City Matters - Belfast City Council

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November 2015 - January 2016
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A Christmas Star p18
BBC Sports Personality of the Year p17
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www.belfastcity.gov.uk/citymatters
Services
A-Z of council services
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Abandoned Vehicles
Animal Welfare
Asbestos b
Belfast Policing and Community Safety
Partnership 9027 0556
Belfast Waterfront
Administration and enquiries 9033 4400
Box Office and bookings
9033 4455
Bin and container sales 0800 032 8100
Births - Registration
9027 0274
Blue bin enquiries 0800 032 8100
Building Control
9027 0650
General enquiries
Technical helpline
9027 0432
Bulky household waste
and special collections 9027 0230
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0800 032 8100
9027 0431
0800 032 8100
Car parking
Cashless parking (Park Mobile)9575 7988
General enquiries
0845 603 9337
Parking tickets 0845 300 0613
Season tickets 9334 4007
Tariff and car park conditions 9027 0428
Cemeteries Office
Mon-Thur 8.30am-5pm (Fri 4.30pm)
Sat 8.30am-12.30pm
9027 0296
City Cemetery
9032 3112
City of Belfast Golf Club
9083 2111
Civic amenity sites 0800 032 8100
Civil partnerships
9027 0274
Community Services
9027 0346
Complaints Helpline
9027 0270
Consumer Advice
9027 0525
Consumer Safety
9027 0428
Corporate Plan
9027 0234
Crematorium
9044 8342
Culture, Arts and Heritage 9027 0426
Dangerous Structures
Dead Animal Removal Deaths - Registration
Dog Warden Service
Dundonald Cemetery
9027 0650
9027 0230
9027 0274
9027 0431
9048 0193
Economic Development
9027 0482
Entertainment Licensing
9027 0650
Environmental Health
9027 0428
EPC enforcement
9027 0650
Equality Officer (Freefone) 0800 0855 412
European Unit
9027 0317
Events
Visit Belfast Welcome Centre 9024 6609
Leisure and Sporting 9027 0345
Parks
9091 8768
Fly Poster Removal
Fly Tipping (Illegal dumping) Food Safety
Forest of Belfast Officer
Freedom of Information
9027 0230
9027 0230
9027 0468
9072 6345
9027 0639
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Good Relations
Graffiti Removal
9027 0663
9027 0230
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Health and Environmental Services
Emergency (after hours) 07850 499622
Home Safety
9027 0428
Household bin collection
9027 0230
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Industrial Estates
9027 0510
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Jobline www.belfastcity.gov.uk/jobs
9027 0481
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Licensing 9027 0650
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Night-time Noise Hotline
9037 3006
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Parks 9032 0202
Pest Control
9027 0431
Planning (Belfast Planning Service)
0300 200 7830
Pollution Control
9027 0428
Port Health
9035 1199
Postal Numbering
9027 0650
Property Certificates
9027 0650
Public Toilets
0800 032 8100
Public Health and Housing 9027 0428
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Recycling Centres
0800 032 8100
Recycling Helpline
0800 032 8100
Refuse Collection
Customer Contact Centre 9027 0230
Registration of Births,
Deaths, Marriages and
Civil Partnerships
9027 0274
Roselawn Bus Service 9027 0296
Roselawn Cemetery
9044 8288
Smoke Hotline
Street Cleansing
Enquiries
Street Naming
Sunday Opening Hours
9027 0428
9027 0230
9027 0650
9027 0650
Textphone 9027 0405
Tourism
9027 0426
Travellers’ community liaison 9032 0202
ext 3527
Ulster Hall 9033 4400
Council venues and buildings
Belfast Castle
Belfast Waterfront
Cecil Ward Building
Adelaide Exchange
Adelaide Exchange
(textphone)
Malone House
Smithfield Market
St George’s Market
Ulster Hall Visit Belfast Welcome Centre
Zoo information line
9077 6925
9033 4400
9032 0202
9032 0202
9027 0405
9068 1246
9032 3248
9043 5704
9033 4400
9024 6609
9077 6277
Leisure and recreation centres
Andersonstown Leisure Centre 9521 1048
Avoniel Leisure Centre 9521 1068
Ballysillan Leisure Centre 9521 3645
Belvoir Leisure Centre 9064 2174
Brook Activity Centre 9560 9988
Falls Leisure Centre 9521 3665
Grove Wellbeing Centre 9521 3685
Indoor Tennis Centre and Ozone Complex 9521 3705
Loughside Recreation Centre 9521 1000
Olympia Leisure Centre 9521 3725
Outdoor Pitch Hotline 9027 0677
Shankill Leisure Centre 9521 3745
Whiterock Leisure Centre 9521 3775
Some other services for which
the council is not responsible
Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
9056 5656
Department of the Environment (DOE)
Water Pollution 0800 807060
Department for Regional Development
(DRD) Roads Service Flooding incident line
9054 0540
0300 2000 100
Libraries NI
028 3752 0738
Northern Ireland Housing Executive
General enquiries
(8.30am-5pm)
03448 920 900
Housing Benefit enquiries
(8.30am-5pm) 03448 920 902
Repairs 03448 920 901
Rate Collection
Land & Property Services 0300 200 7801
Schools
Belfast Education and
Library Board
9056 4000
Council for Catholic
Maintained Schools
9042 6972
Waste Management Service
0800 032 8100 Street Lighting (fault reporting) DRD
Weddings
9027 0274 9025 3051
Water
www.belfastcity.gov.uk/atoz
Northern Ireland Water
Customer Service Enquiries 08457 440088
Leakline (water mains only) 08000 282011
Contents
4 Holiday closures and collections
6 Shaping our city – making it real
8 Are you looking for employment?
10 Belfast Christmas Market
12 Give the gift of a great night out!
15 Competition
17 BBC Sports Personality of the Year
18 A Christmas Star
19 Celebrated citizen – Tara Grace Connolly
21 Zoo
23 Pitt stop in Botanic Gardens
25 Dealing with extra Christmas waste
27 Make it a safe season
29 Consumer advice
30 Seniors’ section
32 What’s on guide
35 Members’ directory
Belfast City Council
Belfast City Hall, Belfast, BT1 5GS
Tel: 9032 0202
Textphone: 9027 0405
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Soak up the aroma and atmosphere of the season at Belfast Christmas Market – go to page 10
to find out more.
In this edition
Welcome to the Christmas edition
of City Matters.
We’ve highlighted our holiday
closures and collections on page
4 to help you stay organised this
season. This includes the opening
times of our recycling centres,
cemeteries and crematorium, and
any changes to bin collections.You
can also find out about city centre
Christmas shopping times and the
opening hours of our markets.
On page 6 you’ll find out more
about our ambitions for continued
growth and regeneration with our
£18.7 million City Centre Investment
Fund, and how we’ll continue to
support local projects through our
new Social Outcome Fund.
Page 8 has lots of information on
organisations that could help you
into employment in the run up to
Christmas. And read about how
you can learn more about different
communities and their cultures in
the year ahead on page 9.
We’ve got exciting news on page
17 about BBC Sports Personality
of the Year, and read about how
we’re helping local sports clubs
to get inspired at our Sports
Development Conference.
Our front cover story celebrates
the 25th anniversary of Cinemagic
and their creation of Northern
Ireland’s and Ireland’s first ever
Christmas feature film – ‘A
Christmas Star!’ Find out more on
page 18, including how you could
win tickets to see the movie.
Tara Grace Connolly is our
youngest ever Celebrated Citizen;
read about her work with the
Belfast Youth Forum and the impact
she has made on our city on page
19. And find out why Hollywood's
elite have been visiting Botanical
Gardens Palm House on page 23!
There’s lots of advice on how
to manage your extra waste this
Christmas in our green section
(pages 24 and 25), including a
delicious recipe to use up seasonal leftovers.
Check out our ‘What’s on’ guide
(pages 32 to 34) for a range of
fantastic events that are taking place
from November to mid-January.
Finally, don’t miss your chance to
win a party package at the Clayton
Hotel Belfast for 50 people worth
£375 (page 15) and read about our
other Christmas giveaways on pages
5 and 10!
Have any comments or queries about City Matters?
Call us on 9032 0202 ext 6253 or email [email protected]
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What’s new
Holiday closures
and collections
Bin collections, recycling boxes
and green food waste bins:
Bins normally
collected on:
Will be
collected on:
Friday 25 Dec
Sunday 27 Dec
Monday 28 Dec As normal
Friday 1 Jan
Saturday 2 Jan
Recycling centres
All sites will be closed on Friday 25
December, Saturday 26 December
and Friday 1 January.
Cemeteries and crematorium
Belfast switches
on for Christmas
Join the Lord Mayor, Councillor Arder
Carson, along with The Gruffalo,
Captain Barnacles and Kwazii from
the Octonauts, as Belfast lights up for
Christmas on Saturday 14 November,
from 6.45pm-7.30pm in front of City
Hall. It’s the perfect start to Christmas
for the whole family to enjoy!
As highlighted in the last edition
of City Matters, this is a ticketed
event. Free tickets were available
from Wednesday 4 November
from the Visit Belfast Welcome
Centre and limited tickets may
still be available.
Full details of all events are available from the Visit Belfast Welcome Centre,
on 9024 6609, or go to www.belfastcity.gov.uk/christmaslights
Christmas trading hours
City centre shops
Friday 27 November (Black Friday): 9am - 6pm
Saturday 28 November: 9am - 6pm
Boxing Day: 9am - 6pm
Thursday 31 December: 9am - 5pm
Our cemeteries and crematorium
grounds will be open to the public as
usual throughout the winter holidays.
There will be no burials at Knockbreda,
Roselawn, Dundonald, City or Glenalina
cemeteries or cremations at the
City of Belfast Crematorium on 25
December or 1 January 2016. But
burials and cremations will take place
on 26 December and 2 January 2016.
The development of new burial ground
provision at Roselawn Cemetery
(Section Z) will continue until mid-April
2016. Please be aware that there
will be heavy plant machinery in this
area and there is a two-way traffic
management plan in operation.
For more information on holiday
arrangements go to
www.belfastcity.gov.uk/
holiday arrangements
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Shops will open as normal during
November and from 2 January 2016.
Opening times for smaller shops and
independent retailers may vary.
Smithfield Market
Open every Sunday throughout
December from 1pm - 6pm,
including Sunday 27 December.
