Givan announces £3.7million investment in RAISE Locality Led Projects across Northern Ireland
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Education Minister Paul Givan has today announced an investment of over £3.7million in 61 Locality Led Projects as part of the RAISE Programme.
The RAISE Programme aims to raise educational achievement and reduce educational disadvantage through a whole community, place-based approach.
Paul Givan said:
“I am pleased to announce that 61 Locality Led Projects have been selected to move forward to the next stage under the RAISE Programme. This represents a significant investment in our children, young people and local communities across Northern Ireland.
“This funding will not only help raise aspirations and achievement, but it will also enable communities to take a fresh look at the challenges caused by deprivation and work collectively to overcome them.
“The RAISE Programme provides a powerful platform for collaboration, ensuring that every child has the opportunity to succeed. It enables communities to come together to remove the barriers to learning and achievement that many of our children and young people continue to face.
“Today’s announcement marks another important step forward in delivering the objectives set out in each of the RAISE Locality Strategic Area Plans. I look forward to seeing the positive difference this investment will make for children and young people across Northern Ireland.”
The £3.7million funding will support projects that promote educational excellence, raise standards, increase pupil attendance, and improve pathways for learners which motivate and support learners at risk of underachievement.
Notes to editors:
- A full list of the projects moving forward to the next stage can be found here - https://www.education-ni.gov.uk/publications/locality-led-projects-selected-advance-further-process.
- Further information on the RAISE Programme can be found here - https://www.education-ni.gov.uk/articles/raise-general-information
- Letters of Offer will be agreed with the Department and the relevant organisation in the coming weeks.
- The Locality Led Projects deliver against a series of objectives set out in the Strategic Area Plans for each of the 18 RAISE Localities and which formed the basis of a call process which was opened on 5 September and closed on 6 October.
- The RAISE Programme is in receipt of €20m from the Government of Ireland’s Shared Island Initiative.
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