This is a whole community, place-based approach in localities across Northern Ireland to support the Department of Education’s vision that “every child is happy, learning and succeeding”. It helps to deliver on the mission, set by the report ‘A Fair Start’, to ensure all children and young people regardless of background are given the best start in life.
RAISE will be present in eligible areas in the locations set out below.
Antrim |
Ards Peninsula |
Ballymena |
Belfast |
Carrick |
Coleraine |
Derry / Londonderry |
Dungannon |
Enniskillen |
Limavady |
Lisburn |
Lurgan and Craigavon |
Newry |
Newtownabbey |
Portadown |
RAISE Summary Document
More information on the RAISE programme can be found in the summary document here.
Further Help and Support
DE officials will be engaging with all stakeholders over the coming months, beginning with schools and will be in touch about that process shortly. In the meantime any queries should be sent to raise@education-ni.gov.uk