The DOJ and NIO joint fund an £8 million a year Programme for Tackling Paramilitary Activity and Organised Crime that funds engagement directly with paramilitary organisations, such as the UVF, UFF, RHC, and UDA.
Meanwhile, Stormont’s ‘interim’ Tackling Paramilitary Activity, Criminality and Organised Crime review, published last year, referenced how "almost £18m (went) directly to community and voluntary sector partners to help build community capacity and deliver area-based interventions". [...] "The ‘tackling paramilitary activity’ programme is an Northern Ireland Executive-led programme. [...] Meanwhile, the DoJ, responsible for the allocation of the £50m funding block, told The Detail its tackling paramilitarism programme "aims to stop paramilitary exploitation of individuals and communities" by addressing "gaps in support".