Member's statement: Bovalley Community Association: King's Award
Member's statement by Mr Alan Robinson on .
- MLA
- Mr Alan Robinson
- Party at the time
- Democratic Unionist Party
- Date
- 19 November 2024
- Type
- Member's statement
- Business
- Members' Statements
- Heading
- Bovalley Community Association: King's Award
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 4665724
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Text
I record my heartiest congratulations to Bovalley Community Association in Limavady, which, on Thursday, was announced as an awardee of the King's Award for voluntary service. The King's Award is the highest civil award given to local volunteer groups across the UK to recognise outstanding work done in their areas. Bovalley is a group that I have worked closely with since the days when it was based in Anderson Crescent in Limavady. When it outgrew those premises, there was a huge effort to ensure that the good work that the fantastic volunteers were involved in to make life better for those around them was not lost. After extensive lobbying, we secured a former Housing Executive property, and the rest is history. The seeds were planted, and a huge oak tree has grown ever since. Bovalley is a group that can call on over 30 volunteers of all ages who do sterling work across all ages, especially with vulnerable groups that experience poor educational, health or social outcomes. I thank Bovalley for all that it does.
I congratulate it for that remarkable, headline-grabbing success. I send from the House our warmest best wishes, and I encourage the group to continue doing what it is doing. It has been an incredible journey from small beginnings in which it has done its community incredibly proud. I say this to the group: we appreciate your dedication and we are excited to see what further positive impacts you will bring to the area that you serve so well. I am personally so very proud of all that you do and that you have achieved. Here's to many, many more years of good work and continued success for Bovalley Community Association.
285 words. Text as published by the Northern Ireland Assembly.
Assessment
Jev’s structured answers met the documented threshold for “not flagged”.
- Overall probability that the activity is being used to promote, exploit or escalate an identity-based controversy: 0.02 (flagging needs at least 0.70; at or below 0.30 is not flagged).
- None of the five culture-war criteria was met (each was below 0.60).
- No identity-based framing was identified (1.00).
- The overall probability was at or below the not-flagging threshold.
This is an AI-generated assessment of the text, made against published criteria. It is not a finding of fact about the MLA or their intentions. The Assembly record itself is the fact.
Jev’s structured answers
| Question | Probability | Met? |
|---|---|---|
| Identity framing | 0.02 | No |
| Sectarian or communal antagonism | 0.01 | No |
| Cultural grievance politics | 0.01 | No |
| Dog-whistle messaging | 0.01 | No |
| Controversy escalation | 0.02 | No |
| Legitimate policy scrutiny | 0.02 | No |
| Overall judgement | 0.02 | At or below not-flagging threshold |
| Option | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-based framing (chosen) | 1.00 |
| Reports or questions it | 0.00 |
| Criticises or condemns it | 0.00 |
| Adopts it | 0.00 |
| Subject | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-related subject | 0.86 |
| Sexism, misogyny, ageism and other equality groups | 0.11 |
| Gender, sexuality, abortion and related social issues | 0.01 |
| Disability (including neurodivergence and mental health), disabled people and disability or sickness benefits | 0.01 |
| Another identity-related subject | 0.01 |
Assessed 21 October 2026 at 11:37 UTC by jev-1.13.0 (requested as typesafe/jev) under rubric 2026.10-r9, methodology 1.9.
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