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Ballymena ballerina to attend prestigious summer festival in Italy
Georgia Crawford performing a variation from The Nutcracker Suite at YGP Barcelona in December 2022. Photo by LK Studio, Inc. Georgia...
Jun 19, 2023
The Wee Village in Doagh gears up for further growth with support from Mallusk Enterprise Park
The Wee Village, an interactive children’s play centre in Doagh is celebrating its 15,000th ‘wee one’ visit since launching three years...
Jun 18, 2023
WayMaker introduces innovative training for children's professionals at Fairhill Centre
Eileen Russell, founder of WayMaker WayMaker Child Therapy, a leading provider of child play therapy services, is excited to announce the...
Jun 15, 2023
RTÉ Toy Show Appeal’s grants to help transform young lives in every county on the island of Ireland
A Ballymena-based charity is among 14 children's organisations across Northern Ireland who have been awarded grants from the RTÉ Toy Show...
Jun 14, 2023
Local schoolchildren nominate teachers for a Ballymena Gift Card treat!
Six very special teachers were presented this week with a £100 Ballymena Gift Card to treat themselves from a choice of over 100 local...
Jun 13, 2023
Carers are left experiencing the pain of no Executive - Swann
(L-R) Craig Harrison, CarersNI; Jack Watt and Maddie Balmer from Ballymena who represent a network of young carer advocates in North...
Jun 6, 2023
The Wave Project brings ‘surf therapy’ tour to Co Antrim
The UK’s leading surf therapy charity The Wave Project and surfing brand Saltrock will be hosting a free talk this week at The Kirk...
Jun 5, 2023
Department of Education protects funding for vulnerable children and young people
The Department of Education has announced it is not proceeding with proposed cuts to Youth Services and a range of Early Years programmes...
Jun 1, 2023
Marks & Spencer commits to holding the price on its market leading school uniform
Today (Thursday 1 June) Marks & Spencer has announced it is protecting the price of its market leading quality school uniform for a third...
Jun 1, 2023
Local youth drama group raises an outstanding £1,417 for leading alcohol & drug charity ASCERT
Ever Unique Productions Youth Drama Group The Irish premiere of a play inspired by a teenager who lost his life to drugs, motivated a...
Jun 1, 2023
TUI reveals Northern Ireland kids’ favourite foods combos!
New findings from TUI BLUE reveal a generation of choosy children when it comes to food, with Northern Ireland’s kids being the most...
May 28, 2023
FANDOM CON: NI's first gaming convention celebrating autism to take place this weekend!
FANDOM CON, one of Northern Ireland's first-ever gaming conventions specifically designed for and organised by individuals with autism,...
May 26, 2023
NI Sporting stars team up to tackle youth mental health with Lidl’s Sport For Good Schools
Pictured (left to right) are; Lidl Northern Ireland Senior Partnerships Manager Joe Mooney, Youth Sport Trust Development Manager Louise...
May 25, 2023
New publication launched to help parents of children with disabilities
Maxine Gibson, Professional Lead CYPSP, James Martin and Valerie Maxwell Children's Services Planning Professional Advisor CYPSP. The...
May 23, 2023
“Systemic reform is critical” – Department for Education on report recommendations for SEN
The Department of Education has welcomed an independent review that forms the basis for transformational change of the SEN system in...
May 23, 2023
66% of people in Northern Ireland agree that Integrated Education should be the norm
Pupils at Fort Hill Integrated Primary School, along with IEF Chair Peter Osborne and teacher Susan Jones. LucidTalk has revealed the...
May 22, 2023
Domestic abuse survivor welcomes final rollout of child safeguarding programme in NI
Operation Encompass today, Wednesday 17th May, is being rolled out to the final tranche of 202 schools, across the Belfast Trust area,...
May 17, 2023
Primary school pupils in Northern Ireland continue to be among the best in the world in reading
An international survey of pupil achievement in reading shows that young people aged 9 -10 in Northern Ireland are amongst the best...
May 16, 2023
Belfast leisure centres to introduce swimming lessons for children with autism
Belfast leisure centres are to introduce new swimming lessons for people with autism, in a drive for inclusivity across the service....
May 8, 2023
Paisley welcomes initiative that will see racing kit cars deliver STEM education in Co Antrim
Ian Paisley MP, the Member of Parliament for North Antrim, joined a Parliamentary celebration of the work of Greenpower Education Trust...
May 4, 2023
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