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Junior Ministers Hail Work Of Urban Village Initiatives In North & West Belfast

Junior Ministers Declan Kearney and Gary Middleton have hailed the life-changing impact community-led health, educational and training projects are making in Urban Village areas. The Junior Ministers were speaking after visiting two Executive Office-supported community initiatives in north and west Belfast, where they presented project participants with certificates of achievement. Ministers visited Footprints Women’s Centre […]

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Life Through My Eyes, Diana, 17, West Belfast

31st August 2018 / CHARITY, COMMUNITY, COMMUNITY NEWS, General, NEWS, REAL LIFE / By Lauren McCann

Our fourth installment of our ‘Life Through My Eyes’ series sees us chat with 17 year old Diana. When she casts her mind back to 2016 all she can see is a hospital ward. Shocked by the news of her mum being diagnosed with breast cancer young Diana only remembers the pain and that hurt

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Life Through My Eyes: Angela, 43, West Belfast

26th August 2018 / BODY, COMMUNITY, HEALTH, NEWS, REAL LIFE / By Daniel Kerr

When someone lives with chronic pain life can be hard. What’s even harder is that many people just simply don’t understand what that exactly means for the person suffering. But it’s not just about physical pain, that in many cases can be alleviated through the use of pain killers. That pain, that constant pain, can

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