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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?
OUR Play, OUR Journey, OUR Generation
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PlayBoard NI

PlayBoard NI, the lead organisation for the development of children and young people’s play, has shared a new animation entitled OUR Play, OUR Journey, OUR Generation.
asylum seekers & refugees free information sessions
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Advice NI

Do you live in the Lisburn & Castlereagh Borough Council area or work with groups within the Lisburn & Castlereagh Council area? We are providing free information sessions aimed at Asylum seekers, Refugees, and Migrants living in Northern Ireland.
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Eden Project Communities

King and Queen send note to Coronation celebration planners. Download a copy for you and your guests and access free resources from the Coronation Big Lunch
Jonathan McAlpin and Lauren Shaw of East Belfast Enterprise are joined by artist Dee Craig of Belfast Mural Arts, to launch the Connecting Communities Through Art project bringing together the local community to create murals for City East, at the gateway to East Belfast.
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Two three storey ‘parachute cloth’ style murals have been commissioned by East Belfast Enterprise
Coronation Party Planner Resources Ready
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Join the party that’s right up your street. Eden Project Communities invite any residents and local groups that are planning Coronation celebrations or June community events to come and join their workshops or just pop in to meet them and collect resource
Explore MORE Maritime Mile
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Maritime Belfast Trust

Maritime Mile, an initiative by Maritime Belfast Trust, the charity responsible for preserving Belfast’s maritime and industrial heritage, is inviting you to Explore MORE of Belfast’s iconic waterfront this year.
Action Cancer
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Sonya Cassidy PR

Action Cancer Ambassadors Support Award Ceremonies Across NI. Elaine Cahill from East Belfast will represent Action Cancer at the Mighty Women Brunch in The Culloden Estate and Spa on Sunday April 23.
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AdaptNI

PowerNI awarded AdaptNI their Community Grant Award to deliver an accessible Job Fair
Valiryo in-shower all-body dryer
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We have partnered up with Hillsborough Tile and Bathroom (Lisburn) to demonstrate the Valiryo all-body dryer. The Valiryo has been extremely popular with elderly and those with reduced mobility. Call in to view it in action.
(L-R) Jan Donaldson, Head of Stakeholder Engagement, Young Enterprise NI; pupils from Parkhill Integrated College, Antrim; and Robyn McCaughey, Resourcing Specialist, Allen & Overy launch the Project Business Programme.
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Open Strategic Communications

The Allen & Overy Foundation has pledged to support young people in Northern Ireland through the delivery of an entrepreneurship and enterprise skills programme called Project Business.
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Social Enterprise Northern Ireland

Delighted to bring you an update about our yearly Social Enterprise NI Dragons Den. This took place on 30th March 2023 and was kindly hosted by Newry & Mourne Co-operative and Enterprise Agency.
With just over two months to go until Volunteers’ Week 2023, taking place 1-7 June, Volunteer Now is calling on communities and businesses to give volunteering a go and be the change that we want to see as it gears up for this year’s Volunteer’s Week festivities.
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LK Communications

With just over two months to go until Volunteers’ Week 2023, taking place 1-7 June, Volunteer Now is calling on communities and businesses to give volunteering a go.
FREE: Volunteering & Net Zero Seminar
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Volunteer Now

Impact the world without impacting the planet. As the world commits to achieving Net Zero status, what does this mean for volunteering?
Kerrie Sweeney, Chief Executive of Maritime Belfast Trust, Irene Graham, Oldpark & Ardoyne Community Group, Deputy Lord Mayor, Councillor Michelle Kelly, Judith Owens, MBE, Chief Executive of Titanic Belfast
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Maritime Belfast Trust

On Sunday 26th March, 36 community groups from across Belfast got the opportunity to enjoy a day out at Titanic Belfast and SS Nomadic, as part of Local Community Day
Portadown woman Elaine Livingston and other community activists visiting Eden Project Cornwall, funded by National Lottery. Elaine has been a Supporter of The Big Lunch over many years. www.thebiglunch.com
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Receive Royal correspondence from King Charles III and the Queen Consort when you register for the Coronation Big Lunch
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LK Communications

Olympic hockey star Eugene Magee partners with Lidl Northern Ireland and Youth Sport Trust to deliver mental health workshops to pupils in St Paul’s High School, Bessbrook
James Brown from James Brown & Sons holding a signs saying James Brown & Sons Community Fund
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Mosaic Publicity

Local Funeral Directors opens £25,000 fund to benefit local communities in Belfast and surrounding areas.