Students, young people, community activists and festival lovers are invited to gain valuable work experience and boost their CVs all while enjoying the music, mystery and magic of Northern Ireland’s leading lifestyle and alternative music festival.
H M Revenue & Customs have closed all their Enquiry Centres from 30 June 2014 and Taxpayers who would normally go there are offered a new helpline telephone number.
With next year’s 50th anniversary of the hit movie ‘The Sound of Music’ on the horizon, Mencap is calling on all hikers, trekkers and mountain walkers to join the learning disability charity for its Four Peaks Challenge.
Aurion Learning, a leader in digital learning solutions announced today their E-Learning masterclass series will take place throughout September and October 2014 in three locations across Ireland and the UK.
A celebration event took place recently in the Dunadry Hotel, Antrim to recognise 20 individuals from a range of volunteer involving organisations who achieved accreditation as Keeping Adults Safe Trainers through Volunteer Now.
Permaculture is a way of gardening & a way of living based on nature’s model of a 'web of life' in which strength & resilience come from the many beneficial relationships between the plants & animals in a particular ecosystem
A team of 14 participants from Holywood-based Fold Housing Association last week got their teeth into a unique RNIB challenge aimed at raising awareness of the issues facing people who are blind or partially sighted.
Sexual health charity, FPA in collaboration with online learning experts, Aurion Learning have developed a new bespoke online resource in the area of Sex and Relationship Education (SRE) for primary schools across the UK.
A Belfast charity shop worker, Tra Walls of Oxfam Ireland, has won the title of Retail Staff Member of the Year at the UK-wide Charity Retail Association Awards 2014.
Cancer Focus Northern Ireland’s popular charity bookstore at 1 Cornmarket, Belfast will close its doors at the end of July with all books on sale now for £1 or less!
BBC Children in Need has awarded a further £917,833 to support projects working with disadvantaged children and young people in NI. The Charity now supports over 200 projects in towns and villages across NI with grants totalling almost £7 million.
AN EMPLOYABILITY programme for 16 to 24 year olds in the Poleglass, Bangor and Lisburn areas has seen 43 young people achieve 241 accredited qualifications between them in just six months.
The GSK IMPACT Awards provide core funding, training and national recognition for charities that are doing excellent work to improve people’s health. Up to 20 awards will be made ranging from £3,000 to £40,000.
Cancer patients and charities, headed by Cancer Focus Northern Ireland, held an ‘encouraging’ meeting with Health Minister Edwin Poots on July 3 to discuss equal access to cancer drugs for local patients.
Mencap has completed the purchase from the South Eastern Education and Library Board (SEELB)of the Newtownbreda Primary School site for its new children and families' centre.
VIEWdigital has experience supporting the community and voluntary sector in its media communications strategy. Media training can help organisations tell their stories better and use inexpensive media tools more effectively.
Trainee chefs from Barnardo's NI Dr B's Kitchen based in Belfast City Centre recently awarded top accolades at a UK and all-Ireland catering competition held in London.
