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AWARE
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Sonya Cassidy PR

Golf Day Fundraiser a huge success
ForSight NI
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Sonya Cassidy PR

Even organisations including councils bound by law to meet digital accessibility standards have failed tests reveals a new report by charity ForSight NI
Launching the Fibrus ‘Play it Forward Fund’ are (L-R): Skye Cameron, Hillsborough Junior Girls Football Club; Niamh Lowry, Dundrum Cricket Club; Joshua McDowell, Rathfriland Football Club; Lucy McComiskey, An Ríocht GAA Club.
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Lanyon Group

Local full fibre broadband company Fibrus has announced a new initiative for young people, which will invest £30,000 into grassroots sports clubs across Northern Ireland.
2022 Boardroom Apprentices Craig Service, Alex Deonarine, Clodagh Palmer and Gillian Orr
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Excalibur Press

Boardroom Apprentice is set to return this year as applications for this year’s programme are open on June 5.
Grainne McCloskey, Country Manager for Scotland and Northern Ireland at Eden Project Communities, is pictured with The Big Lunch volunteers who attended a very special celebration at Enniskillen Castle in Fermanagh, which saw The King and Queen honour people volunteering in their communities and celebrating the rich heritage of Fermanagh. The Big Lunch is an idea from Eden Project made possible by National Lottery and this event comes just ahead of the Month of Community which runs throughout June.
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Big Lunch organisers joined a very special celebration at Enniskillen Castle in Fermanagh on 25 May, which saw The King and Queen honour people volunteering in their communities and celebrating the rich heritage of Fermanagh.
Pictured (left to right) are; Youth Sport Trust Development Manager Louise Gray, World Champion gymnast Rhys McClenaghan, European Championship 1500 metre silver medallist Ciara Mageean, six-time Paralympic gold medallist swimmer Bethany Firth OBE, and Lidl Northern Ireland Sales Operations Director Gordon Cruikshanks.
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LK Communications

Sporting greats in call out for nominations for secondary schools to win place on Lidl Northern Ireland’s coveted mental health athlete mentorship programme
AC
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Sonya Cassidy PR

Leading, local cancer charity Action Cancer has joined forces with local construction supplier business, U Hire, to host the 2023 7 Peaks Challenge in a bid to raise vital funds in the charity’s 50th anniversary year.
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PlayBoard NI

Since 2014, Bright Start funding has supported the growth and development of the School Age Childcare (SAC) sector across Northern Ireland.
Save Bright Start Funding
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PlayBoard NI

Since 2014, Bright Start funding has supported the growth and development of the School Age Childcare (SAC) sector across Northern Ireland.
Ulster University Graduation Ceremony
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Ulster University

Ulster University has launched it’s second Graduate Employer Survey Report which presents key findings from the 2022 Graduate Employer Survey. The report covers topics including skills needs, salaries and recruitment and selection, and collaboration.
AC
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Sonya Cassidy PR

Agricultural community encouraged to access service on board the Big Bus.
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Headway - the brain injury association