St George’s Market
Saturday 19 December: 9am - 5pm
Sunday 20 December: 10am - 5pm
Monday 21, Tuesday 22 and
Wednesday 23 December: 9am - 6pm
Thursday 24 December: 8am - 2pm
For more information go to
www.belfastcentre.com or call
Belfast City Centre Management
on 9024 2111
Registration office opening hours
Our registration office will close on
Thursday 24 December at 3pm. It will
be closed on Friday 25 December and
Monday 4 January. The office will be
open on Monday 28 December and
Monday 4 January from 9.30am to 12
noon to register deaths only.
Please arrive at least 30 minutes
before the office closes. You can
also make an appointment by
calling 9027 0455.
For more information go to www.belfastcity.gov.uk/registrar
St George’s promises
a Christmas cracker
St George’s Market has plenty of
exciting activities for you and all
the family to enjoy this Christmas,
and lots of prizes to be won!
Santa will be arriving on Saturday
21 November between 12 noon
and 1pm to switch on the
Christmas lights, and officially get
the market festivities underway!
You could also be in with the
chance of winning one of eight
luxurious hampers! Simply complete
an entry form when you visit the
market throughout December
and you could be one of our
lucky winners. For full details go to
www.belfastcity.gov.uk/markets
and check out our events section.
Competition details and full terms
and conditions are listed there with
information on how to enter.
School choirs will be singing in the
market every Friday throughout
November and December, with the
last choir due to sing on Friday 18
December. Check the St George’s
Market web page for more
information on times and updates
on who will be singing each week.
You can also keep up to date
with the latest St George’s Market
news by registering to receive our
monthly newsletter. Simply email
your name and email address to [email protected].
Win a White Star Premium
Pass for your family!
Treat your family to the
ultimate Titanic experience!
Journey through the nine
interactive galleries at
Titanic Belfast, walk the
Discovery Tour and step
on board SS Nomadic - the
last remaining White Star
Line vessel. You’ll also
receive a souvenir photo,
kids activity packs and
much more!
To be in with a chance of winning simply email
your name and contact details by Friday 18 December to
[email protected] with the subject line
‘Titanic Belfast competition’.
Or post your entry to: Titanic Belfast competition, Belfast City
Council, Freepost BEL4010, Belfast BT1 5BR (no stamp).
Terms and conditions (as per main competition on page 15) apply. No cash alternative. Prize
is for two adults and two children. Prize is non-transferable and cannot be used in conjunction
with any other offer. Prize must be used before 31 March 2016.
Homelessness
Awareness Week
Homelessness Awareness Week is
taking place on Saturday 28 November
to Saturday 5 December to mark the
continued efforts of organisations, staff,
volunteers and service users working in
the sector.
Now in its ninth year; homelessness
organisations, people who are currently
or previously homeless and the wider
community will be organising a week of
activities for you to get involved in.
The Housing Executive’s vision is to
end long-term homelessness and rough
sleeping in Northern Ireland by 2020. As
the body with statutory responsibility for
homelessness, its work will be highlighted
during Homelessness Awareness Week.
If you know anyone who needs assistance,
please email the Housing Executive at [email protected]
To see the full list of events that are taking
place across Northern Ireland during
Homelessness Awareness Week go to www.chni.org.uk
Get festive at
your local
community centre
Our 27 community centres are
holding Christmas events for older
and younger people across
Belfast during the month of
December, and would love
you to join them!
Some of the great value
events on offer include
parent and toddler
Santa visits and
Christmas parties for
senior citizens.
For more information, contact your local
community centre or go to www.belfastcity.gov.uk/community
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Shaping our city –
making it real
Belfast is on the cusp of an exciting
new era - and we must grasp the
opportunities before us which will
benefit everyone who lives, works,
studies, visits or invests here.
The new responsibilities that
we took on as a result of local
government reform have given us an
unprecedented opportunity to work
with citizens, politicians, partner
organisations, business people and
other stakeholders to collectively
shape the city.
Our Belfast Agenda programme
of change aims to improve the
social, economic and environmental
wellbeing of everyone in the
city. Central to these goals is our
commitment to attract investment
and instigate positive social change,
ensuring that local people and
communities benefit fully from the
opportunities created by success.
Our city centre is the economic
driver of not just Belfast, but the
whole region. And our City Centre
Regeneration and Investment
Strategy outlines our ambition for the
continued growth and regeneration
of the city centre and surrounding
areas until 2030.
It was developed through extensive
consultation with the business and
development sectors in the city
and has been widely endorsed by
business leaders and investors.
We aim to:
Create more jobs
Increase the city centre
population
Develop the types,
number and locations
of shops
Maximise tourism
potential
Create a regional
learning and
innovation centre
Create a green centre
that is accessible to
cyclists and walkers
Connect the city centre
to outlying areas
Enhance shared
community spaces
We want to make it easier for
developers to develop, businesses to
do business, and for people to work,
live and play here.
So we’re introducing a new £18.7 million
City Centre Investment Fund that
will allow us to provide flexible and
innovative support, such as part loan
financing or acquiring development sites,
for private sector investment in schemes
with the potential to make a positive
impact on the city centre economy.
We're mindful that the future
development of the city centre must
generate positive social and economic
results. To help make that happen,
we’re also introducing a second, Social
Outcome Fund, which will support
projects that provide real benefits to local
people, such as dedicated buildings for
voluntary organisations, social enterprises
or business start-ups.
These new funds add to the existing
£400 million investment in the city since
2012, which included the £29.5 million
extension to the Belfast Waterfront,
£15.1 million to improve pitches and
changing facilities at 10 sites across the
city and £16.7 million invested in stateof-the-art broadband connections.
You can find out more and read the
strategy at
www.belfastcity.gov.uk/regeneration
The Belfast Agenda
We’ve been working closely with
communities and city stakeholders
to develop our first community
plan – the Belfast Agenda.
You can find out more about the plan
and how to get involved at www.belfastcity.gov.uk/belfastagenda
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Only in Belfast
Take a group tour of
City Hall
Warm up this winter with a feast
of special events, festivals and lots
of festive cheer.
Beer & Cider Fest (19 to 21 Nov)
Cheers to the 16th annual Belfast Beer &
Cider Festival. The biggest bar in Ireland is
back at the Ulster Hall, featuring 70 hand
pumps, pub games, tutored beer tastings,
Champion Beer of Festival competition,
local food stalls and live entertainment.
Christmas in Belfast
Is your school or
community group planning
a day trip to the city centre?
There’s a top visitor
attraction right under your
nose and the best part
about it is admission is free!
Take your group on a
guided tour of City Hall
and see its finest features
up close. You’ll also find out
about the history of the
city and even get to sit on
the Lord Mayor’s chair!
Private tours last around 30
minutes and can be booked
for groups of 10 to 50 people.
To make a booking for
a private group tour call
9027 0456 or email
[email protected]
It’s the most wonderful time
of the year again, so make the
most of all the city has to offer.
With festive shows for all the
family, shopping for the perfect
gifts, merry markets and lots of
party fun with friends.
Friendship Four Festival of Hockey
(27 to 28 Nov)
Calling all Ice Hockey fans! The top four collegiate
universities from the prestigious National Collegiate
Athletic Association are coming
to the SSE Arena, Belfast for
the first Festival of Hockey over
Thanksgiving weekend. The
weekend will also see Belfast
Giants compete in Elite
League matches on
the Saturday and Sunday.
Visit Belfast Welcome Centre
Make the Visit Belfast Welcome Centre your first stop when
visiting the city. Offering lots of exciting ideas on things to see
and do, up to date event information and unique gifts from
local designers. The centre is located opposite Belfast City Hall
and is open 7 days a week, Monday to Saturday from 9am to
5.30pm and Sunday, 11am to 4pm.
For all the latest
information on what to
see and do in Belfast go to
www.visit-belfast.com
/visitbelfastcity
@VisitBelfast
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Are you looking
for employment?
We’re working with a range of organisations who could help.
Shankill Women’s Centre - Education, Training
and Employability Project
This project provides
accredited education and
training opportunities in:
• personal development
essential skills,
•ICT,
•GCSEs,
•accounts,
• beauty, and
• various direct route to
employment courses.
Contact: Roberta Gray
Tel: 9024 0642
Shankill Women’s Centre also
offers one-to-one employment
support and a weekly drop-in
clinic on Tuesday mornings from
10am to 12 noon.
Women in Business The Connect Programme
The Connect Programme, in
partnership with East Belfast
Enterprise, supports women
to move into employment
and self-employment through
training, mentoring and peer
Contact: Vicky Moore
Tel: 0845 607 6041
support.The programme is
tailored to the participant’s
needs, is flexible and accessible.
Email: [email protected]
www.womenintobusinessni.com
Workforce Training Sources - Path 2 Employment (P2E)
www.shankillwomenscentre.org.uk
Springboard - JobWorks Programme
JobWorks provides
opportunities for 18 to
24 year olds, who are
unemployed and live
in the Greater Belfast
area, to design their own
programme of support.
Services they can access
include:
•mentoring,
• free accredited training,
• group activities,
• residentials, and
• work placements.
P2E motivates, trains and
provides a range of training
and work placement
opportunities for unemployed people.
Contact: Don Early
Tel: 9074 7676
The programme includes:
• employability skills training,
• personal development,
• career advice, and
• support to secure
placements and employment.
www.workforceonline.org
These programmes are part-funded by Belfast City Council and the
Northern Ireland European Social Fund 2014 – 2020 Investment for
Growth and Jobs Programme.
Contact: Magz Gibney Email: [email protected]
www.springboard-opps.org
Tel: 9031 5111
The LEMIS Partnership - Lemis+ Project
Lemis+ provides
education or training
to people who have
been unemployed or
economically inactive longterm. They have a suite of
services to help participants:
•overcome personal barriers
to employment,
•develop employment
related skills, and
•secure employment.
Contact:
North Belfast – Ashton Community Trust Tel: 9074 2255
South Belfast – GEMS NI Tel: 9033 2313
East Belfast – East Belfast Mission Tel: 9045 8560
West Belfast – Upper Springfield Development Trust Tel: 9032 2003
Greater Shankill – Job Assist Centre Greater Shankill Tel: 9024 6226
Women’s TEC - Supporting People – Empowering
Communities (SPEC)
SPEC is an employability programme providing training for
women from Greater Belfast in a range of non-traditional skills
areas, including:
•DIY sampling sessions,
Women’s TEC also offers
•plumbing,
confidence building,
•joinery,
money management
•painting and decorating, and job readiness
•tiling,
courses.
