Member's statement: Queens Park Women's Group, Glengormley
Member's statement by Mr Phillip Brett on .
- MLA
- Mr Phillip Brett
- Party at the time
- Democratic Unionist Party
- Date
- 4 February 2025
- Type
- Member's statement
- Business
- Members' Statements
- Heading
- Queens Park Women's Group, Glengormley
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 4778960
Read the official Assembly record
Text
The King's Award for Voluntary Service is the highest accolade that can be awarded by the monarch to community and voluntary organisations in the United Kingdom. I was absolutely delighted that the amazing Queens Park Women's Group was announced as a recipient of that award this year. Forged just 15 years ago by two formidable and amazing women, that community group has gone from strength to strength. First formed to tackle antisocial behaviour in Glengormley, the group has expanded to work with older people, invest in skills and ensure that no person in Queen's Park and, indeed, the wider Glengormley area is left behind. Those two formidable ladies, Sharon and Ena McTaggart, have given freely of their time for the past 15 years to make Glengormley the best place that it can be. Often, the awards are given to large community and voluntary organisations that have huge backers and, indeed, a huge funding pot. Day and daily, those women fundraise the money that they need to support their community on their own. Those women give freely of their time, after working during the day, to ensure that every person who calls Glengormley "home" has a community outlet to enjoy. The community of Queen's Park is a proud working-class community. Never in its wildest dreams did it think that it would be recognised at the heights of Buckingham Palace. However, through the work and dedication of those ladies and their countless volunteers, the community will finally get the recognition that it deserves. It is fitting that I take the opportunity on the Floor of the Assembly to congratulate them on that. It is also an exciting year for the group because we have just secured new premises to ensure that it can have the resources and facilities to continue its amazing work. I take the opportunity to say, "Well done, ladies".
310 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 | 0.05 | No |
| Sectarian or communal antagonism | 0.01 | No |
| Cultural grievance politics | 0.02 | No |
| Dog-whistle messaging | 0.02 | No |
| Controversy escalation | 0.02 | No |
| Legitimate policy scrutiny | 0.03 | 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 | 0.56 |
| Sexism, misogyny, ageism and other equality groups | 0.25 |
| Gender, sexuality, abortion and related social issues | 0.11 |
| Another identity-related subject | 0.06 |
| Flags, emblems, symbols, names and memorials | 0.01 |
Assessed 21 October 2026 at 11:51 UTC by jev-1.13.0 (requested as typesafe/jev) under rubric 2026.10-r9, methodology 1.9.
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