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Annual Christmas Eve Street Collection

19 December 2014

This year is our 125th Anniversary; therefore we want our Christmas Eve Street Collection to be even more successful than previous years.

Our team of volunteers and staff contribute their time in order to raise funds for 'those who need it most'. It is a great event to be a part of and involves working alongside a friendly, generous and caring team. It is always heart-warming to see the successfulness of our traditional street collections and the generosity that is displayed. This then makes a huge difference in the lives of families who are in need.

Puddleducks is growing!

17 December 2014

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Richard's Ramblings

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.

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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...