•electrics,
•horticulture, and
•IT.
Contact:
Patricia Fleming
Tel: 9074 9810
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www.womenstec.org
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Diverse City
Would you like to learn
more about the people,
places and communities that
make up Belfast?
Are you interested in
visiting different places of
worship and understanding
why different communities
celebrate the events they do?
We’re running a year long
programme, with events each
month to do just that.This
exciting learning experience
will provide opportunities
to visit different places of
worship, including churches, a
mosque and the synagogue.
You can also participate in
Roma and Traveller awareness
workshops and sessions
exploring key aspects of
British and Irish identity,
including events in 1916, a visit
to the Grand Orange Lodge
and more.
For more details and to register your interest, go
to www.belfastcity.gov.uk/diversecity
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New to Belfast?
Belfast Christmas Market
We have produced a
guide of support services
for people who are
new or have migrated to
Belfast. The guide provides
information about the range
of support services available to migrant
and minority ethnic communities in Belfast.
It is a useful resource, whether you are looking for help or
want to provide help to new communities.
You can collect a copy from Belfast City Hall or access it on
our website www.belfastcity.gov.uk/goodrelations
The award-winning Belfast
Christmas Market returns to
the grounds of City Hall from
Saturday 14 November until
Sunday 20 December 2015.
Winner of the ‘Best Large
Specialist Market 2015’
award, the market will open
from 10am each day and
1pm on Sundays.
Shoppers will be spoilt for
choice this year with over 90
wooden chalets showcasing
food and gifts from around
the world. And this year
we’ve added five new chalets
featuring local arts and crafts.
The young at heart can visit
our famous Santa’s Grotto
and help support the Lord
Mayor’s charity. Why not take
‘The business plan
turned our passion into
a business.’
Danny McLaughlin & Kevin Logue, Uproar Comics
To start a business, arrange a FREE meeting with a
business adviser to develop your business plan.
0800 027 0639
Call
or visit goforitni.com
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a ride on the merry-go-round,
or get your picture taken
in our snow globe before
relaxing in one of our bars?
The Belfast Christmas
Market Buddy Scheme will
run from 10am to 12pm
Monday to Wednesday,
providing additional
assistance for anyone who
needs it. As part of the
scheme, ‘Buddies’ are invited
to enjoy complimentary tea
and coffee served in the
Laverys beer tent.
Don’t miss your chance to
make this Christmas an extra
special one and enter our
draw to win a £50 voucher
for the Christmas Marketthere’s five to give away!
Five £50 Christmas Market
vouchers to be won!
To be in with a chance of winning this fantastic prize from
Market Place (operators of Belfast Christmas Market)
simply email your name and contact details, before Friday 4
December, to [email protected]
with the subject line ‘Christmas Market competition’.
Or post your details to:
Christmas Market competition
Belfast City Council,
Freepost BEL4010,
Belfast
BT1 5BR (no stamp).
Terms and conditions
Terms and conditions (as per main
competition on page 15) apply.
No cash alternative. Prize is nontransferable and cannot be used in
conjunction with any other offer.
For information follow Belfast Continental Christmas
Market on Facebook.
Entertainment
Give the gift
of a great
night out!
From our magical pantomime to
festive music spectaculars, Belfast
Waterfront and The Ulster Hall have
Christmas wrapped up!
Children will love 'Cinderella' - the
Christmas pantomime at Belfast
Waterfront (26 November - 3 January). Be part of this magical
adventure by cheering the goodies,
booing the baddies and joining in with
the catchy sing-along songs.
“We’re delighted to bring the biggest
panto of them all to the Waterfront.
We’ve an amazing show in store
with a fantastic cast!”
Joe Rea, Cinderella producer
Also at Belfast Waterfront is Northern
Ireland’s own West End star, Peter
Corry, with 'The Music Box' from 17
to 19 December. Sponsored by SPAR,
this family friendly spectacular will take
audiences on a journey through a
selection box of music, readings, song
and dance.
“With so much variety and so many
different elements, The Music Box
will appeal to all generations; it really
is the show to bring families together
at this special time of year.”
Peter Corry
'The Muppet
Christmas Carol' is this
year’s Big Christmas Movie at Belfast
Waterfront on 23 December. Families
will enjoy all their favourite Muppet
characters at 3pm, with lots of festive
fun from 2pm.
There’s a Family Screening of 'Paddington'
at The Ulster Hall on 28 December
at 10.30am, with crafts, games and
Christmas activities from 9.45am.
Dancers and would-be dancers will love
The Ulster Hall’s Christmas Retro Dance
on 21 December as retro dancing,
music and fashion make a sensational
comeback! (Over 18s only).
Movie lovers will enjoy Christmas
classics and a continental breakfast,
courtesy of The Ulster Hall’s Breakfast
Club Christmas Movies. Don’t
miss 'Miracle on 34th Street' (13
December) and 'It’s A Wonderful Life'
(20 December).
More Christmas treats include
Christmas with The Priests, The Ulster
Orchestra’s 'The Snowman' and 'The
Messiah', Belfast Operatic Company’s
A Night of Christmas Music and Song
and the Belfast Community Gospel
Choir Christmas
Concert.
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Belfast Waterfront
update
Don’t forget that Belfast
Waterfront will be going through
the final stages of building
preparation from 1 January 2016,
ahead of its reopening in May. The
venue’s events programme will be
scaled back throughout January,
February and March. But it’s set to
bounce back again in the spring.
Until then, The Ulster Hall will
continue to bring you the finest of
events to keep you entertained!
Visit www.waterfront.co.uk and
www.ulsterhall.co.uk for full details.
Competition
Use Smartlink for smarter travel!
Translink is encouraging Metro
passengers to take advantage
of using a Smartlink card to
save money on every journey.
Friends & Family ticket for only
£22 giving you unlimited bus
and train travel, at weekends
and school holidays!
Buy your Smartlink card online
for free or from the Metro
Kiosk in Donegall Square
West or the Translink desk at
Visit Belfast for just £1.Travel
within the City Zone for only
£1.25 and save 75p on every
journey. Or why not save on
Saturdays with our new £2
return ticket available on Falls
and Shankill Road services until
28 November.
Translink have a range of great
value ticket options – so why
not make the smart move and
travel with Translink.
Taking the family on a day
out? Why not enjoy the
You can now view live
Metro information from your
mobile, tablet or desktop
with the Translink Journey
Planner app. Plan ahead and
get real-time information
before you travel.
For more information go to www.translink.co.uk call 9066 6630 or tweet @Translink_NI
Win a party package
for 50 people!
We’re getting the party season started by offering
you the chance to win a night out for 50 people,
including food and entertainment, at the Clayton
Hotel Belfast worth £375!
The four star hotel is located on Ormeau Avenue - right
in the heart of the city centre. Whether you’re planning a
birthday dinner, a christening, a communion or a retirement
dinner – this fantastic location and flexible space makes the
Clayton Hotel Belfast your number one choice for a night
to remember!
Whatever the occasion, Clayton Hotel Belfast can take
care of your every need. Choose between four rooms - all
with a private bar area. Each room will be tailored to your
requirements. Find out more at www.claytonhotelbelfast.com
For your chance to win this fabulous party package, just
answer the question below:
Where is Clayton Hotel Belfast located?
A. Ormeau Avenue
B. Royal Avenue
C. Ormeau Road
Competition prize is subject to availability and terms and
conditions apply (see below).
Name Address
Tel
Terms and conditions
Only one entry per household. No Belfast City Council employees may
enter and you must live within the Belfast City Council electoral area.
Prize is for a party package for 50 people at the Clayton Hotel Belfast.
Enter by Friday 18 December 2015. Full terms and conditions available
on request. Return to freepost mail or email address overleaf.
Belfast City Council complies with the Data Protection Act 1998.The
personal information you provide on the entry form will only be used to
respond to you about this competition
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Feedback
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Our contractor creating the basement for the new pools. As the steel frame
emerges, the building will really start to take shape!
Behind the scenes at Olympia
The new Olympia Leisure
Centre is on track to open
its doors to the public late
next year and will feature
two swimming pools and a
luxury spa.
You'll soon see the removal
of the unsightly ‘caged
walkway’ that leads to the
stadium. It will be replaced
with a new tree-lined
walkway as part of the next
stage, which also includes a
new play space, target zone
and a new 3G pitch.
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The existing play space will
become unavailable once
the centre opens to allow
for the next stage to begin.
The existing pitch will be
unavailable during the latter
half of 2017. We will continue
to work with our leisure
operator, GLL, to keep you
updated between now and
the completion of the new
pitch in December 2017.
Go to www.belfastcity.gov.uk/olympia to see more
photos and a virtual flythrough of the new facilities.
Thank you for taking the time to tell us what you
think. Now return this slip to:
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on existing facilities as far
as possible. The leisure and
community centres will
remain open until the new
centre is ready.
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BBC Sports
Personality
of the Year
Belfast will host the iconic
BBC Sports Personality of
the Year at the SSE Arena on
Sunday 20 December.
Inspiring sports
Our Sports Development Unit is
helping bring sports clubs forward
by providing training, funding,
advice and support.
Alison McMullan, Director of Abbey
Gymnastics CIC, tells us how this
support has been vital to their club’s
continued success:
“We deliver gymnastics sessions to
around 1,200 children each year
through the council’s ‘Try it’ days,
which take place every other month.
And by completing their Clubmark
quality scheme, we attained a
valuable hallmark demonstrating the
quality governance systems we have
adopted.The club has gone from
strength to strength because of it.”
Alison also believes
that our support
goes hand in hand
with their club’s
vision “to change
lives by developing
gymnastics as a
physical health and
wellbeing sport for
all, through increased participation
and engagement, delivering high
quality activities and support.”
We continue to provide a variety
of coach education programmes
to help coaches achieve additional
qualifications in the following areas:
•first aid,
•equity training,
•child protection,
•club management, and
•development.
If you’re involved in a sports club,
our annual conference is a great
way to make contact with other
clubs and to get support to move
your club forward.
sportsdevelopment
It will be the first time the
city has hosted the event,
which is being staged in partnership
with Belfast City Council and Tourism NI.
