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Christmas, or at least the run up to it, seems to start earlier every year. The adverts on the television, the decorations in town centres and the late night shopping, all serve to tell us that we need to spend big in order to enjoy ourselves.

With typical notice the Arts Council opened its Public Arts Programme on 20 November 2006 only to close it again on the 14 December 2006. Other deadlines follow later next year.

If you're over 75 or over, you're entitled to a free Television Licence. As we gear up for the festive season, TV licencing would like you to let elderly friends and relatives know.

The Independent Strategic Review of Education, led by academic Prof. Sir George Bain, has released its radical and anticipated report.

An important seminar taking place on Monday 4 December 2006 in Belfast, organised jointly by the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland and the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission, will consider the new United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

Events to consult on proposals for Peace III across Northern Ireland

Do you need furniture for your organisation? Can you get to Ballymena on 12 December to pick it up?

Culture Minister Maria Eagle MP has had discussions on 8 November 2006 with the Ulster-Scots Agency.

Belfast City Council has opened its Development and Outreach Initiative to applications.

The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland has launched the implementation plan for sustainable development in Northern Ireland.

New services are available to asssist community groups and non-profit organisations interested in installing renewable energy technologies.

The countryside of Northern Ireland is changing. Rapid development is putting our countryside and the quality of our environment under greater and greater pressure.

Student representatives scored notable successes in a recent lobby with assembly members at Stormont.

Operating grants are now available from the European Commission for European public policy research and civil society organisations.

The Charity Commission has issued a warning about a fake email charity lottery that it says is more plausible than many because it uses the names of two bona fide charities.

The search is on for the highest achievers in business performance from across Northern Ireland as the part of the EXCEL Management and Leadership Award 2006.

As the creation of a Bill of Rights re-emerges as a live issue in Northern Ireland, the Community Foundation for Northern Ireland will enable and enliven debate on the creation of the Bill.
The first organisations to receive funding through the Department for Social Development’s £3 million Modernisation Fund have been announced.

STOP PRESS -- These events have now been rescheduled: See this article.
1st December 2006 is World AIDS day.
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