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Volunteering
We are
always keen to recruit new
volunteers to help out in various projects including youth,
afterschools, café, seniors programme, gardening and
retail If you
know of anyone is interested ask them to simply call in for a chat,
phone 90313945 or contact
Maura Moore at fscoordinator@btconnect.com.
Summer Festival
From the
opening parade to the closing kids party Forthspring’s first
summer festival was a great success. Held over 2 days in July there
were activities for all ages groups – a barn dance, music
organized by the Motion Project, Colour me Beautiful, a craft
demonstration, pool and soccer competitions, a magic show, fancy dress
competition, table quiz and lots more. Julian Simmons of UTV opened the
festival. It is hoped this will be the
first of many festivals and a major part of Forthspring’s plan to
further develop as a shared facility for all local people.
New programme
We are
launching this year’s programme with a free BBQ at lunch time and
teatime next Monday 13th September. There is a disco and karoke
for the kids between 4.30 and 6.30pm. The new programme
includes the established Springers Afterschool Club with a new
healthy eating project and football and dancing classes; new evening
activities with table quizzes and film nights; crafty Tuesdays
incorporating computer design and cottage crafts; a range of activities
for men including a Total Football course, photography course,
gardening club, day trips and a varied programme of talks and
activities. Friday Takeaway is a new cookery class. The
Senior Citizens Dance, interdenominational service and lunch club
continue as do youth activities from Tuesdays to Fridays with girls
club, junior youth club, football, arts plus detached and outreach
youth activities. The Planning Your Future group will meet again
on Thursdays and a new Community Pharmacy Health project will run a
number of activities to help us all improve our health and make
positive lifestyle choices.
NIHE Shared Neighbourhood Programme /Forthspring survey
The Research
Unit of the NIHE in partnership with Forthspring will be carrying out a
Shared Neighbourhood survey this month in the Woodvale and Springfield
area. Forthspring recently joined the Shared Neighbourhood
Programme. The programme works with existing communities to develop
shared neighbourhoods. It supports community organizations to
celebrate diversity and bring people together. The research will offer
an opportunity for Forthspring to further develop the services it
provides to the local community.
Cohesion, Sharing and Integration
Forthspring
has welcomed the publication of a draft strategy on Cohesion, Sharing
and Integration. The fact that the First and Deputy First
Ministers are jointly committed to ‘working together…to
build a shared and better future for us all…and a society where
everyone shares in and enjoys the benefits of a more peaceful
society’ is significant and symbolic. We will be working with
local residents to support them in responding to the document and
ensuring that interface areas are seen as a key priority in any
strategy to end division in our society.
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Funders and Supporters
An Munie
Tober
Ashworth Charitable Trust
Awards for All
BBC Children in Need
Belfast City Council
Belfast Education and Library Board
Belfast Interface Project
Brethren Volunteer Service (BVS)
Challenge for Youth
Community Dialogue
The Community Foundation for Northern Ireland
Community Relations Council
Community Volunteering Scheme (DSD)
Corrymeela Community
Department of Education
EIRENE (Germany)
Esmee Fairbairn Foundation
General Board of Global Ministries
IDJE (Germany)
Indian Community Centre
Interface Residents Group
International Fund for Ireland
John Moore’s Foundation
Lloyds TSB Foundation
Methodist Home Mission Department
North and West Health and Social Services Trust
Playboard
Providence Institute for the Study and Practice of Non Violence
Springboard
Sacred Military Constantinian Order of St George
St Luke’s United Methodist Church, Orlando
St Sarkis
The Barrow Cadbury Trust
The Bernard Sunley Charitable Foundation
The Childhood Fund
The Joseph Rank Foundation
Ulster Garden Villages
Victoria Homes Trust
Voluntary Service Bureau
Volunteer Development Agency
Women Caring Trust
Youth Action NI
Youthlink
Youthnet
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