The event will reflect a packed year of
sport covering the Rugby World Cup,
the World Athletics Championships and
Women's Football World Cup.
This year will also see local athletes
gear up for the Rio 2016 Olympic
spor ts, plus all the home nations'
football teams seeking to secure
qualification to Euro 2016.
We’ll be delivering a series of sports
engagement events in the coming months,
in conjunction with the BBC Get Inspired
Active Academy, to mark the staging of
the event in Belfast.
For more information go to www.belfastcity.gov.uk/events
Sports Development Conference 2015
Monday 14 December, 6pm Clayton Hotel, Belfast
For more information visit our website or call 028 9027 0344
www.belfastcity.gov.uk/sportsdevelopment
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A Christmas Star
To celebrate their 25th anniversary,
Cinemagic has produced Northern
Ireland's and Ireland's first ever Christmas
feature film,‘A Christmas Star’.
Cinemagic patron, Oscar-winning
screenwriter and ‘Downton Abbey’
creator, Julian Fellowes, announced the
plans just over a year and a half ago. And
over 5,000 young people auditioned
to take part in the project and star in
a film supported by artists from the
world of film and television including
Liam Neeson, Pierce Brosnan, Robert
James Collier, Bronagh Waugh, Richard
Clements and Suranne Jones.
Industry professionals mentored
and trained the crew of 40 young
people in directing, production, editing,
cinematography, camera operation,
publicity, wardrobe, make-up and music
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Win four tickets
We’re giving you the chance to win four
tickets (to include an accompanying
adult) to the screening of ‘A Christmas
Star’ on 20 November at the Odyssey
cinema. For your chance to win, simply
answer this question:
composition.The final scene of the film
(see cover) was shot at the Christmas
lights switch on at Belfast City Hall last
year with 12,500 people in attendance!
‘A Christmas Star’ had its world
premiere in Belfast’s Odyssey Cinemas
on 4 November and is on general
release in Northern Ireland and the UK
from 13 November.
To find out more call 9031 1900
or go to www.cinemagic.org.uk
What anniversary is Cinemagic
celebrating this year?
A 10th B 25th C 35th
For a chance to win this fabulous
prize, send us the answer along
with your name and contact details
to corporatecommunications@
belfastcity.gov.uk before 4pm on
Monday 16 November, and we’ll
select a winner at random.
Good luck!
Celebrated citizen
Celebrated citizen –
Tara Grace Connolly
Tara Grace Connolly is a 17 year old student who firmly believes in the
ability of each person to affect and change the world around them.
From a young age, Tara has displayed
an impressive commitment to public
involvement and engagement and a
yearning for progress. Since writing her
first letter to Al Gore at the age of 8
and then addressing Environmental
Youth Speak just two years later, Tara
has become an accomplished advocate
for today’s youth.
As a channel for her desire to develop
and uphold the rights of young people,
Tara joined the Belfast Youth Forum
in 2012 and is currently tackling
issues surrounding homelessness and
deprivation in the city.
Her belief in personal engagement has
led to a host of endeavours on behalf
of the Belfast Youth Forum. In 2013,Tara
participated in the US President Barack
Obama and the First Lady’s visit
to Belfast Waterfront. Since then
she has had the opportunity
to shadow former Lord Mayor
Nichola Mallon, and participate
in the Sligo-Belfast cross border
relations project.
Tara is currently undertaking work
with Trocaire on their Climate Justice
campaign and has had the opportunity
to debate the issue in Stormont and
Dublin mock EU Council debates. She
has also been shortlisted to attend the
COP21 climate change conference in
Paris this December.
In March 2015,Tara was appointed a
Young Global Advocate (YGA) for
the Irish Development and Education
Association’s project Challenging the
Crisis.Tara is the first and only YGA
from Northern Ireland in the entire
global campaign.
Following in the footsteps of young
Nobel Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai,
Tara is also active in the fight for
global education rights. In July 2012
she was invited as one of two Irish
representatives to the House of
Commons to take part in the global
Malala Day event, where she met and
spoke with Lord Collins and Sarah
Brown.Tara’s passion for education
rights took her to India this summer,
where she had the chance
to teach English to children
living in impoverished
communities with the
Northern Ireland based
charity, Saphara.
Tara is also a member of the
Northern Ireland Youth Forum
Executive Committee; a body of
17 young people who seek to
have the voices of young people
heard in government and in
decision making that affects their
lives here in Northern Ireland.
In October this year, Tara presented the
NI Young People’s Alternative Report
to the United Nations Committee
on the Rights of the Child in Geneva,
following her involvement with Youth@
CLC and subsequent seat on the
interview panel for the new Children’s
Commissioner, Koulla Yiasouma. And
after she completes her A Levels, Tara
hopes to take her interest in legal
affairs to university where she intends
to study Law.
For someone so young,Tara has already
made a remarkable impact on our city
in her pursuit of change across the
world. We celebrate her success and
wish her well with her next endeavour.
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Paws and Pick Up
winners
Belvoir the achiever
Competition winners and sponsors from left to right: Gwen Rafferty (Mackle
Pet Foods), Jr Johnston (Pets at Home), Joanne Herbert, Marc Ewing, Anne
McElkenny, Alan Atchinson (Pedro Pet Foods) and Phil Bremner (Jollyes Pet
Food Superstores).
Over the last six weeks
we have been asking
people to sign a pledge to
clean up after their dogs
in an attempt to keep
the city’s streets clean.
Everyone who signed up
was entered into a prize
draw for some fantastic
doggie prizes.
Many thanks to the following
sponsors who kindly donated
the prizes:
• Barkin Beauties Dog Groomers,
• The Furdresser Grooming Salon,
• Jollyes Petfood Superstore,
• Mackle Pet Foods,
• Pedro Pet Foods,
• Pets At Home, and
• The Woofy Wash Company.
Or fa
Belvoir Park Forest has
been declared an Area of
Special Scientific Interest
(ASSI) for its parkland and
wood pasture habitat and
associated species.
The site hosts a wide range of plants and animals, including
birds and mammals such as bats.
The area is home to many
rare and threatened species
of invertebrates and fungi and
is the only known site in the
UK and Republic of Ireland for
one species of fungus.
Most of the ASSI lies within the
former Belvoir estate, which
was founded in the eighteenth
century, and is now owned and
managed by the Forest Service. This is a wonderful scenic
site to visit in the Lagan Valley
Belvoir contains the oldest
Regional Park, so why not take
known tree in Ireland, an oak
a walk and discover its beauty?
estimated to be about 500
For a suggested walking
years old, and supports one route go to of the largest concentrations
of ancient and veteran trees in
walking
Northern Ireland.
an
Come and visit Santa in his grotto and enjoy some
festive, family fun at Belfast Zoo this Christmas!
Help us wrap and deliver presents for the chimpanzees, decorate
Christmas trees for the Asian elephants, make your own
Christmas crafts, enjoy animal feeding times and much more.
Booking is essential to visit Santa in his grotto. Call us on 028 9077
6277 extension 203 or 233 for more information or to book tickets!
www.belfastcity.gov.uk/dogfouling
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www.belfastzoo.co.uk
Belfast Zoo
P-P-P-Pick up a ZOOPER
gift this Christmas!
Francois langur
infant by
Matthew Allen
Happy
snappers!
Kabus and Kinabalu
the Sumatran tigers
by Bruce Marshall
Belfast Zoological Garden’s 32nd annual photographic
competition has been another ‘ZOOPER’ success.
Our Zoo Manager, Mark Challis said, “We received more than
300 entries to the 2015 annual photographic competition and
the standard was phenomenal. We’d like to thank everyone
for their continued support of the competition.”
Santa may not be able to fit an elephant or a tiger
down your chimney but if you're looking for the
‘PURR-fect’ gift this Christmas, then look no further
than Belfast Zoo.
Animal adoption
Santa’s coming
to the zoo, are you?
Belfast Zoo is preparing
for a different kind of
arrival this festive season,
as Santa Claus is set to
descend on Cavehill!
Experience the true magic
of Christmas by visiting
Santa and his little helpers
on 12, 13, 19, 20 and 21
December 2015. Children
can also take part in a
number of festive activities
including Christmas crafts,
wrapping presents for the
chimpanzees and decorating
Christmas trees for the
Asian elephant. There will
also be festive feeding times!
With the sound of the
animals, a little festive cheer
and a visit from Santa, Belfast
Zoo will ensure your family
enjoy a Christmas treat that
they’ll never forget!
To book your tickets call 9077 6277 ext 203 or go to www.belfastzoo.co.uk/events for more information.
Activities start from 10.30am and last admission to the
zoo is at 2.30pm.
Don’t forget
Donate your old Christmas
trees to the zoo - they’re a great
Donate any second-hand
clothes or bed sheets to Belfast form of animal enrichment!
Just leave your tree at the drop
Zoo, as the chimpanzees and
gorillas love to play with them! off point in the zoo car park.
For anyone who is barmy about
bears, mad about monkeys, crazy
about cats or as sleepy as a sloth,
animal adoption is the gift for you!
With more than 150 species and
three levels of adoption, there's
something to suit everyone.
www.belfastzoo.co.uk/adoption,
email [email protected]
or call 9077 6277 extension 229.
Annual membership
If you have some ‘little
monkeys’ of your own who
can’t get enough of the
zoo, then why not become
members? Members get free
entry to the zoo for a year and you can visit all of the
latest animals and the NEW Adventurers’ Learning
Centre as often as you like!
Go to www.belfastzoo.co.uk/membership, email [email protected] or call 9077 6277.
Zoovenir Shop
Don’t forget, there’s something
for everyone in our Zoovenir
Shop with a full selection
of animal toys and wildlife
merchandise. The Zoovenir
Shop is open every day, except
Christmas Day, and Boxing Day
from 10am to 4pm.
For more information about Belfast Zoo call 9077 6277, or
go to www.belfastzoo.co.uk
facebook.com/belfastzoo
twitter.com/belfastzoo
instagram.com/belfastzoo
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Get in tune
for the
Belfast Opera
Park profile: Sir Thomas
and Lady Dixon Park
Sir Thomas and Lady
Dixon Park is one of the
city's most beautiful areas
of outstanding natural
landscapes and is bordered
to the west by the
meandering River Lagan.
