Debate contribution: Small Pockets of Deprivation Programme: Funding

Debate contribution by Ms Kellie Armstrong on 20 April 2026.

MLA: Ms Kellie Armstrong
Party at the time: Alliance Party
Date: 20 April 2026
Type: Debate contribution
Business: Oral Answers to Questions
Heading: Small Pockets of Deprivation Programme: Funding
Assembly identifier: Official Report component 5493633

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I thank the Minister very much for his answer. All MLAs representing Ards and North Down have been invited to a meeting on Friday with those groups. I hope that the fair funding principle, as outlined in the partnership agreement with the community and voluntary sector, can be followed and that those groups are not asked to go into their reserves and other areas that would take them outside of the Charity Commission's rules. Does the Minister agree, therefore, that it is important that those groups are still sustainable and that they can continue to deliver their work under the small pockets of deprivation programme?

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This follow-up belongs to: Topical question AQT 2252/22-27.

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