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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.
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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.
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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?
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.