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The North Belfast Ethical Investment programme was a Social Investment Fund (SIF) revenue project that aimed to develop and diversify the social economy in North Belfast. To realise this aim, NBEI provided investment and technical assistance to support social enterprises that were looking to redevelop an existing asset, acquire a new property or develop a new business idea located in the SIF North Zone. Examples of assistance provided by the programme included architectural, planning and design services, business planning and economic feasibility work, legal and marketing support as well as the recruitment of project staff and bespoke business mentoring. In the long term the programme aims to reduce the social economy's reliance on grant aid/public funding and help local social enterprises in North Belfast become more resilient and financially sustainable... NBEI was delivered by a project team that included representation from the Executive Office, the Strategic Investment Board and..