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Are you making your child's application for Nursery or Primary School admissions in Jan 2020?

The East Belfast Early Years Network are holding an Admissions Made Easy event for parents on Wednesday 8th January in East Belfast Network Centre.

Drop in at any of the times below to get help to complete your online application, meet staff from local pre-school and school settings, and ask any questions about admissions criteria. 

  • 9.30am - 12.00pm
  • 1.30pm - 4.00pm
  • 5.30pm - 8.00pm

 

One of the most popular activities at Christmas is a festive walk, with millions of people set to head outdoors.

Join us for a refreshing winter walk and explore the Connswater Community Greenway - a perfect opportunity to get outdoors and meet new people.

The walk will finish with a hot drink at EastSide Visitor Centre.

Please wear comfortable and suitable clothing.

Join us for two special talks on Thursday 2nd January...

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Connswater Community Greenway (CCG) was voted as the best place in the UK and Ireland at the 2020 Urbanism Awards. The CCG fought off strong competition from fellow finalists Old Market Square in Nottingham and Seaburn in Sunderland. Michele Bryans, EastSide Greenways Manager collected the award at a ceremony in London.

The EastSide Choir invites you to come along to thier special Christmas Cabaret where they will be joined by friends from Women Aloud NI as well as singer songwriter Lucy Bell and special guest Anthony Toner for an evening of festive entertainment.

This event is free but donations are welcome at the door and all proceeds will go towards the EastSide Choir.

Event time: 7.00pm

Ticket price: Free but donations welcome

Venue name: St Clements Church 

Address: Templemore Avenue

We are recruiting a Project Support Worker to assist in the delivery of EastSide Learning's exciting community education projects in east Belfast.
 
The main purpose of this role is to:
  • Support the EastSide Learning Team to deliver the EastSide Learning strategic objectives
  • Support the successful delivery of our programmes with schools, parents and children to maximise participation.

We are currently recruiting a Community Project Officer to support the delivery of EastSide Greenways, including Connswater Community Greenway.

Visit our recruitment section of the website to find out more

 

Date: 5 Nov 2019 - 6 Nov 2019

Time: 10am - 2pm and 3pm - 7pm

Venue: Connswater Community Centre and Dee Street Community Centre

Detailed designs for environmental and cycling infrastructure improvements along the Ballymacarrett Walkway stretch of the Comber Greenway (to be delivered in 2020) will be available to view at public information sessions in November.

Get ready to step through the wardrobe into the magical world of the seventh annual C.S. Lewis Festival from 22nd - 26th November. Taking its theme from the much-loved The Chronicles of Narnia, this year’s C.S. Lewis Festival will transport you through the wardrobe into the incredible imaginative world of C.S. Lewis and his characters.  There’s plenty of family-friendly events throughout the festival which will encourage everyone to open up and explore their own imagination.

A plan exploring the potential for a wider network of Greenways across east Belfast was launched today, 11th October, at Belfast City Hall. Building on the success of the east Belfast regeneration project Connswater Community Greenway, one of only three projects in the UK to be awarded ‘Living Landmark’ status, the EastSide Greenways concept plan aims to influence and explore the potential for a wider network of Greenways linking into a city-wide and regional network.

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