The Ulster Vauxhall Opel Classic Community (UVOCC) is getting set to go the extra mile on Sunday 21 April in the stunning grounds of Glenarm Castle, when they take part in Drive It Day. The Day is an event which was created by the Federation of British Historical Vehicle Clubs (FBHVC) as an opportunity for […]
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BWUH Ltd. the organisation behind ICC Belfast, Waterfront Hall and Ulster Hall, has announced Inspire, the largest mental health, learning disability and wellbeing charity in Northern Ireland, as its selected charity partner for 2024. The partnership will see the BWUH Ltd. team organise various fundraising events in aid of Inspire, whilst also volunteering their time
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Flourish NI, a registered charity that provides support to individuals affected by human trafficking in Northern Ireland, is working with local businesses to provide training sessions on the Modern Slavery Act. The training is designed to give attendees a better understanding of modern slavery and human trafficking, equipping organisations with the knowledge and guidance to know
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As a quarter of adults (26%) in Northern Ireland say they have had concerns a child may be experiencing abuse or neglect, the NSPCC is offering workshops to help people take action. The YouGov survey of 3,999 adults across the UK, including 108 in Northern Ireland, also revealed that one in five UK adults who
RunThrough, the UK’s largest and Europe’s fastest growing running events company, is pleased to reveal the return of the Hillsborough Castle and Gardens Running Festival on Sunday, July 28 2024. This highly anticipated event, set against the scenic backdrop of Hillsborough, offers a variety of distances, ensuring there is something for every runner. With the
The private Brook Hall Estate & Gardens, which sits on the banks of the River Foyle is to open to the public in support of the National Garden Scheme and Foyle Hospice. Now in its third year, the National Garden Scheme raises vital funds for nursing and healthcare charities such as Macmillan Cancer Support and
Action Cancer is delighted to announce that following a grant application, it has received £100,000 from Walk the Walk, best known as organisers of the iconic MoonWalk London. This funding will support Action Cancer’s Therapeutic Services which are on offer to people affected by cancer throughout Northern Ireland. Action Cancer’s Therapeutic Services can help deal with the
NSPCC Northern Ireland and the Public Health Agency have launched Handle with Care, a social media-focused campaign to support new parents and carers and help reduce the number of accidental and non-accidental injuries to babies and young children. Handle with Care aims to provide new parents and NI families expecting a baby with coping techniques, information, and contacts for
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Belfast musician Stefan Murray, 51, has released a single in aid of Down Syndrome charity Down Right Incredible and Hanwood Down Syndrome Football Club. The single, Down Right Incredible, was inspired by Stefan’s own experience. His two-year-old son Killian was born with Down Syndrome after being told he had a one in seven chance of
Staff at local accountancy and advisory firm, BDO Northern Ireland recently celebrated raising over £20,000 for Northern Ireland Chest Heart & Stroke (NICHS) at a Saint Patrick’s Day themed fundraiser which marked the end of their two-year corporate partnership with the charity. Funds raised through the partnership will go towards supporting the up to 470,000
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Mivan is thrilled to unveil the Gaitway Organisation as its selected charity partner for 2024. Following a company-wide vote, employees passionately chose to support Gaitway in its mission to assist children and young people, aged two to 25, grappling with mobility challenges, primarily arising from neurological conditions like Cerebral Palsy. The Gaitway Organisation delivers invaluable
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A Belfast charity that educates children and young people has received a £2,000 donation from Amazon thanks to a Northern Ireland-born Amazon employee who now lives in the US. The donation was made to film charity Cinemagic. The charity offers young people the chance to develop real skills and explore opportunities in film and TV.
