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2 December 2014

Here it is almost Christmas again. I have just seen a Facebook post reminding me it is only 3.5 weeks to go. This year seems to have disappeared at an astounding rate, and yet the statement I heard a little while ago about the fact that time travels at the same rate from one year to the next challenges me about why it all seems to pass so quickly.

Having recently come across some theories about the idea that time is actually not a constant, but can vary (not that I really understand this) maybe it really has passed more quickly!

Belfast Lord Mayor Launches 15th Year of Giving Tree Partnership

27 November 2014

Belfast’s Lord Mayor Councillor Nichola Mallon was in Marks & Spencer Belfast to launch the 15^th year of the ‘Giving Tree’, a cross-community initiative run by Belfast Central Mission (BCM) and the Society of St Vincent de Paul (SVP). The ‘Giving Tree’ gives members of the public an opportunity to donate a toy or gift for local children with the gifts being divided equally between SVP and BCM before being distributed to families in the weeks leading up to Christmas. Shoppers choose a tag from the ‘Giving Tree’ to whom they would like to donate a gift – for example, a boy or

Christmas Appeal 2014

24 October 2014

Last year BCM distributed over 3.070 toy parcels and 1,650 food parcels to local families and older people in need.

With redundancies continuing across the country and an increasing number of families facing a difficult festive period, BCM is hopeful that once again the general public will dig deep to donate food and toy items to help those in need.

Exhibition Launch at the Linen Hall Library

23 October 2014

As part of BCM's 125th Anniversary celebrations the Linen Hall Library, Belfast is hosting an exhibition of BCM’s archive photographs, documents and artefacts. On display are some of BCM’s early twentieth century Hogg images of life in the Belfast slums together with a variety of items representing BCM’s involvement in the life of the city.

BCM's 4th Annual Conference

7 October 2014

Staff, volunteers and congregation came together recently to share and mark their achievements during the past year at the 4th BCM Annual Conference. The theme of this year’s conference ‘From Small Acorns Mighty Oak Trees Grow’ recognises the long way BCM has come in the past 125 years. The Lord Mayor of Belfast, Councillor Nichola Mallon opened the day by paying tribute to the dedication and commitment of BCM's staff and volunteers, before guests took part in workshops which reflected the theme of growth, development and training.

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From BCM’s foundation in 1889, volunteers have played a vital role in the life of the Mission and this remains true today. In fact this is an expanding area of our work and the contribution made by our volunteers has been calculated as an amazing 11,100 volunteering hours in the year Jan - Dec 2015 alone...