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