- Ongoing support and advice to help groups in their development
- Research and advice on issues affecting rural communities
- Provide and arrange training opportunities tailored to your groups needs i.e. capacity building, financial management, committee roles and procedures etc
- Facilitate and support representation and influence of rural communities through the articulation of the rural voice .
- Create networking opportunities for groups to meet and share experiences
- Support in accessing funding
- Regular news bulletins for Down and Ards detailing opportunities available to your group
- Support in arranging community activities, i.e. fun days, press launches, etc.
- Office services - FREE or cost price to member groups i.e. photocopying, fax, word processing, e-mail, scanning, report writing and binding
- Create best practice visits which provides opportunities for your group to generate new ideas.