The estate was presented
to Belfast Corporation by
the late Lady Edith Stewart
Dixon in December 1959,
in memory of her husband.
The park has become a
favourite where visitors
can enjoy the fine areas of
rolling lawns and meadows,
mature trees, woodland,
walled garden, Japanese
garden and children’s
playground, as well as the
City of Belfast International
Rose Garden.
The rose garden has a
collection of over 27,000
roses including the Hybrid
Tea, Floribunda, miniature,
shrub and climbing roses.
The park hosts the annual
International Rose Trials,
involving judges from
around the world, and is the
highlight of Rose Week.
The area is extremely popular
with local dog walkers. New
walking trails were recently
developed to encourage
walkers to discover the
wildflower meadows and
floral gardens within the
grounds of Sir Thomas and
Lady Dixon Park.
While walking through the
park, why not take a visit to
the onsite coffee shop in
the lower car park? Stables
Coffee Shop is open 7 days
a week and offers freshly
prepared and locally sourced
food. Stop by for a coffee,
light snack or one of their
daily specials. Its outdoor
terrace is available for private
parties too, making it a great
place to socialise.
Winter warmer offer
As a valued reader, Stables Coffee Shop is offering you:
Free soup with every
Free tea or filter coffee
or sandwich purchased
with every scone
purchased before 11am between 12 noon and 3pm
Simply tear off this voucher and present it to the
cashier when paying.
Terms and conditions: Each voucher can only be used once. A
maximum of four vouchers can be used per transaction. This voucher
is valid to 31 March 2016. This voucher has no cash redemption value.
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The Belfast Opera is a
Creative Belfast project,
funded by Belfast City
Council and the Arts Council
of Northern Ireland.
It will premiere in June 2016,
telling the story of Belfast
through local people from all
walks of life. And you’re invited
to get involved, you don’t
even have to audition! People
who have never sung publicly
before are especially welcome.
Local writer, Glenn Patterson
has taken the personal
stories told at workshops
and woven these tales within
the music scores created
by internationally acclaimed
composer, Neil Martin.
Neil Martin has composed
and arranged music for local
theatre, radio and television,
including a longstanding
partnership producing films
with David Hammond’s
company, Flying Fox. He has
also played alongside musical
greats like Brian Kennedy,
Sinead O’Connor, Phil
Coulter, Arty McGlynn, Altan
and the Dubliners.
Glenn Patterson has written
eight novels whose recurring
theme is reassessment of
the past. He co-wrote the
screenplay ‘Good Vibrations’
with Colin Carberry, which
was nominated for a BAFTA in
2014 for Outstanding Debut.
Don’t miss out on your
chance to be part of it!
For more information and
updates, keep an eye on www.thebelfastopera.com
Festive Fun
at W5
From Saturday 28
November, Christmas will
be bursting out all over W5
with enchanting, exciting and
festive experiences!
This year, Santa's Grotto at
W5 will give young children
a memorable experience as
they get the opportunity to
meet Santa Claus in his icy
Christmas cavern. Children
will be rewarded with a gift
from Santa and parents will
have the opportunity to buy
a photograph of their child,
children or the whole family,
with Santa’s helper!
You’re also invited to take
a journey to the fairytale
world of Winterland. Take
a trip on the Winterland
Express - W5’s magical
miniature train ride. Travel
through the enchanted
forest into the icy cavern
and enter the courtyard of
Winterland Castle where a
few surprises await!
With over 250 interactive
exhibits, winter events and
science demonstration
shows throughout the
day, a trip to W5 is really a
fantastic day out!
For opening times,
admission prices and
online booking go to
www.w5online.co.uk
Pitt stop
in Botanic
Gardens
Did you know that our parks are
fast becoming attractive locations for
blockbuster movies?
Scenes from the
multimillion budget
feature film ‘Lost
City of Z’, produced
by Brad Pitt, were
recently shot in our
very own Botanical
Gardens Palm House,
the Tropical Ravine, as
well as Belfast City Hall!
We’ve supported the growing local
film and TV industry by granting
production access to other parks
and council buildings too. The Cecil
Ward building on Linenhall Street
was used for ‘Keith Lemon: The Film’,
and Ormeau Park and bandstand
were used in the wartime drama
‘Small Island’. Botanical Gardens Palm
House and the Tropical Ravine have
also been used for the BBC Drama’s
‘Hidden’ and ‘The Fall’.
Local man Andrew Wilson from
Whitehead, Co Antrim has worked in
the film and TV industry for the past
18 years as a Location Manager. He
explains, “Belfast and Northern Ireland
offer a huge range of locations to a
production company and this is one of
the many reasons why so many films
and TV shows want to work here." He
continued:
“With amazing landscapes,
mountains, beaches,
forests, towns and villages,
all within a short distance
from each other, Belfast
offers a fantastic city
location to support these
production needs.”
Keep a close eye to see if you can spot
these city locations on the big screen
soon! Or come along for a visit yourself.
For more information on our parks go
to www.belfastcity.gov.uk/parks
A large family and a small bin
Some householders are concerned that
a 180 litre black bin is not big enough
to hold all their waste. However, last
year a local family asked us for a smaller
180 litre general waste bin because
they didn’t actually need the bigger 240
litre one! We talked to Lindsay and
Jonny, who have a teenage daughter,
two younger children and baby Lucy,
who is still in nappies to find out why
they wanted a smaller bin.
“We found we didn’t need the bigger
size bin – our family has always been
keen recyclers and we knew that the
smaller bin would have plenty of room
for all our waste, and we were right!”
said Jonny.
“We’ve two blue bins for recycling
and a brown bin for food and stuff
from the garden,” Lindsay told us. “My
children are all very involved in sorting
out our rubbish. I think it’s important
to let the kids learn how to be
responsible and get them on board
from a young age. They are all aware
of what goes where and treat the
recycling as a game.”
For more information on recycling
or on downsizing your bins call
0800 032 8100 or visit www.belfastcity.gov.uk/bins
She continued, “We’re huge fans of the
food caddy which, with a family of six, is
used constantly! The kids especially love
recycling the garden waste because
they know it goes off to be made
into compost. We got some bags of
compost from a recycling centre
earlier in the year and we used it
to grow herbs and flowers in the
garden.This all feeds into what
they are taught at school and I
find it fulfilling that my family
are doing their bit to make the
city cleaner and greener”.
We’re very glad we downsized,
especially as it gives us more
space in our garden.
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Green
A food waste free Christmas
Christmas
clear out
Christmas is coming and the supermarkets are full of tempting things to eat.
Our Reuse Sheds at our recycling
centres allow you to donate things
like bicycles, toys and furniture to
a local charity, who will repair or
refurbish your items for a new home.
Plan your meals
Think about what you’d like to eat
over Christmas. Plan the ingredients
you'll need, see what you've already
got and make a shopping list.
Give food away
If you have too much, prepare ready
meals for older neighbours or
people on their own who may not
be able to cook Christmas dinner.
Make the most of your freezer
Pay attention to the use-by dates on
the things you buy. Many items, like
hard cheese and mashed potatoes,
can be frozen.
Ding dinners
Portion up your leftovers and
freeze for the days you don’t have
time to cook. Defrost overnight in
the fridge or in the microwave.
Avoid highly perishable gifts
Pick food that lasts and that you
know the recipient will like.
Count how many guests
you will have
We also have containers and banks that
will take many other items including:
• clothes and pairs of shoes,
•books,
• DVDs and CDs,
• hand tools,
• electrical items
like televisions
and mobile phones,
•paint,
• oil, and
• large plastic items.
Here are six Christmas tips to help you avoid wasting your money and
food this year:
Please sort your items before visiting
the site.The Christmas period is very
busy, so please be patient and listen to
any instructions from site staff.
This can save you buying or
cooking too much. Encourage self-serving and let guests choose
for themselves if they want 10
sprouts or five slices of turkey.
Remember to use your recycling bins
and boxes as usual over the Christmas
period. See page 4 for holiday
collection dates.
For more information on what goes
where go to www.belfastcity.gov.uk/bins
Turkey, ham and leek pie recipe
A turkey pie is the perfect ‘use up’
dish.You can replace the leeks with
other vegetables like mushrooms,
peas, parsnips and carrots. As an
alternative, leftover mashed potato
can be used instead of pastry.
You will need:
• 90g butter
• 25g flour
• 1litre chicken stock
• Salt and black pepper
• 350g cooked turkey cut into
chunks
• 125g cooked ham, cut into chunks
• 6 leeks (chopped)
• 2 tablespoons chopped parsley
• 1 lightly beaten egg
• 200g readymade short crust
pastry
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Method:
1.Preheat the oven to 220°C (425°F)
mark 7.
2.Melt the butter in a pan and add
the flour off the heat. Whisk in
the stock and cook over a medium
heat. Stir until the sauce is
smooth. Season well.
3.Place the turkey, ham and leeks
in the bottom of an ovenproof
dish, sprinkle with the fresh
parsley and pour over the sauce.
4.Roll out the pastry on a lightly
floured surface and cover the pie.
Brush the pastry with a little
beaten egg and bake in the oven
for 20-25 minutes. Reduce the
heat to 180°C (350°F) mark 4 and
bake for a further 15 minutes.
For more recipes and tips on
reducing food waste go to
www.lovefoodhatewaste.com
Green
Dealing with extra
Christmas waste
Most of us end up with extra rubbish over Christmas
and it can be difficult to figure out the best way to
dispose of it.
Every household in Belfast has both a dry and
compost recycling service – but some will have
recycling boxes and some will have bins. There are
also four large recycling centres, one in each part of
the city, north, south, east and west.
Here is a quick guide to help you recycle your waste:
Artificial
Christmas trees
Recycling centre
Batteries
Recycling box (in
a bag), recycling
centre
Broken
Christmas lights
Recycling centre
Cans
Recycling box,
dry recycling bin,
recycling centre
Cardboard
boxes
Recycling box,
dry recycling bin,
recycling centre
Cartons
Recycling box,
dry recycling bin,
recycling centre
Christmas cards
Recycling box,
dry recycling bin,
recycling centre*
Christmas
crackers
Cardboard inner
tube in recycling
box, dry recycling
bin, recycling
centre. (Put the
rest in the general
waste bin.)
