News

EBCDA launches YouTube channel

30 September 2020

EBCDA recently launched its own YouTube channel.

The channel includes the full library of update videos on the work of groups that were part of the East Belfast Coronavirus Community Support Group, as well as our East Belfast Saturday kitchen recipes.

Race Relations in East Belfast: Myths and Realities

31 March 2020

On 10 March EBCDA hosted a major conference called Race Relations in East Belfast; Myths and Realities

This was a follow-up event to a similar conference that took place in 2014. With support from Belfast City Council's Shared City Partnership, the event began with an overview of current hate crime work taking place across the city.

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.