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This is the second year the Biodiversity Summer School has ran in Carrickfergus and I was really pleased to be working at it this year. It was a week of free events that aimed to teach children (and adults!) about the natural ...
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Love Parks Week began in 2006 with a simple aim: to encourage people to visit, enjoy and take pride in their local parks and green spaces, driving the message that our parks and green spaces are essential to healthy, happy ...
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Work began on the newest community garden last week. A local youth group came up with the theme of recycling, so we planted herbs, fruit, vegetables and flowers in old tyres, an old wheelbarrow, welly boots and some old ...
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'Growing Together' is an environmental intergenerational initiative in Carrickfergus. The aim is to bring different generations together, challenge negative stereotypes and behaviour and improve community relations. I held ...
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Members of the Parks and Countryside Team, Environmental Health Team and the 'Hearty Lives' group here at Carrickfergus have recently set up a Food Forum. I am pleased to be a member to strengthen the link between health, ...
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