Road signs giving advance warning of traffic disruption on Comber Street have been erected.  TransportNI, the sole Road Authority in Northern Ireland, responsible for public roads, footways, bridges, and street lights, will be resurfacing the road.

CES Quarry Products, who operate from a site just outside Saintfield on the Crossgar road, recently became a corporate sponsor of the SDA. The family owned business has committed to contributing a significant amount to the SDA each month as a show of support for the activities and events the association does for the benefit of Saintfield residents. You can visit their website HERE.

The SDA is a registered charity organisation and relies heavily on donations, grants and fund raising events to finance the wide range of activities with which it is involved. The Association is run by a team of volunteers, who give of their time unstintingly and whose only reward is the satisfaction of contributing to the betterment of their village and environment.

If you or your company would like to support the work done by the SDA for your community, we would welcome any contribution you could make, whether as a corporate sponsor, a one – off donation or as a volunteer giving your time to help on any of our working committees which appeal to your interests.

Please express your willingness to donate or to volunteer your time and expertise by contacting the editor of our Saintfield News publication:

editor@discoversaintfield.co.uk

Saintfield Development Association’s Green Saintfield Committee were in action with ADOPT A SPOT for two hours on Monday 20th June 2016.  Nine members lifted eleven bags of litter, weeds and road dirt in the area of Saintfield Health Centre / Library / 2nd Saintfield Presbyterian / Fair Green.

Members taking part were SDA Chair Brian Gamble, Denis Conn, Lyn Mackender, Martyn Todd, John Branch, Murial Massey, Vivien Lovell, Lily Henderson and Dorothy Walker.

Saintfield Development Association’s Green Saintfield Committee have been watering the Grow Wild scheme’s wild flower seed beds on the Lisburn Road and at The Point on the Belfast Road.  As you can see here, vessels of all shapes and sizes are used to carry water to the sites!

Saintfield Development Association’s Green Saintfield Committee member Lawrence Murphy worked through the rain to clean road dirt, weeds and litter on Belfast Road from the traffic lights to Saintfield High School.  He lifted 19 bags of dirt, 6 bags of weeds and one bag of litter.

A kind word from Ann McCandless was encouraging at the start!

Early on Sunday 5th June the Gran Fondo Giro D’Italia Northern Ireland passed through Saintfield.  Watch them entering Comber Road HERE.

Saintfield Development Association would like to take this opportunity to invite you to attend our Annual General Meeting on Monday 13th June at 7:30 pm in Saintfield Sports Club.

Over the past few months members of Saintfield Development Association’s Green Saintfield Committee have been working at The Point, the junction of the Belfast Rd and Comber Rd.  This is in preparation for the sowing of wild flower seeds as part of Grow Wild‘s nationwide scheme.

You can follow progress on the Saintfield scheme on the official Grow Wild website HERE.

The Gran Fondo Giro D’Italia Northern Ireland will be coming to Saintfield on Sunday 5th June!  There will be some disruption to early morning traffic in the area from 07:15 – 08:45 [Details HERE].

If you get up early you will see an amazing spectacle!  Have a look at this VIDEO of the Giro on Comber Road last year!

For more details of the event visit the official website HERE.