Folow us on social media

Sign up to our mailing list

Archive | Features RSS feed for this section

Trócaire targets humanitarian relief for up to one million people in 2017

TROCAIRE has today begun its largest annual fundraising campaign as it targets humanitarian relief for up to one million people with the help of its Lenten campaign. Schools, communities and parishes will come together over the next six weeks to pledge their support for the poorest people in the world. The annual campaign – which this […]

Read More Comments Off on Trócaire targets humanitarian relief for up to one million people in 2017

Ó Muilleoir announces plan to buy art from Civil Service art collection

FINANCE Minister Máirtín Ó Muilleoir this week announced his plans to purchase new art for the Civil Service Art collection. The South Belfast Stormont Assembly candidate said: “I am a firm advocate of supporting the arts and since becoming Finance Minister I have actively moved to open up the Civil Service Art Collection. Last month […]

Read More Comments Off on Ó Muilleoir announces plan to buy art from Civil Service art collection

Young people catch on quickly to opportunity for reaching out

AN innovative project is doing its bit to tackle issues affecting young people in North Belfast. The CATCH (Challenging Attitudes, Changing Horizons) programme was launched in 2013 by Co-operation Ireland and now involves more than 400 young people across the north. A series of workshops have been organised which help the young people develop a […]

Read More Comments Off on Young people catch on quickly to opportunity for reaching out

Social care is not a barrier to success for Ballysillan woman

A YOUNG North Belfast woman taken into care at the age of 13 has spoken of how a Belfast Trust support scheme has allowed her to enter the workplace and pursue her dream of becoming a business owner. Darragh Phillips, 20, is just one of a large number of people who are exiting the care system […]

Read More Comments Off on Social care is not a barrier to success for Ballysillan woman

Retiring after fifty years on the road

ANDERSONSTOWN bus driver Kevin Maguire has dedicated most of his life to making sure we all get to where we need to be and he wouldn’t have had it any other way. “The buses have been very good to me,” said Kevin, “that’s where I met my wife Deirdre. She was a passenger on my […]

Read More Comments Off on Retiring after fifty years on the road

Local gym gets a £20,000 grant for equipment

MEMBERS of a South Belfast social enterprise gym are biking their way to better health thanks to a £20,000 from the Housing Executive. The Shaftesbury Community and Recreation Social Enterprise has received the funding to purchase new gym equipment. Twenty brand new Pulse Group spin bikes, with onboard computers, are now in place in the […]

Read More Comments Off on Local gym gets a £20,000 grant for equipment