Coleraine Rural & Urban Network play a vital role in supporting the Council to deliver our Community Support Plan by providing services and activities which promote networking, building local capacity and providing a lobbying voice for the community& voluntary sector within the borough of Coleraine. The Network is committed to developing strong cross sectoral partnerships to deliver services on a collaborative basis and will no doubt be essential in assisting local communities to play a proactive role in community planning arrangements within the near future.’

Julie Welsh
Community Development Manager
Coleraine Borough Council


The Northern Drugs & Alcohol Co-Ordination Team, Northern Health and Social Services Board and DHSSPS have supported CRUN with significant funding over the past several years to address substance misuse locally. This reflects the quality education, prevention and training services that CRUN have provided through their SmaC project for several years and more recently through the LEAD (Learning & Education in Alcohol & Drugs) Project. One of CRUN's prime strengths is that they genuinely seek to work in partnership with others at a local and strategic level in the delivery of quality assured services in the Causeway area. We wish the project every success in the future and are confident that they will continue to maintain the high standards and relationships with others that has contributed to the high reputation of CRUN as a group that delivers.

Michael Owen
Senior Drugs & Alcohol Coordinator
Northern Health & Social Services Board.