Cling film and
shrink wrap
General waste
bin (cannot be
recycled)
Clothes
Recycling box (in
a bag), charity
shops, recycling
centre
Crisp packets
General waste
bin (cannot be
recycled)
Electrical items
Recycling centre
Foil (clean)
Recycling box,
dry recycling bin,
recycling centre
Glass bottles
and jars
Recycling centre,
bottle banks,
recycling box
Leftover food
Use for other
meals if possible
or recycle using
compost bin or
green food bin
Mobile phones
Recycling centre
Old decorations
Depends what
they are made
from, but most
will have to go
in the general
waste bin
Plastic bottles
Recycling box,
dry recycling bin,
recycling centre
Plastic pots
tubs and trays
Recycling box
Real Christmas
trees
Recycling centre,
branches in
compost bin
Sweet and
biscuit tins
Recycling box,
dry recycling bin,
recycling centre
Takeaway pizza
boxes (torn up)
Compost bin or
green food waste
bin
Toys
Good condition
only – charity
shop or reuse
container at
recycling centre
Wrapping paper
General waste
bin (cannot be
recycled)
*We cannot recycle cards with glitter and lots of decoration.
Go to www.belfastcity.gov.uk/bins if you're unsure which item to put in your recycling boxes or bins.
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Outdoors
Pedal power for
park wardens
Big funding on
its way!
We want to make sure that all our
park visitors are safe.
A huge part of our work is focused on
community engagement and promoting
a safe environment for residents.
Big Lottery Fund
is launching a
funding programme
called People and
Communities at the
end of January 2016.
An interesting way we're doing this
is by issuing our park wardens at the
Connswater Community Greenway
with push bikes, so that they can cover
the 13km area more quickly.
We’ve also set up a multi-agency
approach to deal with antisocial
behaviour, working alongside
Community Safety, PCSP, PSNI, East
Belfast Partnership, youth practitioners
and local community groups.
Our park teams are well trained
and equipped to deal with a range
of issues, including first aid. They also
now have enforcement powers to
issue fines to keep our communities
safe and enhance the park users’
experience by reducing antisocial
behaviour, littering and dog fouling.
They’re the main point of contact
for visitors to our parks and give
information and advice on how our
parks should be used. Please ask
them if you’ve any queries about
your local park.
For more information go to www.belfastcity.gov.uk/parks
This programme will support voluntary
and community sector groups working
with local people to improve their lives
and communities. Grant sizes range
from £30,000 to £500,000 for two to
five year projects.
We’ll be working with Big Lottery Fund
to run sessions where people can talk
through their project ideas. Keep an
eye on www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/
NorthernIreland at the end of January
for more information.
DON’T TURN
YOUR BACK ON
HATE CRIME.
Contact the Police Service of Northern Ireland on
0845 600 8000
REPORT HATE CRIME.
HELP MAKE BELFAST BETTER.
www.belfastcity.gov.uk/hatecrime
This is a Belfast City Council led initiative.
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PCSP Members
The Belfast Policing and Community
Safety Partnership (PCSP) and
the North, South, East and West
District PCSPs were reconstituted
this summer.The Partnerships are
made up of political and independent
members, as well as seven statutory
bodies, and aim to build safer, shared
and confident communities.
Make it a
safe season
Belfast Policing and Community
Safety Partnership (PCSP) is
hosting its annual Christmas Crime
Prevention and Safety event in City
Hall on Wednesday 2 December,
from 10am to 1pm.
Come along for free practical
advice, information and support
from a range of exhibitors on crime
prevention and safety issues including:
• your home,
•businesses,
• car crime,
• bogus callers,
• drugs and alcohol,
• mental health,
• fire prevention,
• food safety tips, and
• consumer advice including debt services.
Last year’s event featured over 30
exhibitors including the PSNI, FASA,
Samaritans and Victim Support.
Free tea, coffee and mince pies will
be served - why not pop in after a
visit to the Continental
Market? There’s
no need to book
– simply turn up on the day!
In the meantime, here are a few
safety tips for the festive season:
Lock all windows and
doors when heading out
for Christmas celebrations.
Stick with friends on a
night out and plan how
you’re getting home.
Let your neighbours know
if you’re going away over
the festive period.
Ask all callers at your
door for identification.
Park your car in well lit
or attended car parks.
Don’t leave expensive
gifts or valuables in view
of windows or doors.
Avoid carrying large
amounts of money.
Most people are very courteous
and appreciative of our staff. But
over recent months, the number of
reports of our staff being abused by
members of the public has doubled.
To see a list of our members, or find out more about our projects and events, go to www.belfastcity.gov.uk/pcsp
or call 9027 0556. You can also
follow us on Facebook
belfastpcsp
Never leave your drink
unattended in bars and clubs.
For more information call 9027 0556
or email [email protected]
Abuse, threats and violence
We try to provide the best service
possible to residents and businesses.
And we believe that staff should be
able to come to work without fear
of violence, abuse or harassment.
The partnerships will continue to
work with communities to deliver
services that make a real difference.
Each area has determined local
priorities based on community
consultation and engagement,
which include antisocial behaviour,
drug and alcohol misuse, youth
engagement, better partnership
working, domestic violence, interface
violence and hate crime.
Our employees have to report any
incident where they are abused,
threatened or assaulted in work.
Recent examples of this include staff
being verbally abused, threatened
by email or over the phone and, in
extreme cases, assaulted.
As an employer, we have to ensure
the health, safety and welfare of all
our staff by law. And we want to
remind everyone that
these incidents can be very
stressful and, in some cases,
harmful to our staff.
We hope that these incidents
of abuse, threats and violence
reduce. And if incidents occur
in the future, we may take legal
action against offenders. We may
also report incidents to police.
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Connswater
Community Greenway
construction continues
Puppy love
Puppies make popular
and very cute Christmas
presents, but owning a
puppy or dog is a big
commitment. Before
you buy a puppy this
Christmas, here are a few
things to consider:
•What are you looking
for in a dog? Is the dog
needed as a guard dog,
lapdog, or rescue dog?
•Will you be able to
properly care for it? A dog
will need to be walked, fed
and groomed daily, with
veterinary care as required.
•Do you have time for a
dog? A puppy may look
cute but will you play with it
when fully grown and take
it on daily walks?
It’s an exciting year ahead as construction continues on
the completion of the 16km Connswater Community
Greenway in east Belfast.
The law says you must look
after your animal by making
sure it:
• has a proper diet,
including fresh water;
• has somewhere suitable
to live (shelter);
• is kept with or away from
other animals, depending
on its needs;
• is allowed to express itself
and behave normally; and
• is protected from and
treated for illness and
injury.
Check out the RSPCA’s puppy contract and Puppy Information
Pack at www.puppycontract.rspca.org.uk/home
This year we’re focusing on building the remaining
phase two sections including:
•CS Lewis Civic Square at Holywood Arches seven Narnia themed art sculptures will sit within
the square;
•Orangefield Park to Knock dual carriageway;
•The Hollow at Elmgrove to Beersbridge Road;
•Ladas Drive to Ladas Way; and
We hop that all
•Cregagh Road to the Cregagh Glen. the secteions
will
be completed by
late 2016.
Visualisation of
The Hollow at Elmgrove
Why not visit Victoria Park and Orangefield Park which have
already been transformed as part of phase one of the project?
You can find out more at www.connswatergreenway.co.uk
facebook.com/ConnswaterCommunityGreenway
@Connsgreenway.
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Plan ahead
Did you know that the Planning Service joined Belfast
City Council in April? This service works closely with
our Building Control Service to make sure that anyone
doing home improvements has access to all the advice
and guidance they need.
You should always consider whether you need building
control approval or planning permission if you’re thinking
about doing work to your home. Here are a few things
you should consider:
• Read our online information about building control and
planning at www.belfastcity.gov.uk/environment
• Call or email us to check if you need either approvals.
When visiting a home or site, our officers all carry
Belfast City Council identification, so please make sure
to ask for identification to make sure you’re dealing
with the correct authority.
Our contact details are:
Belfast Planning Service
Tel: 0300 200 7830
Building Control Service
Tel: 9027 0650
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Consumer advice
Need help with
a consumer
problem?
If you have a consumer problem and
would like some specialist advice, visit the
Consumer Advice Centre at the Cecil
Ward Building, 4-10 Linenhall Street, Belfast.
Consumer advice on refunds
I purchased a handbag
26 days ago from a well
known shop. It cost £250
and I paid in cash. When I began
to use the bag I immediately
knew that there was a fault
with the zip, as it was difficult to
close the bag. Also, some of the
stitching on one of the seams
had come apart. I took the bag
back to the shop and asked for a
full refund. But the assistant told
me that, because I had the bag
for over three weeks, they would
have the bag repaired instead.
I’m not happy with this. I thought
such an expensive bag would be
of better quality and that it should
not have had two separate faults
in just over three weeks. Am I
entitled to a refund?
The Consumer Rights Act
came into force on 1 October 2015. It replaces
a number of laws on business-toconsumer transactions, including
The Sale of Goods Act 1979 (as
amended) and the Supply of Goods
and Services Act 1982. The law
will cover all transactions made by
consumers after 1 October 2015.
Transactions made before this date
will be looked at under The Sale
of Goods Act 1979 (as amended)
and the Supply of Goods and
Services Act 1982. The law has
been changed to make it clearer
and easier to understand, meaning
consumers can buy with confidence.
When problems arise, they will
be able to sort out disputes more
quickly and cheaply.
The old Sale of Goods Act 1979
(as amended), gave the consumer
a ‘reasonable time’ to reject faulty
goods. But this allowed for many
disagreements on what would
be considered ‘a reasonable time.’
Today’s Consumer Rights Act has
set a clear period of 30 days for a
consumer to reject faulty goods. This
is known as the ‘short-term right to
reject’. So, as you returned the bag to
the shop 26 days after the purchase,
you are entitled to a refund.
The trader must refund you within
14 days of agreeing that you are
entitled to a refund. The refund
must be paid in the same way the
payment was made, unless the
consumer agrees otherwise. This
means that as you paid in cash, you
can insist on a cash refund. Previously
some traders insisted on paying
refunds by cheque.
Under the old laws, the trader was
allowed to deduct money from the
refund if the consumer had use of
the goods. Now, during the first
six month period from purchase, a
trader cannot deduct any money for
use unless there is strong third party
evidence on the current value. The
evidence will apply to purchases like
new or second-hand cars.
