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Rank Network visit to Northern Ireland: Backing local leaders, building stronger communities
Rank Foundation Trustee James Murdoch travelled to Belfast to visit five organisations that are part of our Network in Northern Ireland.
Read MoreBlog Post: “My time at the Rank Foundation: Supportive Leadership”
In this blog post, Saana Taussi, Rank’s 2024 Time to Shine Leader and Events and Engagement Officer for the Start Here Programme, reflects on her past year’s journey at Rank, the impact of supportive leadership, and what she’s learned about fostering development in the sector.
Read MoreThe Rank Foundation is awarding over £9 million to organisations in Northern Ireland
The Start Here programme was launched this year to create new jobs in the Sports, Voluntary, Community & Social Enterprise (VCSE) sectors in Northern Ireland. The programme will support not-for-profit organisations over the next three years by funding the salaries of new entry-level job roles. Each post will receive the Real Living Wage and there…
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Photography credit: Pacemaker On the 31st January 2022, Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey launched a £10m Employment & Skills Initiative, which will see grants awarded to organisations to cover salary costs for three years in sectors hard hit by the Covid pandemic namely the arts, heritage, creative industries, sports and voluntary and community sectors. The £10m…
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