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Asda has announced it is collaborating with GroceryAid to provide financial, emotional and practical support to grocery colleagues affected by breast cancer as part of its Tickled Pink campaign. Asda’s Tickled Pink campaign works with charity partners, Breast Cancer Now and CoppaFeel!, to raise funds for better treatments, vital education and life-changing support, for anyone
Mivan, the luxury fit out and bespoke joinery specialists, is thrilled to announce a fantastic year of fundraising that resulted in a notable contribution of £10,490 to Northern Ireland Chest Heart and Stroke (NICHS). Throughout 2023, Mivan employees demonstrated their commitment to making a positive impact on the community by actively participating in a variety
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Belfast’s Grand Opera House has announced The Children’s Cancer Unit Charity as its official charity partner for 2024. To help raise crucial funds and support for the local Northern Ireland charity, the landmark theatre will carry out audience collections, as well as other fundraising events and in-house initiatives throughout the year. The Children’s Cancer Unit
Neighbours from all four corners of Belfast and across Northern Ireland will come together to share friendship, food and fun at a very special Big Lunch celebration in the heart of Belfast, 2 Royal Avenue on Sunday 11 February 2-4pm as the 4 Corners Festival comes to a close. Eden Project, who are the people
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Advice NI is encouraging households to seek financial advice and free themselves from the seemingly never-ending cycle of debt. Advice NI and its members dealt with an increasing number of personal debt cases in the last twelve months, managing over £4.3.4m of household debt in more than 8,066 agreements, signalling that there is often an
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New figures compiled by the NSPCC reveal that child sexual offences recorded by the PSNI over the past year are the highest on record in Northern Ireland since the charity started the annual research 16 years ago. In 2022/23, the PSNI recorded 2,315 sexual offences against children and young people aged under 18. Types of offences
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Leading hospitality business, the McKeever Hotel Group has appointed the Northern Ireland Children’s Hospice as its Charity of the Year and committed to a year-long programme of fundraising activity involving staff, suppliers, and guests. The partnership was the outcome of a companywide consultation with employees and will be supported by its four NI hotels –
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Asda’s charity, Asda Foundation, has announced over £450,000 worth of grants which are now available for NI grassroots community groups to apply for. Local groups in Northern Ireland are invited to apply for the first grant round from now until Friday 1st March, with the value of the grants varying between £400 and £1600. The
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Hughes Insurance and Mary Peters Trust have announced three young athletes recognised by the Trust’s bursary programme. Sailor Zoe Whitford, golfer Adam Buchanon and motorsport racer Peter Willis were each awarded £500 as part of the annual partnership which aims to help talented young athletes on their sporting journeys. All three athletes are already gaining
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Leading, local cancer charity Action Cancer has captured the views of over 1,000 patients and loved ones from across Northern Ireland. The anonymous survey, aimed to assess the experiences and levels of satisfaction of cancer patients in Northern Ireland, and their loved ones, across different aspects of care for five distinct phases of the ‘Cancer
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AWARE NI, Northern Ireland’s only charity working exclusively for those with depression and bipolar disorder, has benefitted from a massive £17,774 boost following a two-year partnership with Belfast City Airport as its official Charity Partner of the Year. Founded in 1996, AWARE NI has an established network of 23 support groups across the country and
This January, Asda has teamed up with The Salvation Army to turn unwanted clothes into vital funds for the retailer’s Tickled Pink breast cancer charity appeal, which raises funds and awareness for Breast Cancer Now and CoppaFeel! Clean clothing can be popped in a bag and dropped off into the pink Big Clothing Clear-Out collection
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Crossing the finish line as the official charity partner of Down Royal for 2023, Friends of Parkview, the charitable organisation which supports Parkview Special School, revealed the total would go towards improving the school’s on-site hydrotherapy pool, a facility that is essential for the health and well-being of its pupils. online pharmacy buy ventolin no
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Twelve top Northern Ireland chefs have teamed up with fanatical foodies and digital creators, The Gourmet Boys, to create a 2024 recipe calendar in aid of NSPCC Northern Ireland. Sponsored by Click Energy, the calendar features delicious recipes from well-known kitchen maestros: Paula McIntyre and Suzi Lee, Nathan Anthony (Bored of Lunch), Ian Hunter (Mourne
