News

Beyond the Food Bank with Inner East Churches Network

13 February 2020

Inner East Churches Network held the second of three events entitled "Beyond the Food Bank" in St Patrick's Church, Ballymacarrett on Wednesday 12 February.

EBCDA's Term on Joint Forum Ends

6 February 2020

EBCDA has been represented on the Joint Forum for two terms (2012-2016, 2016-2020) - the second of which ends next month.

ASIST Training Completed in November 2019

16 December 2019

In November 2019 EBCDA trained fourteen participants in ASIST (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training). Thank you to all who attended and we are pleased to have facilitated fourteen more caregivers in our community. ASIST is a two-day interactive workshop that prepares caregivers to provide life-assisting suicide firist-aid intervention.

Beermats for East Belfast Bars and Clubs

16 December 2019

East Belfast Community Development Agency are providing local bars and clubs with free beermats as part of their ongoing work in suicide prevention. The beermats have been designed to encourage anyone who might be having thoughts of suicide to make contact with services who can help and include contact details for 24/7 local sour

East Belfast Youth Coordinator Participates in Emerging Leaders Exchange

16 October 2019

Professional Fellows On-Demand 2019 Emerging Leaders Exchange for Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland
Sponsored by the U.S. Department of State Office of Citizen Exchanges and USAID