Motion

Motion TitleVoluntary and Community Sector Funding

Motion TextThat this Assembly recognises the social and economic value of the voluntary and community sector and the vital role it plays across Northern Ireland in supporting vulnerable people, strengthening communities and delivering essential public services; regrets that many organisations have been forced to scale back or withdraw services and lay off valued staff due to the mishandling of the Local Growth Fund by the British Government; notes that the Northern Ireland Executive has realised savings from European Structural and Investment Fund succession without reinvestment in community and voluntary services; laments the failure to put in place timely and adequate replacement funding arrangements when it became clear that the British Government would not change the funding profile on the Local Growth Fund; and calls on the Minister of Finance to ring-fence sufficient funding in the multi-year budget to fully address the shortfall and provide long-term stability for the voluntary and community sector.

Motion CategoryPrivate Members' Motion

Date Tabled to Business Office21/04/2026

Date Selected By Committee21/04/2026

Date of Plenary Debate05/05/2026