Calling all wannabe Santas! Why not sign up for the Cancer Focus Northern Ireland Santa Christmas fun run and walk this Thursday - and help raise much needed funds for vital services for local cancer patients and their families. All are welcome.
The Northern Ireland Federation of Housing Associations (NIFHA) has submitted its response to the Department for Social Development’s (DSD) consultation “Facing the Future: Housing Strategy for Northern Ireland”.
During the recent Volunteer Policy Forum session, representatives from the Health and Social Care Board provided an overview of the proposed changes to how Health and Social Care Services will be delivered in the future.
Antrim Enterprise Agency are running 3 linked seminars under their Your Business Your Health in January: Managing Stress (7th January), Healthy Eating(14th January) and Lone Working (21st January)
Sing for Life choir - Northern Ireland's first choir for people affected by cancer - will hold its first concert next Monday, December 17, at the Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast, at 7pm. All are welcome.
The Centre for Ageing Research and Development in Ireland (CARDI) is pleased to announce a new small grants programme to promote active and healthy ageing.
VOYPIC (Voice of Young People in Care) is delighted to announce the brilliant news that we have been re-awarded Investing in Volunteers Quality Standard.
The number of young people seeking help from ChildLine about self-harm has soared by more than two-thirds (68 per cent) in the last year, new figures have revealed*. Counsellors have also handled a 39 per cent rise in contacts about suicide.
The Business of Finance Programme is an innovative new programme to help small business and social enterprises enhance their potential to become more competitive and to plan for financial development and growth.
RAPID in partnership with The Culture Company have launched a cultural grants funding programme for rural groups who wish to run events/projects in 2013 which complement City of Culture.
On International Men's Day Man Matters launched its second briefing paper Understanding Fatherhood in the 21st Century. The paper draws on research to show how men's attitudes and practices are changing surrounding work and family responsibilities.
Beyond Skin are announcing over the next few months, global projects and shared broadcasts through our radio network, Homely Planet. www.homelyplanet.org
Northern Ireland’s ‘Diamond Wood’ at Bentra, Whitehead is sparkling with life, thanks to the tree-planting efforts of over 1,000 local people who dug deep earlier this year.