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    If you are passionate about helping people enhance their digital skills, we have exciting volunteer opportunities available.

  • On 2 October, Advice NI Supporting Active Engagement team joined the celebration of International Day of Older Persons event in the Maldron Hotel hosted by our member Apex.

  • Congratulations to our 106 graduates who successfully completed the Right for Seniors Digital Course! We are so proud of your achievement and wish you all the best in your safe and confident digital journey!

  • Through its Rights4Seniors digital training programme, Advice NI, a leading rights-based charity, has established a successful method for enabling older people, particularly those who are vulnerable, to navigate and use the Internet with confidence.

  • As part of Get Online Week we helped a group of older people boost their digital skills by showing them how to fill out online forms and demonstrating streaming music online.

  • In 2018, Advice NI saw the conclusion of the Building Resilience in Retirement project.

  • To mark another successful year of the Supporting Active Engagement project, Advice NI celebrated all the participants’ achievements with an event at Belfast Castle recently.

  • In light of public health concerns associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, Northern Ireland’s president of Tribunals and The Appeals Service (TAS) have suspended all in-person oral tribunal hearings until further notice.

  • We are delighted to launch our latest training brochure which is packed with lots of new and exciting courses and training programmes. Advice NI offers formal and non-formal training for those working in the advice sector, community & voluntary sector, local authorities, legal & financial institutions who wish to develop their skillset.Our courses include nationally and locally accredited qualifications as well as continued professional development (CPD) training.We offer training in the following areas: 

    • Advice and Guidance
    • Legal Advice and Information
    • Legal Advice Support
    • Customer Service
    • Business & Administration  
    • Independent Advocacy
    • Debt & Money Advice (Wiseradviser)
    • Welfare Reform
    • State Pension
    • Child Maintenance
    • Advising and Supporting Older People
    • Age Awareness
    • Case Recording (Advice Pro)
    • Social Policy
    • Dealing with Challenging Clients
    • Lone Working
    • Tendering & Procurement
    • Trailing & Presentation Delivery
    • Training Assessment & Quality Assurance (TAQA) 

    We can also develop bespoke training to meet your organisational needs. Click below for a full copy of the Advice NI training brochure, which will outline all training programmes, costs, accreditation options, dates & booking procedures.Advice NI Training Brochure July – December 2015If you would like further information on any of our courses, fee’s or how to book contact a member of our training team on 028 9064 5919 or e-mail training@adviceni.net.

  • Are mobile phone providers informing people of what happens when their contracts end.....

  • With sole traders and small businesses struggling due to lower consumer spending, higher rates and other overheads, higher wage costs and the looming Brexit uncertainty, saving may seem like an extravagance that many just cannot afford.

  • The General Data Protection Regulation, more commonly known as GDPR will come into effect on 25th May 2018.  It is the biggest change to personal data privacy in over 25 years.