Debate contribution: Healthcare: Community and Voluntary Sector

Debate contribution by Mr Mike Nesbitt on 5 May 2026.

MLA: Mr Mike Nesbitt
Party at the time: Ulster Unionist Party
Date: 5 May 2026
Type: Debate contribution (made as a minister)
Business: Oral Answers to Questions
Heading: Healthcare: Community and Voluntary Sector
Assembly identifier: Official Report component 5524738

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It was an absolute privilege to visit Knitted Knockers, and it was energising to see the enthusiasm in the room. I agree with the Member. In fact, before my role as a politician, I was a commissioner at the Commission for Victims and Survivors. Early on in that tenure, it became clear to me that the only people who were making a difference to victims and survivors on a practical, day-to-day basis were those in the voluntary and community sector who looked after the ordinary, day-to-day needs such as getting children to and from school, doing a bit of shopping or trying to find some resource for them. I cannot speak more highly of the community and voluntary sector. As we move to a neighbourhood model, I hope to reward and embed it in the new system.

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