AQO 682/16-21


Ms Paula Bradshaw
Alliance Party
South Belfast


Tabled Date: 27/10/2016
Answered On Date: 16/11/2016
Priority Written: No


Question:
To ask the Minister for Communities pursuant to AQO 537/16-21, to outline the specific practical proposals to benefit the community that were delivered as part of these contracts.


Answer:
The schedule of community engagement activities carried out to date includes:
A career presentation and site visit by Hazelwood Integrated College as part of an ongoing PR campaign that was televised by BBC and UTV.
A competition held with Belfast MET’s school of art and design to design a 3D model of the stadium, funded by O’Hare and McGovern.
Site visits held for University of Ulster Jordanstown students, the Chartered Institute of Building and individual dissertation students.
Participation at interview skills day at Mercy College and SERC campus. Site visits held for University of Ulster Jordanstown students, the Chartered Institute of Building and individual dissertation students for the Prince’s Trust.
Short term work placements held for year 12 pupils from Abbey Grammar School.
Grow your own event to teach local residents how to create hanging baskets and vegetables patches.
‘Litter Pick’ planned within the local area after International Match days.
A charity football match between Windsor Park site staff and subcontractors. The money raised went to Action Cancer along with other O’Hare and McGovern fundraising efforts, with £8,500 raised in total.
“Get in to Construction” programme organised with the Prince’s Trust resulted in 5 NEET group participants being offered full time employment.
“Get Hired” programme organised in conjunction with the Prince’s Trust where an offer of employment was made to 2.
3 staff helped to promote social clauses during an event at Colaiste Feirste. Each staff member delivered a speech explaining how the implementation of social clauses improved their lives.
2 senior staff from O’Hare and McGovern participated in a video with the Department which was designed to promote Social Clauses.