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News & Events

Building Your Community Assets for Future Success Seminar

East Down Rural Community Network in partnership with Building Change Trust – Catalyst for Change Partnership held a ½ day seminar on Saturday 1st October 2011 to provide information and advice to groups within thePeninsula on developing and building community assets....

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STEP OUT! For Breast Cancer

Someone is diagnosed with breast cancer every 11 minutes. That’s 48,000 mums, wives, grandmothers and sisters every year. Breakthrough Breast Cancer is fighting for a future free from the fear of breast cancer, a future where breast cancer no longer threatens lives....

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Rural White Paper Action Plan Consultation

After many years of campaigning for a Rural White Paper for Northern Ireland, we welcome the publication by the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) of the Draft Rural White Paper Action Plan and the associated consultation process. EDRCN in...

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The New Issue of Rural Matters

Available for download at the link below is the January issue of Rural Matters - The Housing Executive Newsletter for all rural homeowners and tenants.  This issue features an interview with Minister Alex Attwood and articles on Community Cohesion, Energy efficiency...

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Stormont Visit for Louth and Ards Women’s Network

December might have been a month of severe weather conditions with snow and ice seeing many people housebound, but it didn’t deter two groups of women from the Ards Peninsula and Louth from getting together and visiting Stormont and Belfast City Hall. The women’s...

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