Community Cohesion Engagement Event
18 April 2016
Joint Forum VCG Panel membersAnne McVicker Womens Resource & Development Agency
Anne O'Reilly NI Rural Womens Network (Chairperson)
Chris Quinn NI Youth Forum
Colin Devine North West Community Network
Duane Farrell Age NI
Fergus Cooper Save the Children NI
Geraldine Hanna Victim Support NI
Glenda Davies Sandy Row Community Forum
John McCormick Carers NI
Jonny Currie East Belfast Partnership
Kevin Doherty Disability Action NI
Kevin Murphy Voluntary Arts Ireland
Marie Cavanagh Gingerbread NI (Vice Chairperson)
Seamus McAleavey NICVA
Geoff Nuttall WWF
Kate Clifford RCN
Eddie McDowell Churches Community Work Alliance (Permanent Observer)
Community Cohesion Engagement Event
18 April 2016
• Welcome and Introduction
Ian Maye/Aidan Cassidy
• Department for Communities – Overview of Community Cohesion Group
• Discussion and Q & A
Agenda
Department for CommunitiesPermanent Secretary
Leo O’Reilly
Strategic Policy & Resources
Deputy SecretaryAndrew Hamilton
Community Regeneration &
Housing
Deputy SecretaryTracy Meharg
Community Cohesion
Deputy SecretaryIan Maye
Working Age
Deputy SecretaryTommy O’Reilly
Social Inclusion
Deputy SecretaryDenis McMahon
TOP MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE
Department for Communities
PRIORITIES FOR THE DEPARTMENT FOR COMMUNITIES
Deliver for the NI Executive and contribute to the Programme for Government
Create a cohesive and coherent Department that will:
Deliver effective strategic leadership and co-ordination in
support of Ministerial and PfG priorities
Deliver and develop policy and operational responsibilities
across a wide and diverse range of functions
Department for CommunitiesLeo O’Reilly
Permanent Secretary
Strategic Policy & Resources
Andrew Hamilton
Regeneration & Housing
Tracy MehargCommunity Cohesion
Ian MayeWorking Age
Tommy O’Reilly
Social Inclusion
Denis McMahon
Human Resources & Estates
Maeve Walls
Financial Mgmt & Gov Deborah Brown
Belfast Regeneration Mark O’Donnell
Historic EnvironmentIain Greenway
Housing (Policy) Jim Wilkinson
Sports, Museums & Recreation
Fergus Devitt
Strategic Policy and Planning Division
Ian Snowden
Employment Service David Sales
Child Maintenance David Malcolm
PRONI Maggie Smith
Regional Development Damien Mulholland
North West Development
Pauline Campbell
Pensions, Disability & Corporate Services
John McKervill
Working Age Services & Universal Credit Brian Doherty
Culture Patricia McAuley
Housing (Per & Gov) Bernie Rooney
Finance & Commercial Joyce Bill
Urban Community Policy Chris Hughes
Local Government PolicyAnthony Carleton
Stadia Capital PlanningJoanna McConway
Social Security Policy and Legislation Support
Anne McCleary
Inclusion & Social Change
TBC
Social Inclusion –Transition & Planning
Aidan Cassidy
Arthur Scott – Currently seconded to Sports NI
*SIB
Stadia Capital DeliveryJacqueline Fearon*
Universal Credit DeliveryTBC
Ageing, Financial Wellbeing and Disability
PolicyTBC
Voluntary and Community Unit
Historic Environment Division (HED)(Iain Greenway)
• Role - Supporting and sustaining vibrant communities and a strong
economy though realising the significant, ongoing value of our historic
environment.
• Archaeological heritage provide a powerful sense of connection between
people and place, which in turn supports our sense of identity and our
wellbeing as individuals and a society.
• Historic environment is a vital and non-renewable component of our
economy, generating an estimated £532 million annually, and creating and
sustaining around 10,000 jobs.
• HED works in collaboration with individuals, organisations, the private and
third sector top record, protect, conserve and promote heritage.
• HED provides expertise, skills and seeks to improve the understanding,
caring for appreciation of our heritage, ensuring a suitable balance
between representing a rich past and building a successful future.
