Dale Harrison

A big thank you to everyone who attended the BCF AGM last night on such an extremely bad evening weather wise. Totally understandable for those who could not attend, thank you for apologies sent.

An interesting day at Crumlin Road Gaol & Clifton House. A lot of history was heard and gathered on these two visits in our local community. Enjoyed by all the history group.

Ballysillan Community Forum Annual General Meeting, 22nd January 2019 @ 6pm in Ballysillan Community Forum. Everyone is welcome to attend.

For more information, contact our centre for more information and find out if you are eligible.

And big thanks to Jim @ signtech for the 7 dwarfs names on their bibs It is important that we all support local traders in our area as they support us. Have a lovely Christmas & New Year. Dale x

The traders are - McCleans Bookies Upper Crumb Bakery Kings Fruit shop Tip2Toe Nail Salon Brothers Chip Shop Vivo Zoe's Hairdressers Glenbank Community Association Hamiltons Chemist Zaks Barbers Simply you Special Thanks goes to Kater's hardware for our star prize

A massive thank you to traders from the Crumlin Road and friends of the Forum for all the contributions of ballot prizes.

BCF will close on Fri 21st December & re-open on Wednesday 2nd January 2019. Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year form all at BCF.

BCF Christmas Good Relations Event, on Tuesday 18th December was well attended and said by all it was the best celebration ever.

The women from the Exploring Roles Programme enjoyed a morning learning about the Indian Culture. A big thank you to Nisha from Artskta.

BCF History Programme visited War Years Remembered Museum at Ballyclare. This Museum covers both WW1 & WW2 and has a great selection of memorabilia. This Museum needs support both financial & volunteers. Well worth a visit.

The Exploring Roles programme enjoyed a visit to Florence Court Estate for the Hidden Graces tour to learn about the women of the house & the roles they had.

Information Evening held @ BCF Tuesday 13th November on Universal Credit Hosted by Cllr Julie Ann Corr Johnston Well attended by concerned residents An excellent factual presentation by Sinead McKinley from North Belfast Advice Partnership

Come along to hear about Universal Credit. Everyone welcome

The Exploring Roles Programme gathered for an informative workshop on Health Awareness. An excellent presentation by Paula from WRDA.

A very cold but interesting vist with the history group to Dublinia Medieval Museum & Christchurch Cathedral in Dublin. At the Cathedral we also enjoyed a concert from a choir form Czech Republic.

As part of the Connected Futures project Extern Training – Drug Trends in the Community was held on Tuesday 9th October 2018 at Ballysillan Community Forum. Thank you to Diane from @nidacts facebook.com/NIDACTS for the fantastic training and to everyone who took part!

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