Integrated Education Fund

The Integrated Education Fund (IEF) is working with Rural Community Network (RCN), and a number of regional and local partners to develop a series of events across Northern Ireland during 2011/2012 to contribute to a wider discussion on the future shape of our education system. 

The purpose of these events is to raise awareness of the wider set of challenges facing education and the levels of sharing that communities might be open to.

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In this section you will find information about our community engagement events as well as some background resources to help make sense of our complex education system.

• History of Shared Education

• The Continuum of Sharing Explained

• Upcoming Events

• How To Run Your Own Community Engagement Event (Coming Soon!)

• Frequently Asked Questions – Information for Parents and Communities

• Grants – Community Engagement in Education

• Assembly Update (Coming Soon!)

The context of severe cuts to the education budget presents real opportunities for local communities, local people, and their schools to do things differently; to imagine how education might be delivered differently in their area in the best interests of the children, both today and into the future.  In many areas this could involve exploring greater degrees of sharing both within and between schools.

What do we hope are the outcomes of the Community Engagement in Education Project?

1. Local people and communities making sense of their connection to education in their area;
2. Local communities developing innovative solutions to ensuring good quality education in their area;
3. Modelling involvement of local people and communities in educational planning; and
4. Holding to account politicians and the education system in a context of significant change.

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