Reflections on 40: Thank you for a great milestone year!
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Colm McDaid pens the final blog in our 40th Anniversary Series “Looking Back to Look Forward.” Thanks for a great year everyone!
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Brian Holmes says ‘Remember Your Roots’ (and Your Routes!)
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In our penultimate blog of the 40th Anniversary Series, we asked Brian Holmes to tell us more about the origins of Supporting Communities. This time we go all the way to 1976 for the full backstory!
Read MoreInterview with Michael Dallat: Lessons from Doury Road
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Michael Dallat was there at the very beginning of the work that has grown into the current day Supporting Communities. We asked him to tell us about his experience working in the Doury Road community back in 1979.
Read MoreLesley Baird: A 'Sisterhood' of Tenant Participation
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Lesley Baird is the Chief Executive at Tenant Participation Advisory Service Scotland (TPAS) and has been a great friend to Supporting Communities over the years. Read her guest blog in celebration of our 40th anniversary.
Read MoreStaff Looks Back: Richard Mealey
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Another great contribution to our Staff Looks Back Series! Richard Mealey was only with NITAP for a short time, but he says the experience has stood by him throughout his career. He looks back fondly on the staff and groups he worked with from 1999-2001.
Read MoreStaff Looks Back: Stephanie Kenny-Quinn
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“Community volunteers are so vital to make society work and I was always proud of the support the Supporting Communities Team gave at all levels, championing and advocating on the community’s behalf and helping them to make things happen.” Former Training and Liaison Officer, Stephanie Kenny-Quinn looks back at her time at Supporting Communities.
Read MoreStaff Looks Back: Laura O'Dowd and Ryan Black
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As part of our 40th Anniversary series we caught up with some more of our past staff to get their take on our organisation’s milestone. Watch this video from Laura O’Dowd and Ryan Black about their time at Supporting Communities, how it influenced their careers and what they see for the organisation’s future.
Read MoreStaff Looks Back: Carolyn Agnew
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We asked former staff members to tell us some of their favourite memories from their time working with us. Carolyn Agnew, now with the Southern Health and Social Care Trust, shared her walk down memory lane and how Supporting Communities shaped her career.
Read MoreEstates Action Project & Tenant Participation Advisory Project: A Merger (1991)
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This month’s blog comes from Seamus McAleavey, Chief Executive at NICVA. Seamus writes about his memories of the 1991 merger that created NITAP, a key event in Supporting Communities’ history.
Read MoreGetting Involved and Making a Difference: A Community Champion Looks Back
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We sat down with Bernie Burns, a long-time resident and very active member of the Brownlow community in Craigavon to learn more about the estate and how it has changed over the years as a result of community participation for Supporting Communities’ continuing 40th Anniversary Blog series.
Read MoreA Proud Professor Shares His Supporting Communities Story
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“It is important to remember that building houses is important but it is the building of lives around housing that is crucial. The work that Supporting Communities has done over the years is up there with the best.”
Read MorePersonal & Professional: A Tale of Two Anniversaries
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Lorraine Campbell, our Chairperson, contributes this account of how her own personal and professional story has intertwined with the development of Supporting Communities over the past 40 years. Here’s to forty more years all around!
Read More25 Years and My Life is Still…All about the People!
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Sheenagh McNally kicks off our 40th Anniversary blog series with some personal reflections on her own 25 year career with Supporting Communities.
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