Northern Ireland Rural Development

Council (RDC)

(Steering Committee Member 040)

What We Do

• Programme Delivery (Rural Training, Isolation, Good Relations/Reconciliation)

• Rural Affairs (Evidence Based Policy Responses, Objective Analysis, Research, Facilitation & Communications)

• Rural Network for Northern Ireland

Delivering Real Value

Steering Group Role

• Identification of Recipient Projects

• Identification of Funding Sources re: Sustainability

SAVER/NAVER

Victims Community Organisation

South Armagh (most violent rural area in Northern Ireland)

Twice the number of fatalities

SAVER/NAVER SOUTH ARMAGH WOMENS GROUP

•PROTESTANT / CATHOLIC

•RESOURCE CENTRE

•JOINT TRAINING PROGRAMME

•Developing new ways of providing support services involving group members

•Assisting in the development of volunteering, social organisations and social enterprise