Community

Living Windows Light Up Town Landmarks With Local Faces

Mid and East Antrim Borough Council and the c21 Theatre Company are delighted to be collaborating in a unique community arts project that will see local windows come to life in the towns of Ballymena, Carrick and Larne over three weekends in January 2023. The Covid-19 Revitalise Recovery Scheme was established to help our Town […]

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Mayor Urges Locals To Support His Charities This Christmas

Mayor of Mid and East Antrim, Alderman Noel Williams, is asking those residents who can, to donate to his chosen charities this Christmas. At the start of his term in office, the Mayor selected the schoolchildren’s mental health charity ‘Pure Mental’ and the Royal Air Forces Association, as his charities for the year. Alderman Williams

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Lord Mayor Of Belfast Opens Harness Friendship Four Ice Hockey Tournament

Schoolchildren from across Belfast joined thousands of spectators and hockey fans to cheer on top U.S. college ice hockey teams today, as the prestigious Harness Friendship Four tournament got underway at The SSE Arena, Belfast. The high-profile Harness Friendship Four tournament, organised by The Odyssey Trust brings four top U.S. college hockey teams – UMass

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Mayor’s Reception Celebrates 50 years Of Community Advice Causeway

The Mayor of Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council has welcomed the Community Advice Causeway team to a reception in Cloonavin to mark their 50th anniversary. Over the last five decades, the charity has remained a constant reassuring presence for many residents of the Borough, providing free and confidential advice on a range of subjects.

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YMCA World General Secretary On Hand As New Strategy Launched

YMCA’s World General Secretary, Carlos Sanvee, welcomed the new strategic plan for YMCA Ireland that will be based on four values of welcome, opportunity, wellbeing and peace and justice, at a series of events across Ireland with the message that the ‘world needs the YMCA more than ever’. At events in Lurgan, Newcastle, and Dublin

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Pre-Loved Toy Appeal Overwhelmed With Donations

Generous donations to Belfast City Council’s first pre-loved toy appeal continue to flood into recycling centres ahead of the festive season. Deputy Chair of Council’s People and Communities Committee, Councillor Sarah Bunting called into Ormeau Recycling Centre to make her donation to the appeal alongside some of our charity partners, Michael Sloan of East Belfast

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Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council Achieve Platinum

The Council is delighted to achieve Platinum in the Northern Ireland Benchmarking Survey, an annual event that scores organisations on the measures they take to improve their environmental impacts. Over 100 organisations from a range of different sectors measured and reported their environmental impacts and Northern Ireland’s most sustainable organisations were revealed at an event

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Christmas Market Featuring Over 20 Local Businesses To Take Over Mallusk Enterprise Park

An indoor market of over 20 stalls is set to transform the local enterprise park at Mallusk with some yuletide cheer on Thursday 1 December, offering visitors the chance to pick up presents and festive fare and enjoy an evening out supporting the business community in the countdown to Christmas. Hosted and supported by Local Enterprise

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Manufacturing Academy On Course To Attract New Recruits For Local Companies In Ballymena

Students from the Ballymena area are on course to complete the five-week ‘Manufacturing Academy’ delivered by Northern Regional College at the Farm Lodge Campus, Ballymena, which will not only boost their skills but help secure potential employment with local manufacturing companies. The Academy was established in Ballymena in 2021 in response to the demand from

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