Go to www.belfastcity.gov.uk/
consumeradvice for more answers
to consumer problems.
You can pick up information on consumer
issues from our offices or go online to
www.belfastcity.gov.uk/consumeradvice
You can also call 9027 0525 or email
your query to
[email protected]
Opening times
Monday
9.30am - 4.30pm
Tuesday
9.30am - 4.30pm
Wednesday 9.30am - 2pm
Thursday 9.30am - 4.30pm
Friday
9.30am - 4.30pm
We're closed at weekends.
Go to www.belfastcity.gov.uk/
consumeradvice for more answers
to consumer problems.
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Seniors’ section
Help at home
service
Keeping warm in Winter
With winter approaching, follow these simple steps to
keep your home warm and reduce energy bills:
We’re working with the Public
Health Agency and Bryson Energy
to develop a new home safety and
repair service for people aged 65
and over.
This service allows you to contact
us to arrange a free home safety
check. A member of staff will
identify areas of risk in your home
and give information, advice and
support to make your home safer.
They will also give each resident a
package of safety equipment.
Small repair jobs that are needed
may also be carried out during the
visit at a rate of £5 per hour for
older people who receive means
tested benefits (evidence must be
shown), or £15 per hour for older
people who don’t receive benefits.
The help at home service could
help you by:
•fitting curtain rails;
•clearing paths;
•repairing doors;
•fixing loose floorboards;
•fitting door chains; and
•changing light bulbs.
The service is fully insured; staff
will carry identification at all
times and are police checked.
To find out more or to arrange a
visit call 0800 1422 865.
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Turn your thermostat
down by 1°C to save up
to 10 per cent on fuel
bills. The World Health
Organisation recommends
a temperature of 21°C
for your living room and
18°C in other rooms.
Insulate your hot water
cylinder with a jacket at
least 75mm thick.
Insulate your walls and loft to
reduce fuel bills by around £300
per year.The highest areas of
heat loss occur through the walls
(35 per cent) and through the
roof (25 per cent).
Fit draught-proofing around
doors and windows and a
chimney draught excluder in
unused chimneys. Draughtproofing can save you from £25
to £35 per year.
And if your home suffers from condensation, consider HIVE:
Heating, Insulation, Ventilation and Excess moisture.
Heating
Condensation is most likely to be a problem in
under-heated homes. Try to keep temperatures
in all rooms above 15°, which will reduce
condensation forming on external walls.
Insulation
Insulating your home will:
• warm the surface temperature of walls, ceilings
and windows;
• increase the temperature of the home; and
• reduce heating costs.
Ventilation
Condensation will decrease if you allow air to
circulate freely. Make sure vents and airbricks
are not covered.
Reduce moisture
Condensation happens when there is too much
moisture in the air. Close internal doors while
cooking, open windows or use an extractor fan.
For more tips and advice follow NEA NI on:
www.twitter.com/NEA_NIreland
www.facebook.com/NEANorthernIreland
Tel: 9023 9909 Email: [email protected]
Christmas
Tea Dances
Grab your dancing shoes and
reserve your place at The Ulster
Hall’s Christmas Tea Dances.
Kick up your heels with dancing
to live music and enjoy a
traditional afternoon cup of tea!
Our Christmas Tea Dances
will take place on Monday 21
December, from 12 noon to 2pm
and 3pm to 5pm.
Free tickets are available from
9am on Monday 23 November
by calling 9033 4455 or in person
at The Ulster Hall Box Office.
Due to the popularity of
these events, admission for
ticket holders will be on a
first come - first served basis.
Belfast 89FM: Sounds of the
60s and 70s
A maximum of three tickets
can be allocated per person
and booking is essential!
For more information call
9033 4455 or go to www.ulsterhall.co.uk
Support for older carers
A carer is any unpaid person
who looks after a friend or
family member with an illness,
disability, mental health problem
or addiction who cannot cope
without their support.
Anyone can become a carer;
three out of five people will
become one at some point in
their lives. People don’t always
see themselves as carers, and
often don’t get the support and
advice available to them.
The Age-friendly Belfast
team has been working with
Belfast’s new radio station –
Belfast 89.3FM.
We’ve been keeping listeners
up-to-date with information
about what’s on and issues
affecting older people, to help
older people live life to the full.
The station launched earlier
this year and has attracted a
wide audience from Belfast
and Lagan Valley. Listen out
for Anne Ross and Elma
Greer in our team, sharing
our news and views for
older people on 89.3FM.
Mind the Gap is funded by the
Big Lottery and is managed by
Carers Trust to provide free,
confidential advice and support to
carers aged 60 and over.They also
offer the Good Day Good Carer
confidential telephone service.
For more information on Carers
Trust services, call Geraldine
Quinn on 07881 783 438 or
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What’s on
www.belfastcity.gov.uk/events
Your essential guide
to Belfast events
November
Stiff Little Fingers
Sat 14 Nov: doors 7pm
Ulster Hall
Stiff Little Fingers make a
momentous return.
Christmas Market
Sat 14 Nov – Sun 20 Dec
City Hall grounds
Offering a range of unique gifts,
gourmet food and drink.
Go to www.marketplaceeurope.co.uk
Call 9033 4455 or go to www.ulsterhall.co.uk
Cinemagic Film Festival
Sat 14 - Sun 22 Nov: 12 noon – 3pm
Queen’s Film Theatre
A selection of junior ‘love’
themed movies with storytelling
sessions and workshops.
Belfast Beer and Cider Festival 2015
Cinderella The Christmas pantomime
Call 9031 1900 or go to www.cinemagic.org.uk
Thurs 19 - Sat 21 Nov
Thurs 26 Nov - Sun 3 Jan
Ulster Hall
Belfast Waterfront
Over 18s only, except Sat
This magical fairytale is brought
to life by a fabulous cast of
larger than life characters!
Children will love being part of
this pantomime adventure!
Andersonstown 11am - 7pm when family
groups are welcome.
Traditional and
Contemporary Music School www.belfastbeerfestival.co.uk
Annual Showcase Concert
“Shake, Rattle and Roll”
Sun 15 Nov: 6.30pm
with The Soda Popz
Belfast Waterfront
A variety of instrumental and
vocal repertoires.
Fri 20 Nov: 8pm
Call 9033 4455 or go to www.waterfront.co.uk
NI’s only 1950s rock’ n’ roll
tribute band.
Paul Weller plus special guests
Mon 16 Nov: doors 7.30pm
Belfast Waterfront
Crescent Arts Centre
Call 9024 2338 or go to www.crescentarts.org
Russell Watson - Up
Close and Personal
Don’t miss new tracks alongside
popular classics.
Tues 24 Nov: 7.30pm
The UK’s best selling
classical music artist.
Scorch by Stacey Gregg
Tues 17 – Sun 22 Nov: 8pm
The MAC
Inspired by UK
court cases,
exploring how the
human story gets
lost amidst the
headlines.
Call 9023 5053 or
9024 4004 or go to
www.themaclive.com
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Belfast Waterfront
Organic Lunches
Ulster Hall, 1pm
Linen Hall Writers' Forum
Thurs 26 Nov: 1pm
Linen Hall Library
With Stephen Sexton and Paula
Cunningham.
Call 9032 1707 or go to www.linenhall.com
The Greats: Mendelssohn’s
Italian Symphony
Ulster Orchestra
Fri 27 Nov: 7.45pm
Ulster Hall
Colm Carey and Stephen Connolly Sounds of the Great War
Fri 27 Nov
A recital of organ music
and poetry commemorating
1912 to 1922. A Decade of
Centenaries event.
One Man Breaking Bad The Unauthorised Parody
Sat 28 Nov: 8pm
Ulster Hall
JTI Lunchtime Concert:
Viennese Delights
Ulster Orchestra
Webern’s arrangement of
Schubert’s Dances.
Free pre-concert talk at 7pm
with guest soloist James Crabb.
Miles Allen’s
hilariously
accurate
rendition of all
of the iconic
characters from
the TV show.
Call 9033 4455 or go to www.ulsterorchestra.com
Wed 25 Nov: 1.05pm
Ulster Hall
Get the latest Belfast Waterfront and
Ulster Hall entertainment guide.
Call the box office on 9033 4455 or
visit www.waterfront.co.uk or www.ulsterhall.co.uk
Pick up your free copy of the official Belfast
City Guide, packed full of ideas of where
to go, what to do and what’s on in the city.
Available from the Visit Belfast Welcome
Centre (opposite City Hall), 9 Donegall
Square North. Tel: 028 9024 6609 www.visit-belfast.com
December
Comedy Club
Belfast Waterfront
Pam Ann - Queen of
the Sky
Thurs 12 Nov: 8pm
Throughout
December
This show contains jokes that may
cause offense. Over 18s only.
Strand Arts Centre 80th Anniversary
Al Murray - The Pub
Landlord One Man
One Guv’nor
Behind-the-scenes open day,
classic movies you'll want see
again and a special screening of
'Star Wars: The Force Awakens'.
Call 9065 5830 or go to www.strandartscentre.com
Family Movie Mornings
Wed 18 Nov: 7.30pm
This show contains adult themes.
Over 16s only
Alan Carr - Yap, Yap, Yap
Thurs 26 - Sun 29 Nov: 8pm
Activities from 9.45am,
movies at 10.30am
Ulster Hall
The Lorax
Sat 14 Nov
Over 16s only.
Paddington
Over 16s only.
Mon 28 Dec
A special
screening of
the recent adaptation of
the much-loved children's
favourite.
Call 9033 4455 or go to www.waterfront.co.uk or www.ulsterhall.co.uk
Suitable for children aged 3 to 11.
Children must be accompanied by
an adult aged 18 and over.
Ulster Hall
Des Bishop - Grey Matters
Fri 11 Dec: 8pm
Literary Lunchtimes
Ulster Hall, 1pm
Poetry Picnic: lunch with
Belle and Sebastian
Wed 11 Nov
CS Lewis - the Poet:
An illustrated talk by
Sandy Smith
Wed 18 Nov
Louise O’Neill
Wed 25 Nov
Donal Ryan
Wed 9 Dec
Tues 1 – Thurs 24 Dec
Linen Hall Library
Joanna Mules’ exhibition
features portraits of some of
Ireland’s best known writers
reading to the artist.
