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Over 60 community and older people’s groups from across Northern Ireland have been taking part in Actively Ageing Well and learning a range of new skills and activities. These are as diverse as spinning, salsa dancing, ballroom dancing, walking, boccia, aerobics and swimming.
A new website (www.angelsofhope.org.uk), was recently launched to be used as a knowledge base, forum and a means of making a donation toward the research into ovarian cancer. The launch introduced the site to the many professionals who deal with ovarian cancer patients and was attended by friends, family, Dr S. P. Dobbs from Belfast City Hospital and many of the nursing staff.
To coincide with World Mental Health Day, Northern Ireland charity Aware Defeat Depression recently launched its lo-call helpline. The helpline is the only one of its kind in Northern Ireland and is dedicated to supporting people with depressive illnesses, their families and carers.
The opening hours of the helpline is Monday – Friday from 10am – 4pm and the telephone number is 08451 202961.
Fermanagh’s MLA’s all returned to Stormont for a special occasion to mark the Fermanagh Trust’s 10th anniversary, of supporting community and voluntary activity in County Fermanagh.
Images from the information briefing at the Clinton Centre, Enniskillen. The event showcased the Community NI website (www.communityni.org), a web portal for Northern Ireland’s voluntary and community sector.
A new resource was launched officially in the North West for anyone looking for information on voluntary and community activity or social policy issues.
Images from the Enough is Enough BIG Letter Day as part of a week of action on poverty in Northern Ireland.
The NICVA Environment Policy Forum paid a visit to Bryson House's state of the art recycling facility, to see where the bottles and cans go to be made useful again.
On 20 March 2006, members of the Environmental Policy Forum literally did go on a field trip, to John Gilliland’s Brook Hall Estate in Londonderry. There, they learned about the growing and harvesting of sustainable willow crops, and how this is then used in heating systems.
Some images from the Grant Tracker website
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