Debate contribution: Good Relations Funding

Debate contribution by Mrs Emma Little-Pengelly on 7 September 2026.

MLA: Mrs Emma Little-Pengelly
Party at the time: Democratic Unionist Party
Date: 7 September 2026
Type: Debate contribution (made as a minister)
Business: Oral Answers to Questions
Heading: Good Relations Funding
Assembly identifier: Official Report component 5669812

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All allocations to good relations programmes have been made, with delivery under way to a range of very worthy projects, including £1·5 million for central good relations, enabling 57 projects to receive funding; over £2 million for the district councils' good relations programme to support more than120 projects across all council areas; £400,000 for the planned interventions programme for 71 projects, engaging 1,400 young people; £1·5 million for the Together: Building a United Community (T:BUC) camps programme to deliver 100 camps, engaging 3,500 young people; and £1·12 million for the Community Relations Council to provide core funding to 27 organisations.
A lot of fantastic community organisations have therefore been delivering, in partnership with us, on that very important issue. Funding has also been issued for such T:BUC headline actions as interface removal and shared housing. In response to the unrest earlier this year, we also established the £500,000 response fund to support those affected, to divert young people from becoming involved in unrest and to build community cohesion.

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