchers in Belfast.  (For details click here)

NICVA will then be holding s series of sessions across Northern Ireland in association with One Small Step, to which members will be invited, to discuss the implications of the research.  For more information please contact Frances McCandless frances.mccandless@nicva.org

NICVA will be publishing the research on this site after its launch.