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EBCDA facilitated a workshop on community planning in the Ann Napier Centre, Clarawood on Tuesday 2 February 2010.
Community planning has been defined as the process through which public sector organisations work together and with local communities a...
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A New Year welfare benefits check for members of local men’s groups, Ballybeen Men in Focus and Tullycarnet Wisecrackers, took place on January 28th at the Ballyoran Community and Enterprise Centre.The workshop was organised jointly by EBCDA Health Deve...
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The Christmas thank you too volunteers from the Castlereagh area took place on December the 2nd at the council offices. It was jointly organised by EBCDA, Castlereagh Borough Council and VSB and included carol singing, food and information on local vo...
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East Belfast Survivors of Suicide Support Group and Finglas FAST Suicide support group were delighted to take part in the annual “Celebration of Light” event in Maynooth Cathedral Co. Kildare.
This all Ireland event brought together people from all o...
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Representatives of all the local groups of lay health information workers have certainly been busy getting things moving in the past year. Following on from the successful launch of their three year Strategy Plan earlier in the year they have been meeti...
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East Belfast Community Development Agency Health Development and Connections Programme played a vital role in supporting the development of two new re-imaging health and wellbeing murals in the Clarawood estate.
The success of this venture which include...
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East Belfast Community Development Agency’s Health Development and Connections Programme are running a physical activity morning for its Lay Health Information Workers, other volunteers and young people from their community centres.It is taking place at...
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The opportunity to follow up on questioning a panel of MLAs as part of EBCDA’s lobbying course will be taken by the Network. Contact has been made with Dawn Purvis MLA who offered to meet members of the Network with further meetings with MLAs planned ...
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EBCDA’s Health Connections and Development Programme, East Belfast Lay Health Information Worker Network and Total Respect Foundation ran a successful event at Connswater Shopping Centre on Saturday 26th September 2009.
The event was used both to showc...
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East Belfast Survivors of Suicide (SOS) Group took part in the successful annual “Walk of Life” event to commemorate World Suicide Awareness Day. The walk signifies walking out of the darkness and into the light. Approximately 40 people left Stormon...
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EBCDA’s Health Connections and Development Programme ran a Lay Health Information Worker Volunteer Recruitment Event at Knocknagoney Community Centre on Tuesday 1st September 2009. The event offered free activities including Complimentary Therapies, Tur...
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This one day course was held on Thurs the 6th November and was funded by Awards for All and had the volunteers learning how to cope with any first aid situations that they would come across in their everyday lives. Emergency Medical Services supplied th...
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The Communication skills training course was held at Oasis for Volunteers Oct 2008 for one session which was funded by Awards for All and involved local volunteers improving their skills. Hilary Medhurst very ably facilitated the training the volunteer...
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A conflict management training course at Oasis for Volunteers was held at Oasis over 2 consecutive weeks and was a great hit with the volunteers involved. Jill Geary very ably facilitated the training so that all of the volunteers felt included and the...
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Environmental Project Sydenham Aug 08Youth Leader Mark McFeeters with young people from Youth Initiatives Belmont Road who took part in the second phase of development of a Community Allotment for Sydenham in conjunction with Conservation Volunteers Nort...
