From an intimate gig with Van Morrison and the premiere of Good Vibrations to creative activities for kids and large-scale youth musicals, no two days have been the same at the Strand Arts Centre, currently celebrating its fifth birthday. The not-for-profit charity took over the tenancy of Northern Ireland’s oldest cinema building in 2013 with the aim …
Like all good box office blockbusters, the partnership between Strand Arts Centre and Specsavers Connswater has been so successful it’s back again for a sequel. Strand Arts Centre’s Silver Screenings for older audiences has been growing in popularity with local residents and tenants of nursing homes – with a total audience of almost 1,300 during …
BLOCKBUSTER MOVIE PARTNERSHIP RETURNS FOR A SEQUEL! Read More »
Big Lunch organisers from all over Belfast and across Northern Ireland from Dungannon to Ballymena, came together at East Belfast Network Centre to get ready for The Big Lunch annual day for neighbours 2018. In true Big Lunch style, the event was lively with everyone bringing something to the table sharing ideas and making new …
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Belfast Photo Festival, Northern Ireland’s premier visual arts festival, hits all the right notes as it launches the music and innovation-themed 2018 programme for Belfast Photo Festival Compact in association with Quilter Cheviot. The photography festival, which celebrates some of the finest national and international contemporary photography, runs from June 7-30. Known previously as Belfast …
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BELFAST’S newest hotel has announced that Action Mental Health will be its charity partner for 2018/19. The local charity works to enhance the quality of life and the employability of people with mental ill-health across Northern Ireland as well promoting well-being and resilience to future generations. In the UK, more than 10 million working days …
Read All About It… Titanic Hotel Belfast Launches Partnership with Action Mental Health Read More »
Local swimming club, Templemore Amateur Swimming Club will be taking a group of 29 swimmers to two international competitions this summer. The swimmers aged between 11 and 17 years will be attending either the Stuttgart International Swim Gala in June or the Netherlands Invitational in Eindhoven in July. Head Coach Ross Gillespie said, “The opportunity …
An innovative 10-week project brought 8 carers from east Belfast together with writer, Jan Carson and musician, Nick Boyle to create two short radio dramas based on the experience of being a carer. The project also developed a unique toolkit to create opportunities for carers and organisations to share their experiences. The Artful Ageing toolkit, …
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Today (April 9 2018) sees the launch of the Carnegie UK Trust’s largest single investment within its current Strategic Plan to improve wellbeing anywhere across the UK, as it seeks expressions of interest from Community Planning Partnerships in Northern Ireland for support to implement a wellbeing outcomes approach. Martyn Evans, Chief Executive of the Carnegie …
Carnegie UK Trust supports wellbeing at a local level in Northern Ireland Read More »
It’s the largest agricultural event in the Northern Ireland calendar and the search is on to find a budding young reporter up to the challenge of becoming the first Official Ulster Bank Balmoral Show Correspondent 2018. The competition, launched by Ulster Bank and the Royal Ulster Agricultural Society (RUAS), is calling on students in primary …
Search to find the first Official Balmoral Show Correspondent is on Read More »
The 28th of March 2014 is a date forever etched in Leo Murphy’s mind. That was the he started training with his four-legged life-changer, Mike. Leo (61) from Holywood was born with cataracts but was determined not to let sight loss hold him back in life. He enjoyed working and socialising, especially playing music, and …
Local man Leo to celebrate guide dog ‘anniversary’! Read More »
