Education Minister visits Tullycarnet Neighbourhood Renewal Partnership

The Minister said he welcomed the opportunity to visit the Partnership  and meet with representatives, local community leaders, school principals and representatives from the statutory and voluntary agencies. The visit was hosted by Barnardo's Tullycarnet Family Project. Maggie Andrews from Tullycarnet Neighbourhood Renewal/East Belfast Partnership said: There is a real need to address education achievement in East Belfast and approaches which support families and build collaboration between school and communtiy have the capacity to make a real difference. We welcomed the visit by the Minister to hear first hand about the significant changes which have been happening around education in the Tullycarnet area."

The Minister is pictured together with 3 year old Cole Harding-Brown from Tullycarnet Family Project.