| Community Direct
Mission Statement
Community Direct aims to provide all its customers (Statutory,
Voluntary, and Private Sector) with a range of quality products/services
that help them to address the health and social needs of people
and communities across Northern Ireland.
Our health awareness programmes have been developed by experts
and are designed to further the  ‘Investing
for Health’ agenda. These programmes have been
thoroughly piloted at grassroots level by professionally trained
and accredited Community Facilitators. The programmes are
effective because the content and delivery are shaped by an
understanding of the reality of people’s lives.
The Facilitators who deliver Community Direct’s health
awareness programmes share similar life experiences to the
groups that statutory and voluntary organisations often find
most difficult to target and serve; “hard to reach groups
in disadvantaged areas”.
Community Direct is also able to provide government departments
with the means to engage, consult, and interact with local
communities, especially in areas of disadvantage where inequalities
are greatest, helping clients meet Section 75
requirements. This service has received commendation from
OFMDFM: “They provided an effective mechanism for
engagement with socially excluded women and helped us access
the views of women living in disadvantaged communities in
both urban and rural areas throughout Northern Ireland”.
Community Facilitators have the training, flexibility and
expertise to adapt the programmes to meet customers’
changing needs and priorities.
Programmes developed by Community Direct, currently available
for delivery to local communities across Northern Ireland
are as follows:
For more information contact Ailish Cullen, Marketing and
Business Development Worker, on 028 9023 0212, or email communitydirect@wrda.net
Community Direct is the social economy enterprise of the Women’s Resource and Development Agency. Social enterprises are businesses that aim to make a profit in order to fulfil social aims such as creating employment, supporting local economies or providing training and services to local communities.
Community Direct Company Limited is a company registered in Northern Ireland with Company Number NI056728 |
