Civic University
CIVIC UNIVERSITY
WE ARE OFFICALLY A CIVIC UNIVERSITY!
As an institution, we will now proudly continue the spirit of the Queen’s University Social Charter by placing our communities at the heart of who we are.
Our civic mission drives us to work strategically, collaboratively and with integrity to serve our place and help shape a better future for all.
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CIVIC UNIVERSITY AGREEMENT
Queen’s Civic University Agreement sets out our shared commitment to working in partnership with communities, organisations and civic leaders to strengthen our place and respond to the real challenges facing society. As a recognised Civic University, we aim to ensure that our teaching, research and engagement create positive, lasting impact across Belfast and beyond.
The Agreement builds on the foundations of our Social Charter and Strategy 2030, providing a framework for how we collaborate, listen and act alongside our partners to enrich lives and support the prosperity and wellbeing of our community.
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PARTNERS
We work with and support a wide range of organisations, but we collaborate strategically with a select number partners through formal agreements e.g. Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) or Service Level Agreement (SLA). These partnerships reflect a deeper, sustained commitment to achieving shared goals and impactful outcomes.
Forward South Partnership is an independent charity that works with community, schools, business, public and private sector partners to help regenerate and sustain a healthy and prosperous South Belfast.
We sit on the Forward South executive board and help steer the engagement in the area. We are also part of a citywide structure known as the Belfast Area Partnerships who have led community regeneration initiatives for over 20 years.
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Together with the Greater Shankill Partnership, a community-led regeneration agency in the Greater Shankill area of Belfast, we have a shared commitment to the framework that is the Greater Shankill Children and Young People Zone (the Zone).
The origins of our relationship with the Greater Shankill Partnership lie primarily in the Zone, but engagement over the last decade has been high in volume.
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The Market Development Association (MDA), established in 1995, promotes the wellbeing of residents in the Market area of South Belfast, aiming to create a community where people want to live, work, and socialise.
MDA collaborates with Queen’s Communities and Place (QCAP) to test interventions and trial solutions.
RCITY Belfast is a key partner committed to providing lasting opportunities in personal and social development, leadership learning and employability.
This continues to be implemented through collaborative work with the University’s Graduate School, and more recently in the delivery of Queen’s University Belfast Level 4 Certificate in Youth Leadership and Community Action (30 CATS).
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Our research, teaching and engagement often takes us beyond our established partners, to work with a range of other collaborators in response to local needs.
Find out more about some innovative collaborations with community organisations, through programmes of work with: