Projects :

Community Access to Lifelong Learning (Call) Project

The Project has been funded by the New Opportunities Fund under Community Access to Lifelong Learning and has been delivered by Armagh Confederation of Voluntary Groups in Partnership with Derrynoose Community Centre, Keady I.T., Killylea Community Group, Markethill District Enterprise and Armagh College.

It is a three year, two tier project. Year one saw the recruitment of 20 members of the wider community who were given the opportunity to train as ICT tutors As trainee trainers they delivered I.T. for the Terrified over a three month period into the heart of community. Many trainees have progressed to further accredited training. To date 351 individuals have taken part in this training.

Over the next two years I.T. for the Terrified, Computers for Beginners, New CLAIT and ECDL will be delivered in Dobbin Street, Derrynoose, Keady, Killylea and Markethill centres.

Rurallinks

Armagh Confederation of Voluntary Groups in partnership with Armagh Business Centre and Armagh College secured £32,000 in funding from the European Programme for Peace and Reconciliation through the Rural Development Council to deliver this two fold project to twenty groups in the rural communities of Armagh City and District Council Area.

The partner organisations have set up a website www.ruralinks.org. Each group within the Ruralinks community has been given its own webpage which it can use to promote activities, raise the group’s profile, advertise forthcoming events and increase networking opportunities.

Ten individuals from each group also received free email, internet and community relations training.

Community Directory and Website

ACVG, at the request of Armagh and Dungannon Local Health and Social Care Group, is compiling a directory of the entire local voluntary sector, to make it easier for groups to work together and for individuals to get involved in community life. The directory will give basic contact information and a brief description of each group's activities. The directory will be widely distributed and will be supported by a website, which will be regularly updated. Entries in the directory and the website will be free of charge, and will give only those details that the group wishes to provide.

The provision of health service funding for the project followed extensive research showing that a lively community sector has a very positive impact on public health. Most people in Northern Ireland are involved in at least one voluntary activity, and for many people this helps to combat isolation and loneliness, builds confidence and keeps people active and happy.

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