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AbbeyAutoline, celebrating its 50th anniversary, has raised a staggering £150,000 for Northern Ireland Hospice as part of parent company Prestige Insurance Holdings’ longstanding association with the local charity. Staff from across the business helped raise the funds for the charity through a variety of company-wide initiatives including a Give As You Earn (GAYE) staff contribution scheme. The dedicated employees also co-ordinated
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Popular shopping destination, Kennedy Centre Belfast, is showcasing its support to the LGBTQ+ community with the installation of the city’s first permanent Pride pedestrian crossing at its West Belfast premises. The enhanced crossing, which has been painted with a new, inclusive LBGTQ+ Pride flag, was unveiled to the public last month. The move follows similar
The Department of Justice NI’s announcement last month of the coming into force of a change in law making it illegal for faith group leaders and sports coaches to have sex with 16 and 17-year-olds in their care has been hailed a landmark step by the NSPCC. The child protection charity gained widespread political and public support
The Northern Ireland Hotels Federation (NIHF) Fundraiser, which was held at the Hospitality Exchange Gala Ball, has raised £3,445 for Macmillan Cancer Support. Discussing the donation NIHF President Eddie McKeever said: “We’re thrilled that our members gave so generously to support Macmillan Cancer Support. Cancer can affect people’s lives in many ways, including their physical health,
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The Northern Ireland Children to Lapland and Days to Remember Trust embarked on its much-anticipated annual Lapland trip recently bringing joy, excitement, and holiday magic to 85 children facing terminal illness and life-limiting conditions. This heartwarming journey, made possible through the generous collaboration of TUI, Belfast International Airport, Swissport, Santa Park and Wild Nordic in
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Lidl Northern Ireland shoppers have raised more than £80,000 in support of the retailer’s charity partner NSPCC Northern Ireland, with its annual festive fundraiser, Christmas Trolley Dash. Now in its tenth year, the fundraising initiative received phenomenal widespread support from generous customers across Lidl Northern Ireland’s 41 stores nationwide. For two weeks in November, Trolley Dash tickets
To support its annual Secret Santa campaign to help the country’s most vulnerable children, Action for Children worked with NatCen to analyse official government data on children living in material deprivation, collected before the worst of the cost of living crisis and energy price shock. It found nearly one in eight (12%) children in Northern Ireland –
A dusting of festive magic was sprinkled throughout the wards of the Royal Hospital for Sick Children this week, as Santa brought the Christmas spirit to the children ahead of official events in the city centre this weekend. Arranged by CastleCourt, with a sleigh full of presents from The Entertainer toy shop, Santa spread his
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Radio presenters at Cool FM, Downtown Radio and Downtown Country have joined forces to release their debut Christmas single and music video to promote Cash for Kids Mission Christmas appeal. Mission Christmas’s new single “It’s Downtown Christmas” has been written and produced locally, and is set to play on air for the first time on Downtown Radio on Friday the 1st of December,
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The Society of St Vincent de Paul has launched its Annual Appeal with an evening of seasonal songs performed by Malachi Cush, Margaret Keys and Fr Martin O’Hagan. Upon launching the Annual Appeal, the charity has revealed that it has provided more than £30 million in assistance to families and individuals in the past decade.
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Childline has revealed over the past year the service has delivered 14,080 counselling sessions to children and young people about sexual, physical, domestic, emotional abuse and neglect – an average of 38 a day. The service, which is run by the NSPCC, is also highlighting that of those counselling sessions, 31% (4,321) had a child
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NSPCC Northern Ireland is asking people across Northern Ireland to ‘Walk for Children’ next month to raise vital funds for the children’s charity. The charity is encouraging people to take part in a 5k walk with friends and family to help raise money for children facing abuse and neglect across Northern Ireland. This year’s walk will
As this year’s global climate summit COP28 draws to a close where nations convened to discuss and negotiate actions to address climate change and its impacts, Belfast’s 4 Corners Festival announced their commitment to carbon neutrality. Now in its 12th year, the festival was conceived as a way to inspire people from across the city
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