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The Consumer Council is encouraging passengers due to travel over the festive period to plan in advance and be prepared, due to the impact of COVID-19 and EU Exit.

The purpose of the consultation is to seek the public’s views on how to introduce a soft opt-out organ donation system for Northern Ireland. This would require new legislation to change the current system here, from opt-in to opt-out.

With the two-week circuit breaker now over, Northern Ireland consumers will be leaving their homes for some last minute Christmas shopping. Therefore, increasing the risk of receiving a private Parking Charge Notice (PCN).

Hassan Alkhawam, originally from Syria and now living in Portadown, has been named as a finalist in the The Prince’s Trust and TK Maxx & Homesense Awards in the Delta Airlines, Rising Star Award category.

Communities Minister Carál Ní Chuilín has announced a second phase of the Covid-19 Charities Fund.

Volunteer Now & Volunteer Now Enterprises Ltd are delivering a range of FREE capacity building training courses to groups based in Belfast in the New Year.  All workshops will be online via Zoom.

Breast cancer patient Julie Lillis has done a wheely fabulous job of raising a magnificent £10,460 for cancer charities by completing an exhausting 300km cycle.

Our Disability Action Transport Scheme (DATS) team uses a range of fully accessible vehicles to deliver our transport service.

The Consumer Council is concerned that consumers in Northern Ireland could face potential new difficulties when shopping online from 1 January 2021, following the end of the transition period.

Volunteer Now has been working with BBC Northern Ireland and other local charities to develop a special Broadcast Appeal ‘Staying Connected at Christmas, overcoming loneliness – together’.

Top employers across Northern Ireland have signed up to Cancer Focus NI’s award-winning stop smoking service during the Covid pandemic to encourage their staff to quit.

Fashion retail group Arcadia has entered administration today (Monday 30 November 2020) and has appointed Deloitte as an administrator.

Level 3 QUB politics students are interested in engaging in an internship and placement. Many are very keen to gain a first experience in the voluntary and community sector, would you be interested in hosting some of them in January 2021?

With an estimated £6billion to be spent in the UK this year on Black Friday (27 November) and Cyber Monday (30 November), The Consumer Council has issued essential guidance to ensure consumers know their rights and shop safely online.

The National Lottery Heritage Fund is distributing additional funding on behalf of the Department for Communities to support local community heritage projects in Northern Ireland.

The Shared History Fund, which The National Lottery Heritage Fund is distributing on behalf of the Northern Ireland Office, will support organisations seeking to mark the history of the Northern Ireland Centenary in 2021.

Take part in a Tinsel Tiptoe and raise funds for counselling for cancer patients this Christmas.

Northern Ireland has received 12,000 clear face masks to improve accessibility for patients who are deaf or have a hearing loss. The ClearMask™ product has been approved for use in Health and Social Care organisations in line with a Protocol for Use.

A new chapter will begin for Titanic Foundation Ltd, the charity responsible for promoting and preserving Belfast’s maritime heritage, as it becomes known as Maritime Belfast Trust.

Children and young people in Northern Ireland have been significantly affected by the restrictions associated with lockdown, with their natural desire to play curbed, potentially impacting their long-term health, wellbeing and development...

Yes Abertay International Training Ltd provide an accredited trainer/assessor 3 day course for persons who wish to teach accredited mental health first aid awards.

This week is National Consumer Week, a campaign where UK consumer bodies come together to raise awareness of important issues, with the focus this year being online shopping and deliveries.

Legal Island has awarded The Prince’s Trust NI with the Diversity and Inclusion Charter Mark, covering all nine of the protected characteristics in equality legislation.

The €1.1m peace building initiative, funded by the EU’s PEACE IV Programme, has exceeded initial targets and broken down religious and racial barriers to help make communities more harmonious.

RNID is asking that people add the charity's brand new Christmas dinner party game to their festive preparation list. The charity has designed the game so people can have some festive fun whilst thinking about how they communicate with others.