To assist with planning the Health and Wellbeing Christmas lunch, we would be grateful if you would complete a few questions to let us know your availability on selected dates and rank the restaurant choices. Hopefully, everyone join us this year - it's really nice for us to get some time out of our day to day work and enjoy some time together as a team.
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Welcome to your 2024 membership application, this form also doubles as an annual update on businesss data that will assist the tourism development, events and economic development departments in planning the year ahead in relation to festivals, events, food-themed weeks and in the provision of business training.
There are three types of membership in 2024; full, associate and new (provisional).
Full membership is for the following:
Food and drink producers who are field to...More
Mind Body Business is a joint initiative by the Public Health Agency and Ards and North Down Borough Council that aims to benefit local businesses and their employees, by providing initiatives that encourage employers to put “health” at the centre of their business agenda.
The Mind Body Business 2023-24 Programme offered a small grant of financial support, up to £250 (per business), to businesses based in Ards and North Down Borough who were interested in providing a workplace...More
The Experience Programme 2024 provides businesses with the opportunity to pilot a new experience.
NB: The programme will be subject to budget following confirmation of rate setting.
Terms and conditions can be viewed via the link:
Terms and Conditions
Applications must be received by Sunday 12 November at 6pm.
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You recently participated in an Employee Health and Wellbeing Taster Class. Please take a moment to complete this questionnaire and tell us about your experience.
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Sign-up for the food and drink network meeting at 9 for 9.30am on 17 October 2023. Taking place in the Dusty Miller Room, Ards Blair Mayne Leisure Centre. Newtownards, BT23 4DB.
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Thank you for attending Aspects Festival 2023. As someone who booked a ticket (s), we welcome your feedback through this short survey.
All those who leave their email addresses are automatically entered into a draw for two tickets to attend Music in The Chamber: Maxwell Quartet at Bangor Castle on Friday 24 November at 8pm.
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You recently participated in an Employee Health and Wellbeing photography course over a three week period. Please take a moment to complete this questionnaire and tell us about your experience.
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Action Cancer offers digital breast screening every two years for self referring women aged 40 - 49 and 70+. The screening service is available from Action Cancer House in Belfast (Mon-Fri) and onboard the Big Bus which travels across Northern Ireland visiting communities and workplaces. Screening can detect changes which might not be seen or felt during a breast examination.
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Applications are sought from Taste Ards & North Down members who meet a set brief and criteria (attached below) whch have been issued specifically for the Love Your Food Show. Applicants are advised to read this document and understand their commitments before applying.
Applicants will be expected to contribute fully to the promotion of Ards and North Down as a food and drink destination and play an active part in the concurrent activities planned throughout the final two weeks...More
The playground at Parsonage Road has been identified as being in need of refurbishment by the annual Independent Inspectors Assessment.
The Ards and North Down Play Strategy 2021-2032, proposed closing the playground at Parsonage Road, which is a Tier 2 and upgrading the playground at The Green (shore) from a Tier 2 to a Tier 1. It was also proposed to relocate the partial Multi Use Games Area (MUGA) at Parsonage Road to The Green (shore) and replacing it with a full...More
The Ards and North Down Play Strategy 2021- 2032 highlighted the need for older children provision in Holywood.
The aim of this consultation is to ascertain the views of local residents in the Holywood area with regards to where such a facility should be located and what type of facility that should be. The preferred facility type and location is what will be delivered.
It should be noted that depending on the facility type and the preferred location...More
In August 2023, Ards and North Down Borough Council hosted its 22nd Creative Peninsula festival in various venues and studios around the borough. This thriving annual event features Creative Peninsula Twilight Market in the Square, Open Studios, Exhibitions, Workshops, Demonstrations, and more!
As someone who booked a ticket(s), to attend a Creative Peninsula Professional Development Workshop with Tierna Byrne, we welcome your feedback through this short survey.
This...More
Ards and North Down Borough Council would love to hear your opinion on Dine at the Dock in Portavogie on Friday 1st September 2023.
This questionnaire should take no more than 5 minutes of your time.
Any data you give will only be used for the purposes of improving future events. It will not be shared with anyone else under any circumstances.
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Ards and North Down Borough Council would love to hear your opinion about the Star Gazing event at Burr Point on Friday 1st September 2023.
This questionnaire should take no more than 5 minutes of your time.
Any data you give will only be used for the purposes of improving future events. It will not be shared with anyone else under any circumstances.
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After the merge of Community and Tourism Events and Festivals funding schemes, we want to hear how it worked for you. We welcome your honest feedback, the sole purpose of this is to enable us to make the Fund function the best for you.
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You recently participated in an Employee Health and Wellbeing creative workshop. Please take a moment to complete this questionnaire and tell us about your experience.
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The Covid-19 Recovery Revitalisation Programme was welcomed by councils across Northern Ireland when it was introduced in 2020. The programme provided funding for the local authorities to carry out interventions in cities, towns and villages that would introduce measures to create a retail experience that was safe and welcoming while Covid-19 remained a risk.
The programme was delivered through a joined-up approach between the Department for Communities (DfC), Department for...More
The Covid-19 Recovery Revitalisation Programme was welcomed by councils across Northern Ireland when it was introduced in 2020. The programme provided funding for the local authorities to carry out interventions in cities, towns and villages that would introduce measures to create a retail experience that was safe and welcoming while Covid-19 remained a risk.
The programme was delivered through a joined-up approach between the Department for Communities (DfC), Department for...More
Ards and North Down Borough Council is undertaking a review of Village Action Plans across the Borough . The purpose of the review is to establish what the current priorities are for each of the local communities in our rural villages. This provides an opportunity for you to reflect on each of the actions within your plan, both to confirm their current status and to comment on how relevant they still are to the village. This process will also assist Council with the...More
You recently participated in Monday Football which is organised by Employee Health and Wellbeing Group. Please take a moment to complete the short questionnaire and give us some feedback.
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Creative Peninsula Twilight Market and Arts Night
Conway Square and Ards Arts Centre Newtownards
Fri 4 Aug, 4 - 9pm
Visit Creative Peninsula artists and makers who will be exhibiting, demonstrating, and selling their unique hand-crafted products in Conway Square for one-night only. With a selection of ceramics, textiles, print, paintings and mixed media on offer and a drop-in area for children’s arts and craft activity provided by Boom! Studios.
Live music throughout the...More