Public Record Office of NI(PRONI)(Maggie Smith)
• Role - To receive and preserve public records
To make public records accessible to the public
To promote good records management, including retention
and disposal
• Targets for PRONI include
At least 20,000 visits to PRONI
At least 13.5 million page views on PRONI web pages
Implement and further develop the digital repository
Put in place arrangements for an Oral History Archive of the
conflict
Make Statutory Rules to facilitate the release of court and inquest
records
• Staff – 70. Budget £2.7m, revenue £1.4m
Irish Language Bill and Languages Strategies Team
• Support development of Irish, Ulster Scots and Sign Language, including through N/S Language Body, Líofa initiative, Sign Language
• Development of the Gaeltacht Quarter Action Plan.
• Secure agreement on proposals for Irish Language legislation
• Agree approach to the implementation of Irish language & Ulster-Scots strategies
Arts and Creative Industries
• Provide funding for the arts, set arts policy and support arts based initiatives.
• Culture and Arts Strategy
• Governance of Arts Council and NI Screen
• Support/develop Creative Industries
• Community Festivals Fund and Cultural Programme
• Staff – 34. Budget £2.7m. (excluding staff costs. £21.3m provided to ALBs inc Waterways Ireland and NI Screen)
Culture Division(Patricia McAuley)
Ministerial Advisory Group on the Ulster Scots Academy
• Investment of nearly £4m in the sector by March 2016
• 82 specific projects were delivered under three workstreams
• Leading on the development of the Ulster-Scots Language and culture
development initiative
Architecture and the Built Environment
• Support and Promote the Architecture an d Built Environment policy
• Staff – 34. Current budget £2.7m. (excluding staff costs. £21.3m provided to ALBs inc Waterways Ireland and NI Screen)
Culture Division
Sports Branch
• Implement the Sport Matters Strategy, carry out the Department’s sponsorship
function of Sport NI and NI Lottery matters.
TBUC Branch
• Deliver on the DCAL strategic actions from the Executive’s Together: Building a United
Community Strategy.
Museums & Libraries Branch
• Progress the re-development of Belfast Central Library,
• Provide support to redevelopment of Armagh Observatory & Planetarium
• Ensure National Museums Develops a Collections and Engagement Strategy
• Promote equality and tackle poverty and social exclusion in the museums and libraries
sector.
Sports, Museums and Recreation Division(Fergus Devitt)
Libraries NI•FTE Staff – 570•Budget - £29.1m
National Museums NI•FTE Staff – 261•Budget - £11.4m
Sport NI•FTE Staff – 128.6•Budget - £8.2m
Armagh Observatory and Planetarium
•FTE Staff – 26.5•Budget - £1.4m
Sports, Museums and Recreation Division
NI Museums Council•FTE Staff – 5•Budget - £0.2m
Discretionary funding (£390k) is also provided to various grant funded bodies including:
•Linen Hall Library;•Somme Heritage Centre;•Cardinal Ó Fiaich Library;•Mellon Centre for Migration Studies; and•The NI Publication Resource.
• Established July 2015
• Brings together all capital programmes and projects into one strategically managed portfolio
• ISNI projected £439m capital spend on CAL sector from 2011 to 2021
Capital Portfolio Division
•Support and maintain our cultural and sporting infrastructure.
•Deliver flagship capital projects to develop cultural sector.
•Achieve Kingspan and Windsor Park Stadia benefits realisation.
•Redevelop Casement Park Stadium.
•Deliver Sub Regional Stadia Programmes.
•Deliver North West Social and
Economic Development targets.
Voluntary Community Unit
VACANT
VCU
JACK O’CONNOR COMM. ENGMT.
ELAINE DOWNEY PUBLIC SECTOR
PETER TONER BUSINESS ADMIN.
SHARON POLSON* POLICY &
INNOVATIONG5
G6
G7*Seconded from Invest NI
Activities undertaken include
• Engagement between voluntary and community sector and government (Joint Forum /
Concordat)
• Provision of advice
• Charities
• Volunteering
• Asset Transfer
• Social Innovation
• Administration of c £15m annually
Voluntary and Community Unit(Michael Donnelly)
The opportunity ....
• Continue and develop current work in relation to the
concordat and joint forum.
• Identify areas of co-operation in relation to volunteering.
• Share best practice and lessons learnt across
Community Sector.
• Develop collaborative projects.
• Share key contacts.
• Help develop and widen staff experience and skills.
The opportunity ....
• Community engagement through Libraries
• Community Sports – TBUC Initiative
• Sponsorship and support of community Arts groups
• Cultural outreach initiatives across Museums sector
• Community festivals
• Broader PETPSE initiative