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BCM's Housing Support for Older People team are piloting a scheme where service users of their project which supports independent living for older people can avail themselves of a free halogen heater to help them stay warm over the Winter period.  BCM hope this scheme proves popular and its initial pilot can lead to a larger scale version in 2012, anyone wishing to contribute towards this scheme can contact BCM on 028 9024 1917.

Featured in picture are: Rev Richard Johnston (Superintendent BCM), Catherine Apsley, Sharron Gray, Maria D’Agostino (BCM's HSOP team).

BCM's Superintendent Rev Richard Johnston and its Director Brian Burns met with Nelson McCausland (MLA) and Will Haire from the DSD this week at the Grosvenor Hall. During their visit Mr McCausland and Mr Haire were able to see the wonderful generosisty by their own offices and the general public in this time of need.

An increasing number of government offices now donate gifts via the Giving Tree and many of their staff join the BCM volunteers to assist in making up toy parcels each year.

BCM look forward to many more years of this.

Santa is joined by representatives of Marks and Spencer Donegall Place, Belfast, to help launch the BCM (Belfast Central Mission) & SVP Giving Tree.

This is the 12^thyear that M&S have supported this cross community joint venture between local charities BCM and SVP. All you have to do is take a tag from the tree at M&S and buy a gift to suit that child, then return it to the box beside the Giving Tree, the gifts will then be distributed to families across Belfast.

Richard’s Ramblings…

Firstly, apologies.  Last month you did not get a chance to read my Ramblings, because I failed to get them written – however here are some thoughts for November.

Wendy, my wife, and I went through a stage some years ago when we created ferneries at several homes in which we lived.  In each case, the climate was harsh enough that shade cloth needed to be erected to protect the plants, but the deep greenery that eventuated gave real feeling of freshness and coolness in a hot climate.