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The Ring of Gullion Landscape Partnership needs volunteers to help remove cherry laurel from Slieve Gullion Forest Park on Saturdays 17th  November and 1st December. Removing the harmful cherry laurel will...

The Tampon Tax ​Community Fund ​aims​ ​to​ ​support​ ​women​ ​who​ ​are​ ​most​ ​marginalised​ ​to​ ​overcome​ ​barriers that​ ​prevent​ ​them​ ​from​ ​fulfilling​ ​their​ ​potential. ​ The​ ​programme will benefit women and...

The Commonwealth Short Story Prize is awarded for the best piece of unpublished short fiction (2,000–5,000 words) in English. Regional winners receive £2,500 and the overall winner receives £5,000. Translated...

The Golden Fleece Award is an independent artistic prize fund established as a charitable bequest by the late Helen Lillias Mitchell. According to Lillias’s wish, the Trustees of the Award...

The World’s Largest Literary Prize for Young Writers. The £30,000 International Dylan Thomas Prize is awarded to the best eligible published literary work in the English language, written by an...

The Arts Council of Northern Ireland, in partnership with BBC Northern Ireland, is now calling for young, exceptional musicians from across the region to apply for the Northern Ireland Young...

Community Relations / Cultural Diversity Deadline date: 14 November 2018 CR/CD Grants Scheme re-opened on 2nd April 2018 The Community Relations Council, with the support of Government, has established a fund of...

We are delighted to announce that applications for trees are now open for the 7th annual “Trees on the Land” planting day. The planting day will be on Saturday 9th...

General John de Chastelain took time out from his attendance at the Thomas D’Arcy McGee International Forum in Carlingford last week to pay a visit to South Armagh. Tommy Fegan, one of...

Plans for the future of farming in Northern Ireland after Brexit have gone out to public consultation. They include measures to support farms and improve the environment. The public has...

A simple change in mowing has provided a fantastic success in a pollination project in Ballymena, Co Antrim. More than 60 rare orchids have been found in a wildflower meadow...

The Next Chapter women’s network is made of ten Chapter Hubs, creating a new and vibrant network in local areas, across the region. Chapter Hubs will give YOU access to events, forums, community projects...