Two solicitors from Newry are to go the extra mile on Christmas morning all in aid of Women’s Aid NI. Ryan Elliott and John Murphy from The Elliott Trainor Partnership Solicitors will be undertaking a gruelling half-marathon of 13.1miles on Christmas Day to help raise urgent funds for Women’s Aid Armagh/Down area. […]
Belfast woman, Sharon Coyle, 37, will be spending her Christmas Day working in NSPCC’s Helpline base in Belfast and although it means she will be parted from her family at this festive time, she explains why she is happy to do this. The service provides adults with a place they can get advice […]
Health Minister Robin Swann has urged everyone across Northern Ireland to keep taking the simple steps that prevent the spread of Covid-19. As Christmas Day approaches, public health advice has been summarised into “Three Wise Moves”. The Minister comments, “We must remain vigilant about the threat from Covid-19. “The virus does […]
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs has published two guides to help people and businesses navigate the new procedures to follow when moving animals, plants, food and feed from Great Britain to Northern Ireland, after the UK leaves the EU on the 1 January 2021. The Guidance for Authorised Traders (during […]
The Department of Health has updated the advice to Clinically Extremely Vulnerable people to help them keep safe through the Christmas period and beyond. CEV people are reminded to consider very carefully any plans for a Christmas Bubble over the festive period. Unfortunately, you remain extremely vulnerable to this virus and the safest […]
2020 has been hard enough so it’s important to remember it’s not just the Grinch who can steal Christmas, bogus callers will too. While we look forward to spending time over Christmas within our bubbles, we also need to remember that not all visitors are genuine. Bogus callers are an all […]
People in Northern Ireland are feeling much more pessimistic about Christmas this year, with optimism levels dropping by almost half due to Covid-19 according to the results of a survey conducted for Relate NI. 76% of respondents surveyed said they normally feel positive about Christmas whereas this has dropped significantly with only 44% […]
The EU-funded mPower team based within the Southern Heath and Social Care Trust is currently providing most of the Care Homes within the Trust’s region with a pre-loaded digital device allowing residents to stay connected to family, to clinicians and to the outdoors. mPower uses digital interventions to enable older people in remote […]
South Armagh brothers Eoin (17) and Conor (12) Sands took part in Cancer Focus Northern Ireland’s Santa Abseil at Belfast Castle recently and raised over £1,500 for the charity. The brothers were motivated to take part in the fun seasonal fundraiser because their dad was diagnosed with cancer around Christmas time in 2011. […]
More than 2000 savers in Northern Ireland have earned their first Help to Save bonus payment, each receiving an average of £358 in time for Christmas, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) can reveal. Help to Save is the UK government-backed saving scheme. It was launched in September 2018 to help those […]
