Publications

The Five Cs Project is a Public Realm scheme which aims to enhance several areas within Belfast city centre which have recently seen, or will soon see, significant private sector investment in surrounding buildings, but...

This go to guide provides information on Northern Ireland’s Defence Heritage Record (DHR). It covers the periods from the First World War up until the Cold War period, providing detail on the various site types...

Information about the Affordable Warmth Scheme

Names of DFC staff who had been involved in an ESA case

Residential buildings which have been notified to the Department due to unsafe cladding

The religious background of people who are in receipt of benefit or economically inactive.

Budgetary allocations and expenditure between 2022 and 2025 including to the Department’s Arms Length Bodies

Equality Impact Assessment and other information about the Winter Fuel Allowance

Information about the Discretionary Housing Payment Budget

Processing time for Disability Living Allowance claims for children

The Department is responsible for commissioning free, independent debt advice in NI from a Debt Levy collected from financial services. Currently the Department grant funds Advice NI to deliver free independent debt advice across Northern...

The Department for Communities invites applications for the appointment of the Chair to the Board of Sport NI.

Statistics on experience of volunteering: findings from the 2023/24 Continuous Household Survey.

Following an evaluation of the Local Government Reform Programme by DfC, a report examining the impact of local government reform on service delivery and cost effectiveness in Northern Ireland has been completed. The aim of...

The fact sheet provides a quarterly overview of the performance and composition of the Fund for the three months ending 30 September 2024.

This Statistical factsheet, which is published three times a year (along with a more detailed annual bulletin), presents key information on employment vacancies which have been notified to the Department for Communities (DfC).

The overall aim of the Belfast Streets Ahead programme is to maximize the potential of the city centre’s public realm to position Belfast as a premier European regional capital and the primary retail and leisure...

On 27 September 2024, MAG Member Professor Ruth Hunter from Queen’s University Belfast delivered an online seminar covering areas such as climate change mitigation and adaptation in relation public health and urban green spaces and...

Statistics on participation in sport: findings from the 2023/24 Continuous Household Survey.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer announced on 29 July 2024 that the annual Winter Fuel Payment, which was previously made to all pensioners regardless of their income, will be restricted in England and Wales to...