South Tyrone Empowerment Programme

South Tyrone Empowerment Programme
AbbreviationSTEP
Formation1997 (1997)
FounderBernadette Devlin McAliskey
TypeNGO
Legal statusCharity[1]
HeadquartersThe Junction, 12 Beechvalley Way, Dungannon, Northern Ireland, BT70 1BS
Locations
Region
Mid Ulster
Websitestepni.org

The South Tyrone Empowerment Programme (STEP) is a rights-based non-governmental organisation and charity based in Dungannon, Northern Ireland.[2][3][1] Founded in 1997, it provides a range of services and advocacy in areas including community development, training, support and advice for migrants, policy work and community enterprise,[3][4][5][6] with its commercial arm, Step Training Limited (STL), concentrating on interpreting and translation.[7] It was founded by Bernadette Devlin McAliskey[5][8][9] and has been funded by European Union and British government grants[10][11][12] and philanthropy from organisations such as Atlantic Philanthropies.[13]

References

  1. ^ a b "South Tyrone Empowerment Programme". Charity Commission for Northern Ireland. Retrieved 18 November 2025.
  2. ^ Campbell, Niamh (9 May 2025). "'Lives being lost' as 80% of NI women don't have access to perinatal mental health services". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 18 November 2025. ...Mid Ulster charity STEP (South Tyrone Empowerment Programme). The rights-based organisation works with those most vulnerable from ethnic minority backgrounds and the Traveller community, many of whom do not know English as their first language, or have low literacy skills.
  3. ^ a b "Acclaimed Civil Rights activist for Boher event". The Nenagh Guardian. 11 September 2025. Retrieved 18 November 2025.
  4. ^ "Consultation Response in respect of the Clauses contained in the Welfare Reform [NI] Bill 2012" (PDF). Northern Ireland Assembly. October 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2025.
  5. ^ a b Torney, Kathryn; Mills, Tara (4 November 2025). "More than 100 children married during wait to raise minimum age to 18". BBC News. Retrieved 18 November 2025.
  6. ^ McClements, Freya (20 February 2020). "Bernadette McAliskey: 'The North's economy cannot survive without immigrant labour'". The Irish Times. Retrieved 18 November 2025.
  7. ^ WeavingTogether Policies for Social Inclusion in Ireland (PDF) (Report). OECD. 5 October 2016. p. 86 (87 in PDF). doi:10.1787/9789264252677-en. ISBN 978-92-64-25267-7. Retrieved 18 November 2025.
  8. ^ "The Long March: RTÉ's unmissable civil rights doc airs tonight". RTÉ. 14 August 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2025.
  9. ^ Johnston, Victoria (10 September 2023). "Bernadette McAliskey on the past, politics, and the future". The Impartial Reporter. Retrieved 18 November 2025. Mrs. McAliskey has recently retired from her role with South Tyrone Empowerment Programme (STEP) which she co-founded following a long career in activism.
  10. ^ Murphy, Eóin (7 June 2012). "European Social Fund and the Department for Employment and Learning" (PDF). Research and Information Service Briefing Paper (33/13). Northern Ireland Assembly: 20. NIAR 419-2012.
  11. ^ Patrick, Matthew (6 October 2025). "New UK Connect Fund awards over £300,000 to community groups in Northern Ireland and Great Britain" (Press release). Government of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 18 November 2025.
  12. ^ Kevin Foster (16 June 2021). "European Union Settlement Scheme". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 697. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Commons. col. 159WH.
  13. ^ "South Tyrone Empowerment Programme". Atlantic Philanthropies. Retrieved 18 November 2025.
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