September 3, 2018
Brackagh Quarry Wind Farm Community Fund Open for Applications
REG Power Management, who asset manage the three turbine Brackagh Quarry Wind Farm, located in close proximity to Draperstown, have committed £25,000 per annum to the Draperstown area as part of their community benefit programme which offers financial support to the communities in which their wind farms are located. The Brackagh Quarry Wind Farm Community […]
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July 19, 2018
Supporting Monaghan Groups through our Workspace Community Fund
We recently awarded Workspace Community Fund grants to a number of community projects in the Monaghan area where our training and employability organisation, Network Personnel, has two offices (Monaghan town and Carrickmacross). Workspace Community Fund grants were offered to six community and voluntary groups that offer a range of support to local people: Workhouse Carrickmacross; Save Our Sons […]
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June 24, 2018
Excellence in Workplace Wellbeing Award
We were delighted to win the Excellence in Voluntary, Community or Social Enterprise Workplace Wellbeing Award at the Inspire Wellbeing Awards in Belfast recently. Inspire Wellbeing, a charity and social enterprise based in Northern Ireland, hosted the Workplace Wellbeing Awards to recognise the efforts made by many organisations that go the extra mile to protect […]
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June 19, 2018
Magherafelt Groups Supported Through The Workspace Community Fund
12 community and voluntary groups from the Magherafelt area of Mid Ulster District Council were recently awarded grants from our Workspace Community Fund to enable them to run projects that otherwise would not happen. Projects supported included Ballinascreen Mothers & Toddlers, Derganagh Training and Development Association, Friends of Knocknagin, Glasgowbury, Kilross Primary School, Magherafelt Women’s […]
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March 26, 2018
Investors in People Health & Wellbeing Award
We are delighted to have been awarded the Investors in People (IiP) Health & Wellbeing Award. Having been an Investors in People accredited organisation for the past 16 years this is a new standard in the IiP Framework where physical wellbeing, psychological wellbeing and social wellbeing are at the heart of the award. We are committed […]
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March 16, 2018
Draperstown to Benefit from Wind Farm Investment
Brookfield Renewable, who have developed the six turbine Crockandun Wind Farm in the Sperrin Mountains which is in close proximity to Draperstown, have contributed £190,000 to us as part of their community benefit programme which offers financial support to the communities in which they develop and operate their wind farms. The funding will assist to […]
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March 1, 2018
Supporting Community & Voluntary Groups in Cookstown
We recently awarded Workspace Community Fund grants to six community projects in the Cookstown area where we have an office; O4O; Superstars Club; Positive Steps; The Hub, The Rowan Tree Centre; and Lissan House Trust. The Workspace business model sees us operate commercial businesses which generate surpluses, part of which are used to fund projects in […]
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February 26, 2018
Hundreds Attend Rural College/Derrynoid Centre Open Day
Over 200 people attended our recent ‘Have Your Say’ event at the former Rural College Derrynoid Centre. The Centre has been vacant for the past six years, so we have been looking at ways to bring it back into use for the benefit of the Draperstown community. Part of this process included a ‘Have Your […]
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February 19, 2018
Former Rural College/Derrynoid Centre
As part of our ‘Have Your Say’ community consultation we are opening up the Rural College/Derrynoid Centre from 10am to 1pm this Saturday 24th February 2018. There will be an opportunity to walk around the buildings and site and hear the feedback from our recent survey. Two focus group sessions will take place on the […]
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January 3, 2018
The Former Rural College/Derrynoid Centre – Have Your Say!
Have Your Say! The former Rural College/Derrynoid Centre has been lying vacant for 6 years now. The site is full of potential and so we are keen to bring it back into use for the benefit of the wider community. Whilst we have some ideas on what we want to see happen at the site […]
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