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Local Towns and Villages entered for 2012 Supervalu Best Kept Awards  |  14 May 2012
Down District Council has entered 16 towns and villages throughout the district for this year’s SuperValu Best Kept Town and Village Awards.

PEACE III Funded Community History Project at Down County Museum  |  04 May 2012
Helping local people discover and understand the issues around culture, identity and diversity is the focus of a PEACE III project being delivered by Down County Museum.

Local Councillors are United in Support of Significant New Partnership  |  24 April 2012
10 Councillors from across Down district have been nominated to serve as Members of the first ever Down Policing and Community Safety Partnership (PCSP).

Councillor Carmel O'Boyle Selected to Chair New PCSP  |  24 April 2012
Councillor Carmel O’Boyle has been selected as the first Chairperson of the new Down Policing and Community Safety Partnership (PCSP) and will head up the new body when it is formally established in the next few weeks.

Down District Council Chairman Welcomes Investment in New Community Services at Downe Hospital  |  23 April 2012
On Wednesday 18 April 2012, Down District Council Chairman, Cllr Dermot Curran welcomed the news of the opening of a purpose built GP and Community Services Unit at the Downe Hospital to replace the Pound Lane Health Centre in Downpatric...

Disability Awareness Group Impressed with Bardan Cottage Senior Centre  |  16 April 2012
Members of Down District Council’s Disability Awareness Working Group recently received an overview of the facilities available at Bardan Cottage from Liam Lavery of GL Care LLP who owns and manages the facility.

Pictures and Words: A Celebration of Action in the Downpatrick Neighbourhood Renewal Area  |  30 March 2012
Residents, volunteers, project staff and members of the Downpatrick Neighbourhood Renewal Partnership came together to put ‘words to pictures’ in an imaginative event celebrating the success of the Neighbourhood Renewal Programme to date...

Down District Council Invests in Health and Well Being of Children  |  06 March 2012
Friday 2 March 2012 saw local school children, Sponge Bob Square Pants and Down District Council Chairman cut the red ribbons at five new play parks across the district.

Sowing Seeds of Friendship  |  20 February 2012
The Big Lunch campaign is back and this year it falls on a very busy weekend during the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, when the Olympic torch is here and organisations all over the Uk are celebrating volunteers week – so lots of reasons for yo...

Deadline Approaching for Applications to Big's Connecting Older People Programme  |  13 February 2012
Northern Ireland organisations who want to apply to the Big Lottery Fund’s Reaching Out: Connecting Older People programme should be aware that the deadline is approaching.

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