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Planned emergency rally cancelled as Derry crisis service awarded £66,000
Community Crisis Intervention Service funding won through people power - Harkin
People Before Profit Councillor Shaun Harkin.
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An emergency rally planned for Derry city centre tomorrow afternoon has been cancelled after the Health Minister announced he would provide £66,000 of further funding for the city s Community Crisis Intervention Service (CCIS).
Robin Swann had come under pressure to provide further finances for the service which operates out of the Holywell Building on Bishop Street. It would have been forced to close its doors on June 15 next if funding had not been renewed.
Derry people urged to come out and support Emergency Rally in support of Community Crisis Intervention Centre
Demonstration to take place in Guildhall Square on Saturday afternoon
The Emergency Rally will take place in Guildhall Square at 2.00pm on Saturday.
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The people of Derry are being urged to come out and support an Emergency Rally being held in the city this weekend in protest at the impending closure of the Community Crisis Intervention Service in the city.
The closure, due to take place on June 15, is a result of rolling funding not being renewed.
An online petition by SDLP Foyle MLA Mark H Durkan, calling for funding for the service to be renewed, has almost 1,000 signatures.
Petition launched to save Derry s suicide prevention service To choose not to provide funding for this crucial crutch is mindboggling. It is imperative that the Department of Health takes a creative look at ensuring the continuation of this service.
The Community Crisis Intervention Service is based at the Holywell Trust building on Bishop Street from 8pm on Thursday to 8am on Sundays
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Foyle MLA Mark H Durkan has launched a petition to calling on the Health Minister to save the Community Crisis Intervention Service (CCIS) in Derry.
CCIS provides a ‘safe space’ for those in crisis when many other services are not operational, and is run by Extern NI from the Holywell Building on Bishop Street.