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Orange Order Welcomes Funding Annoucement

4 April 2006

Speaking in Belfast today following the announcement of a 33 Million Pounds action plan to tackle deprivation in Protestant communities, Orange Order Grand Master, Robert Saulters, gave a guarded welcome to the proposals.

" We have waited thirty long years for the Government to recognise the extreme problems and deprivation in inner city Protestant areas and the isolation felt by rural Protestant communities particularly around the Border.

We welcome the announcement of this action plan and 33 Million Pounds funding and we stand ready and willing to co-operate with the Government in its delivery.

In particular we have expertise in two of the key challenges identified by the Government, namely growing civic and community leadership and active citizenship and building communities and social cohesion.

We will be seeking a Meeting with the Government as soon as possible to see how we can co-operate in delivering programmes designed to meet the needs posed by these two key challenges.

We would however flag up two concerns in relation to the announcement:-

Firstly, the timescale of two years is very short. The problems in Protestant communities are so immense that they cannot be overcome within two years.

We would also like to see some formal political or community involvement in the delivery of the action plan".


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