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North Belfast Lantern Festival

Planning is underway for this year’s Lantern Festival which will take place in Alexandra Park. – Now in its 8th year this is the biggest annual event in North Belfast. The theme this year will be Star Wars as 2017 marks the 40th anniversary. If you have a group who...

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Ashton Community Trust Bursary Awards 2017 Now Open

This is the 8th year of the annual Ashton Bursary Awards. The purpose of the scheme is to provide assistance to other community projects in the local area especially where financial resources for a group are scarce and where they rely mainly on volunteers. So far...

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Kinderkids Sponsored Walk For Youth Projects

Young people from New Lodge Youth Centre have been fundraising for many months as part of international projects they are involved in. The two Projects are part of New Lodge Youth Centre a project of Ashton Community Trust where young people are travelling to South...

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North Belfast Lantern Festival Workshops

We are currently planning for this year’s Lantern Festival which will take place in Alexandra Park.  – Now in its 8th year this is the biggest annual event in North Belfast. The theme this year will be Star Wars as 2017 marks the 40 anniversary. We would like to offer...

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Homeless Outreach Clothing Appeal

Folks over the next few days could I ask if you are doing a clear out, could you keep in mind any old coats and or warm clothing and sleeping bags you might have. I will be on the streets with a youth group working with those who are unfortunately living rough on the...

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CORE Project Facebook Like Page

Ashton Community Trust's CORE Project have now got their own space on Facebook. Like their page to be kept up to date with all the training and opportunities they have coming up. “Are you aged 16 - 24, not in work, education or training and live in North Belfast then...

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New Lodge Arts Academy

The Arts Academy is back week commencing Monday 18th September 2017. Take a look at the flyer to see the array of classes happening this term. Register at the start of class. Any queries, give us a call on 028 90742255.

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Introduction to Vinyl Cutting @ FabLab Belfast

DATE AND TIME Tue, September 12, 2017 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM BST FABlab Belfast, 5 Churchill Street, Belfast, BT15 2BP Cost £20 DESCRIPTION Vinyl wall art is a very modern technology used in the home, commercial and automotive decoration, using the vinyl cutter you have...

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SWEET Programme Celebration Event.

Today we had the SWEET Programme Celebration Event. Following 6 weeks of training, this group of young people achieved 10 accreditations each. Their certificates were presented by Simon Kitchen, from Fonacab. Following their presentation the group were all treated to...

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