Improve Your Living/Financial Circumstances
Would you like to improve your living/financial circumstances?
Then contact the MARA PROJECT!
AIM – This project aims to improve the health and wellbeing of people living in rural areas in Northern Ireland by helping them to access local services, grants or benefits.
HOW – Trained enablers will visit you at your home or a venue of your choice to complete a confidential questionnaire which is then linked to the relevant services – these bodies will in turn contact you IF you are eligible for assistance.
More details HERE.
Fun Run & Family Day
| Photographs of Saintfield Development Association’s 2013 Fun Run & Family Day can be seen here. |
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Would You Like HeartStart Training?
| HeartStart Lisburn & Mid Down was formed by a group of local people who have all been trained by the British Heart Foundation resuscitation officer.
They are looking for community groups / family and friends / church groups who want training. Groups can be from 6 to 36 people. More details here. |
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Saintfield High School Pupils Win £3000 For Local Charity
| Year 9 students from Saintfield High School have been taking part in the Youth and Philanthropy Initiative.
Pupils selected a local charity that best addressed their chosen issue. They interviewed staff and beneficiaries before preparing a presentation for a ‘Dragon’s Den’ style judging panel, with the best team winning a £3,000 donation for their charity. More details here. |
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St Mary’s PS Has A New Sensory Garden
| A new Sensory Garden has been opened at St Mary’s Primary School thanks to Lottery funding.
More details can be found here. |
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Surprise Party For Gerry Lowe
| The Annual General Meeting of Saintfield Development Association marked the end of an era. Gerry Lowe stood down as Chair of the organisation after many years devoted service. Members of SDA organised a surprise party for Gerry, and photos of the evening can be viewed here. |
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Annual General Meeting of Saintfield Development Association
| Saintfield Development Association recently held its Annual General Meeting in Saintfield Sports Club. Office bearers were elected and the guest speakers were from Broughshane & District Community Association Limited.
Photographs of the evening can be seen here. |
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Environment Minister Alex Attwood’s Visit
| On a very wet Thursday 9th May the Minister of the Environment Alex Attwood visited Saintfield at the invitation of Simon Hamilton MLA.
The Minister met with representatives of Saintfield Development Association (SDA) and Saintfield Heritage Society (SHS). Strangford MP Jim Shannon and Rowallane councillors Terry Andrews, William Dick and William Walker were also in Saintfield for the meeting. More photographs of the ministerial visit can be seen here. |
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Litter Pick Cleans Saintfield!
| On Saturday 27th April Saintfield Development Association, supported by Tidy Northern Ireland and Down District Council, had a successful Litter Pick in Saintfield.
Thirty-two volunteers took part in the spring clean. See how they got on here. |
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