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Our funders

Our funders make our valuable work possible.

Arts & Business Northern Ireland

Arts & Business Northern Ireland funds our Stories through time project

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We are grateful for the support of Arts & Business Northern Ireland which funds our intergenerational Stories through time project.

Arts & Business logoArts & Business Northern Ireland advocates the power and creativity of the arts and engages in business development and advocacy in order to grow the corporate marketplace for partnerships with the cultural sector.

Published: 26th March, 2018

Updated: 27th March, 2018

Author: Andrea ODonnell

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Arts Council of Northern Ireland

The Arts Council of Northern Ireland funds the Verbal Arts Centre and Verbal programming

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Arts Council for Northern IrelandArts Council NI and LotteryWe are grateful for the support of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland

The Arts Council of Northern Ireland is the main support of arts organisations and artists, distributing funding on behalf of the Exchequer and on behalf of the National Lottery.

Published: 18th November, 2017

Updated: 1st December, 2017

Author: Andrea ODonnell

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Barnardo's

Our Book Buddies project is in partnership with Barnardo's Collective Impact Project

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Barnardos logoWe are grateful for the support of Barnardo's Collective Impact Project     which funds Book Buddies in Belfast and Antrim.

Barnardo's Collective Impact Project supports individuals and groups in personal development and in developing the skills to make positive life choices.

Published: 18th November, 2017

Updated: 27th March, 2018

Author: Andrea ODonnell

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BBC Children in Need

BBC Children in need funds our Reading Rooms programme for children and young people

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We are grateful for the support of BBC Children in Need

Funder of our Reading Rooms programme for children and young people

As the BBC's UK corporate charity, Children in Need awards grants to projects that focus on children and young people who are disadvantaged.

Published: 18th November, 2017

Updated: 1st December, 2017

Author: Andrea ODonnell

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Belfast Festival of Learning

Belfast Festival of Learning supports the Reading Rooms fair

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We are grateful for the support of Belfast Festival of Learning which supports the Reading Rooms fair.

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Published: 26th March, 2018

Author: Andrea ODonnell

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CLEAR

CLEAR has supported our work in bringing Reading Rooms to isolated, rural communities

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We are grateful for the support of CLEAR in bringing Reading Rooms to isolated, rural communities.Clear

Community and voluntary organisations providing mental health, emotional wellbeing and suicide support services within the west of Northern Ireland: Derry, Limavady, Strabane, Omagh & Fermanagh areas.

Published: 18th November, 2017

Updated: 5th December, 2017

Author: Andrea ODonnell

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Derry City & Strabane District Council

The Verbal Arts Centre receives funding from Derry City & Strabane District Council

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Derry & Strabane District Council

We are grateful for the support of Derry City & Strabane District Council

Derry City & Strabane District Council recognises the contribution that our cultural venues can make to communities, the local economy, and wider policy priorities.

Published: 18th November, 2017

Updated: 1st December, 2017

Author: Andrea ODonnell

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Hull UK City of Culture 2017

We have extended Reading Rooms into Hull, the 2017 UK City of Culture

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We are grateful for the support of the National Lottery which has enabled us to bring Reading Rooms to Hull during its year as UK City of Culture 2017National Lottery

Published: 18th November, 2017

Updated: 27th March, 2018

Author: Andrea ODonnell

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Irish Youth Foundation

We deliver Reading Rooms to Extern Pathways in Belfast with the support of the Irish Youth Foundation

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We are grateful for the support of the Irish Youth Foundation which funds our work with Extern Pathways

Established in 1989, the Irish Youth Foundation is a the only national charity in Britain specifically aimed at helping disadvantaged young Irish people and their families. 

Published: 18th November, 2017

Updated: 22nd February, 2019

Author: Andrea ODonnell

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Peace IV - Building positive relations

Peace IV - Building positive relations funds our Listen, share, change project, delivered in partnership with the Northern Ireland Housing Executive

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We are grateful for the support of Peace IV - Building positive relations, which funds our Listen, share, change project delivered in partnership with the Northern Ireland Housing Executive.

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Peace IV - Building positive relations funds programmes with the capacity to address reconciliation, cultural diversity, conflict transformation, and equality.

You can find out more about Peace IV- Building positive relations by visiting the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB) website here

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Published: 26th March, 2018

Updated: 29th November, 2019

Author: Andrea ODonnell

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Peace IV - Children and young people

Peace IV funds The third space, our project with children and young people delivered in partnership with Extern

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We are grateful for the support of Peace IV - Children and young people which funds The third space, our project delivered in partnership with Extern.

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Peace IV - children and young people is for our most marginalised and disadvantaged young people aged 14-24 who will  complete approved programmes that develop their soft skills and a respect for diversity.

You can find out more about Peace IV- Children and young people by visiting the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB) website here

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Published: 26th March, 2018

Updated: 29th November, 2019

Author: Andrea ODonnell

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Public Health Agency

We have worked with the Public Health Agency to bring Reading Rooms to community groups in Northern Ireland

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We are grateful for the support of the Public Health Agency which has enabled community Reading RoomsPublic Health Agendy

HSA Public Health Agency is the major regional organisation for health protection and health and social wellbeing improvement. Our role also commits us to addressing the causes and associated inequalities of preventable ill-health and lack of wellbeing.

Published: 18th November, 2017

Updated: 5th December, 2017

Author: Andrea ODonnell

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Spirit of 2012

Spirit of 2012 funds our Beyond the walls project, as part of our criminal justice programme

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New Spirit logo in blackWe are grateful for the support of Spirit of 2012 which funds our Beyond the walls project

Spirit of 2012 funds partners across the UK that provide opportunities in sport, physical activity, arts and culture, volunteering, and social action.

Published: 18th November, 2017

Updated: 16th May, 2018

Author: Andrea ODonnell

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The Henry Smith Charity

The Henry Smith Charity supports our Bring down the walls project

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We are grateful for the support of The Henry Smith Charity which funds our Bring down the walls project in conjunction with My Home Life.The Henry Smith Charity logo

 

The Henry Smith Charity aims to bring about lasting change to people's lives by funding organisations working with people to reduce social and economic disadvantage.

Published: 26th March, 2018

Updated: 27th March, 2018

Author: Andrea ODonnell

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The Ireland Funds

We work with funding from The Ireland Funds on a Seldom heard voices project in Antrim

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We are grateful for the support of The Ireland Funds in our Seldom heard voices project in AntrimIreland Funds

The Ireland Funds' mission is to harness the power of a global philanthropic network of friends of Ireland to promote and support peace, culture, education and community development across the island of Ireland and among Irish communities around the world.

Published: 18th November, 2017

Updated: 5th December, 2017

Author: Andrea ODonnell

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The Northern Ireland Creative Employment Programme

We have opportunities for interns to come and work with us and this is supported by the Northern Ireland Creative Employment Programme

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We are grateful for the support of the Northern Ireland Creative Employment Programme which enables Verbal to provide paid internships to enthusiastic creativesCreative and cultural skills

Young people aged 16-24 from all backgrounds, from graduates to those with few or no qualifications, will get the chance to access paid, on-the-job-training and experience in arts and cultural organisations to build the skills that employers want.

Published: 18th November, 2017

Updated: 5th December, 2017

Author: Andrea ODonnell

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