Action for Brain Injury Week takes place 15th to 21st May 2023. This year’s theme, ‘Take A Second’ which focusses on a powerful statistic: Every 90 seconds, someone in the UK is admitted to hospital with a brain injury (ABI).
Lily Swann and friends enjoying the Coronation Big Lunch in Glynn
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Thousands of people from across Northern Ireland have enjoyed a Coronation Big Lunch, celebrating neighbourhood and marking the Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla.
Friends and neighbours in Lakeview Crescent, Newtownabbey, joined together at one of thousands of Coronation Big Lunch events taking place all across Northern Ireland this weekend.
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Members of the Royal Family have today (7 May) joined the nation in celebration at Coronation Big Lunch community events taking place to mark a moment in history following the Coronation of His Majesty The King and Her Majesty The Queen.
Ainsley Harriott, Ambassador to The Big Lunch and Coronation Big Lunch, is urging the people of NI to take part in a 'Big Knock' to invite neighbours to join in Coronation Big Lunch celebrations. www.coronationbiglunch.com
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Communities the length and breadth of Northern Ireland will come together this weekend to celebrate the Coronation with a series of Big Lunch events.
Author Aidan Campbell is pictured with Robin Mercer of Hillmount. Aidan’s books have raised £150,000 for charity through sales at the family owned garden centre. www.hillmount.co.uk
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Local author Aidan Campbell BEM has penned a range of local history books which have raised £150,000 for local charities through sales at Hillmount Garden Centre.
Princes Trust staff, frineds family and University of Ulster and Junior Park run Volunteers organised an enthusiastic beach clean pictured here enjoying a sweet treat ahead of the Coronation Big Lunch. The Coronation weekend includes The Coronation Big Lunch 7 May and Big Help out 8 May.
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Eden Project Communities

Coronation Celebrations commenced early in Northern Ireland when The Prince’s Trust Northern Ireland staff, and friends enjoyed a Coronation Big Lunch as a reward after a very enthusiastic beach clean at the weekend.
Grainne McCloskey, Scotland and Northern Ireland Regional Manager, Eden Project Communities, is joined at the first Coronation Big Lunch by Prince's Trust Andy Briggs and family, junior parkrun volunteer Barbara Zboralska and family, Prince's Trust Enterprise Manager Jonny McKim and his daughter, junior parkrun volunteers Mark Cunningham and Anne Magee, and Prince's Trust and junior parkrun volunteer Karolyn Gaston and family. www.thebiglunch.com
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Coronation Celebrations commenced early across Northern Ireland when The Prince’s Trust Northern Ireland staff, family and friends got together for a Coronation Big Lunch
Action Cancer
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Sonya Cassidy PR

New service available in Belfast and regionally throughout NI on board the Big Bus.
Universal Credit
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Advice NI

Please join us for the launch of our report, The Move to UC: Get Ready, where we will share our findings and recommendations.
Pictured: Simon Wagstaff, Associate Director, Technology Services at Allen & Overy Belfast and Chair of the Belfast Grants Committee
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Open Strategic Communications

Charities across Northern Ireland are invited to apply for up to £100k support from the Allen & Overy (A&O) Foundation, which is funded by contributions from A&O partners worldwide
Ainsley Harriott, Ambassador to The Big Lunch and Coronation Big Lunch, is urging the people of NI to take part in a 'Big Knock' to invite neighbours to join in Coronation Big Lunch celebrations. www.coronationbiglunch.com
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One of the best loved celebrity TV Chefs, Ainsley Harriott (MBE), is urging people in Northern Ireland to have the “craic” with their neighbours by hosting a Big Lunch.
Young people come together at the launch of The Teenage Youth Bereavement Project, a video support resource they created which includes testimonies from them about their own grief journey, discussion of personal experience following loss, and guidance on how to address grief, in a bid to support their peers who find themselves facing the death of someone they loved.  https://www.jamesbrownfuneraldirectors.com/cruse-bereavement/
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Newly released videos and resources aim to help young people during their grief journey
Pictured at the launch of a mobile dental health clinic provided by Dentaid The Dental Charity and staffed by volunteers from Bupa Dental Care to provide oral health care for people supported by Simon Community NI are clinician Paul Blundell, patient Curtis and clinician Teona Baillie. The clinic will offer free emergency care and dental health advice at Simon Community sites in Belfast, Bangor and Armagh every month for the rest of the year.
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Open Strategic Communications

People experiencing homelessness in Northern Ireland will receive dental care thanks to a partnership between Dentaid The Dental Charity and Bupa Dental Care.
ABC Financial Debt Management Programme
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Advice NI

Do you live in the Armagh City, Banbridge & Craigavon Borough Council area or work with groups who live in the area? Would you like to know a bit more about how to manage your money during these difficult times?