Battle of Britain - 75th
Anniversary Concert
Keith Ayton
Mon 2 - Sun 29 Nov
In the Mix by Wheelworks
Mon 30 Nov – Wed 30 Dec
After Three Hours of
Darkness by Georgia
McBride
Call 9033 4400 for exhibition
opening hours or go to www.ulsterhall.co.uk
Sat 5 Dec: 2pm and 4.30pm
Belfast Waterfront
Howard Blake’s magical score 'The
Snowman' is the centrepiece to
this family concert.
Belfast Operatic Company A Night of Christmas Music
and Song
Ulster Hall
Orabel by Sharon Millar
Sun 1 – Sun 29 Nov
The Snowman – Your
Favourite Christmas Classics
Ulster Orchestra
Sat 5 Dec: 7.30pm
Art and Photographic
Exhibitions Ulster Hall
Mon 30 Nov – Wed 30 Dec
Read to Me
Tues 1 Dec: 7.30pm
Old and new Christmas music.
Belfast Waterfront
A musical tribute to all those
who participated in the Battle
of Britain.
Ireland in Christmas Praise
Paper Party Deco Workshop
Sun 6 Dec: 2pm – 4.30pm
Fri 4 Dec: 7.45pm
Crescent Arts Centre
New Irish Choir and Orchestra,
featuring New Irish Youth and
guest soloists.
Learn to make a variety of
paper decorations for parties,
weddings or your home. Over 16s only.
Call 9024 2338 or go to www.crescentarts.org
Belfast Waterfront
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What’s on
www.belfastcity.gov.uk/events
Your essential guide to Belfast events
Belfast Community Gospel
Choir Christmas Concert
Phil Coulter - Celebrates 50
Years in 2015
Christmas with The Priests
Sun 6 Dec: 7.30pm
Sun 13 Dec: 8pm
Sun 20 Dec: 8pm
Hailed as ‘the soul of Belfast,’ the
Choir’s performances are charged
with passion and energy.
The Ivor Novello award winner
is regarded as one of Ireland’s
greatest musical legends.
Sun 13 Dec
Education Authority
South Eastern Region
Winter Concert
Bay City Rollers Starring Les McKeown
Sun 20 Dec
Mon 7 Dec: 7.30pm
Belfast Waterfront
Belfast Waterfront
Ulster Hall
A selection of festive favourites
to spread the Christmas cheer!
Slade featuring Dave Hill,
Don Powell, Mal McNulty
and John Berry
Tues 8 Dec: 8pm
Belfast Waterfront
An exhilarating, roller-coaster
ride of rock ‘n’ roll classics!
City of Belfast School of
Music Christmas Concert
Ulster Hall
Sun 13 Dec: 8pm
Capture the original magic as you
enjoy all of their classic hits!
JTI Lunchtime Concert:
Seasons North & South
Ulster Orchestra
Belfast Waterfront
It’s A Wonderful Life
Christmas Traditional Tea Dances
Mon 21 Dec: 12 noon - 2pm
and 3pm - 5pm
Ulster Hall
The Four Seasons as you have
never heard them before.
Ulster Hall
Breakfast from 10am, movie
from 10.30am
Ulster Hall, Group Space
Miracle on 34th Street
Join us for an afternoon
of old-time dancing. Free tickets are available
from 9am on Monday 23
November Go to page 31 for more details.
Thurs 17 Dec: 1.05pm
Breakfast Club
Christmas movies
Tales of a White Christmas
Thurs 17 Dec: 6pm
Christmas Retro Tea Dance
Ireland’s Showbands - Do You Come Here Often?
Mon 21 Dec: 7.30pm
Mon 28 – Wed 30 Dec: 7.45pm
Ulster Hall
Belfast Waterfront
A night to remember with retro
dancing, music and fashion over 18s only.
Join original stars as they take
you back to the magical dance
hall days!
Fri 11 and Sat 12 Dec: 7.30pm
Belfast Waterfront
The Muppet Christmas Carol - Big Christmas Movie
January
Experience the joy of Handel’s
masterpiece.
Wed 23 Dec: 2pm. Movie begins
at 3pm
Wed 9 Dec: 7.30pm
Ulster Hall
Young musicians play a wide
repertoire, ranging from
classical to popular music.
Messiah at Christmas
Ulster Orchestra
Christmas
at the zoo
12, 13, 19, 20
and 21 Dec
Belfast Zoo
Join Santa
and his little
helpers for lots
of family fun!
See page 21 for
more details.
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Linen Hall Library
Readings, music and poetry
with actress Victoria Gleason.
Refreshments provided.
The Music Box
Thurs 17 - Sat 19 Dec: 7.30pm
Saturday Matinee: 2.30pm
Belfast Waterfront
Presented by Peter Corry and
sponsored by SPAR, this heart-warming and family friendly
spectacular will take audiences
on a magical festive journey
through a selection box of music,
readings, song and dance.
Belfast Waterfront
Arrive from 2pm for face
painting and lots of festive fun!
The High Kings
Mon 28 Dec: 8pm
Ulster Hall
Ulster Hall
One of the most exciting
Irish ballad groups to emerge
since The Clancy Brothers and
Tommy Makem.
The Coronas
Sun 20 Dec: doors 7pm
New Year Viennese Classics
Ulster Orchestra
Fri 8 and Sat 9 Jan: 7.45pm
Ulster Hall
All your favourite light
classical pieces.
Beyond Maps and Atlases
- Bertien Van Manen
Fri 15 Jan – Sat 27 Feb
Belfast Exposed Photography Gallery
Call 9023 0965 or go to www.belfastexposed.org
Members' directory
Members of Belfast City Council
Balmoral
(Belvoir, Finaghy, Malone, Musgrave and Upper Malone)
Councillor Paula Bradshaw
Councillor Jeffrey Dudgeon
Councillor Donal Lyons
Councillor Geraldine McAteer
Alderman Christopher Stalford
APNI
UUP
SDLP
SF
DUP
07825 684499
07921 251874
07846 770144
07795 160028
07791 317310
Black Mountain
Court
(Ballygomartin, Clonard, Falls, Forth River, Shankill and Woodvale)
Councillor Jolene Bunting
Councillor Billy Hutchinson
Alderman Brian Kingston
Councillor Mary McConville
Alderman Frank McCoubrey
Councillor Jim McVeigh
(Andersonstown, Ballymurphy, Beechmount, Colin Glen,
Falls Park, Shaw’s Road and Turf Lodge)
Lisnasharragh
Councillor Tim Attwood
SDLP
07802 279939
Councillor Janice Austin
SF
9062 6670
Councillor Ciarán Beattie
SF
9050 8989
Councillor Gerry Carroll
PBPA 07596 114612
Councillor Arder Carson (Lord Mayor)
SF
9080 8404
Councillor Steven Corr
SF
9062 6670
Councillor Emma Groves
SF
9080 8404
Councillor Aileen Graham
Councillor Carole Howard
Councillor Michael Long
Alderman Chris McGimpsey
Councillor Kate Mullan
Councillor Tommy Sandford
(Blackstaff, Central, Ormeau, Stranmillis and Windsor)
(Cregagh, Hillfoot, Merok, Orangefield, Ravenhill and Rosetta)
DUP
APNI
APNI UUP
SDLP
DUP
07876 033389
07876 800913
07876 395436
9045 6593
07852 150167
07867 420201
Oldpark
SDLP
UUP
SF
07769 298311
9032 0202
9024 3194
APNI
DUP
07833 220447
07788 371323
Councillor Mary Clarke
SF
9074 0817
Councillor Julie-Anne Corr Johnston
PUP
07934 819824
Councillor JJ Magee
SF
9074 0817
Councillor Nichola Mallon
SDLP 9032 0202
Councillor Gerry McCabe
SF
9074 0817
Alderman Gareth McKee (High Sheriff)
DUP
07917 353474
Castle
Ormiston
Alderman David Browne
UUP
07774 424140
Councillor Mary Ellen CampbellSF
9074 0817
Alderman Patrick Convery
SDLP 07884 367987
Councillor Nuala McAllister
APNI 07791 251441
Alderman Lydia Patterson
DUP
9071 7072
Alderman Guy Spence (Deputy Lord Mayor)
DUP
07824 859297
Councillor Ross Brown
Councillor Tom Haire
Councillor John Hussey
Councillor Peter Johnston
Councillor Mervyn Jones
Councillor Sian O'Neill
Alderman Jim Rodgers
Collin
Titanic
(Bellevue, Cavehill, Chichester Park, Duncairn, Fortwilliam
and Innisfayle)
(Dunmurry, Ladybrook, Lagmore, Poleglass, Stewartstown
and Twinbrook)
Councillor David Bell
Councillor Matt Garrett
Councillor Séanna Walsh Councillor Brian Heading
Councillor Stephen Magennis
Councillor Charlene O’Hara
07876 743222
07515 715563
07795 233313
9050 8331
9032 0202
9050 8331
(Ardoyne, Ballysillan, Cliftonville, Legoniel, New Lodge, and
Water Works)
Botanic
Councillor Declan Boyle
Councillor Graham Craig
Councillor Deirdre Hargey
Councillor Emmet
McDonough-Brown
Alderman Ruth Patterson
TUV
PUP
DUP
SF
DUP
SF
SF
SF
SF
SDLP
SF
SF
9061 1176
9080 8404
9032 0202
07854 365833
07989 530062
9061 1176
(Belmont, Garnerville, Gilnahirk, Knock, Sandown, Shandon
and Stormont)
GP
DUP
DUP
UUP
APNI
APNI
UUP
07930 366842
07796 453691
9047 3111
07827 909660
07840 290262
9032 0202
07801 882478
(Ballymacarrett, Beersbridge, Bloomfield, Connswater,
Sydenham and Woodstock)
Councillor David Armitage
Councillor Sonia Copeland
Councillor John Kyle
Councillor Adam Newton
Councillor Niall Ó Donnghaile
Councillor Brian Kennedy
APNI
UUP
PUP
DUP
SF
DUP
07881 363939
07833 223215
07515 409757
9045 9500
9024 3194
07769 333223
Party abbreviations
APNI Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
DUP Democratic Unionist Party
GP Green Party
PBPA People Before Profit Alliance
PUP Progressive Unionist Party
SDLP Social, Democratic and Labour Party
SF Sinn Féin
TUV Traditional Unionist Voice
UUP Ulster Unionist Party
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