News

Thanks so much to all the volunteers and staff who took part in the Belfast City Marathon this year in aid of BCM.  We were deligthed to have so many supporters doing the Marathon, the Relay, the 9 Mile Walk and the Fun Run!

150 older people across Belfast are set to benefit from the roll out of the expanded Housing Support for Older People (HSOP) project across the city.

The project launched by Belfast Lord Mayor Gavin Robinson, provided by BCM and funded by the Northern Ireland Housing Executive, helps older people live independently in their own homes by offering services such as maintenance, safety and security, as well as other practical and emotional support. 

Well, it’s been too long.  Someone suggested I had taken the Winter off from my Ramblings, but the truth is, setting priorities has always been a struggle for me.  And I’m sure you can identify with me when I say that, having once let something slip by, it gets easier and easier to let the next, and the next and … well you get the drift in my thinking.

BCM's Housing Support for Older People (HSOP) has been operating now since 2007 and to date we have helped approximately 250 older people to remain at home living as independently as possible.

To give you a flavour of what we do you will be able to read some of the experiences our recent service users have had to face and with support of the staff have been able to resolve these difficulties. Click here to read about the project and to read our latest newsletter.