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8 October 2021 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council Chairperson, Councillor Cathy Mason recently visited St Patrick’s Primary School Legamaddy, Downpatrick to lend her support as the school participated in a cycle training session facilitated by Sustrans NI.

7 October 2021 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council and Newry Maritime Association are delighted to launch the James Mac Mahon heritage project, as part of the Council’s ‘Capacity Building’ programme, supported by the European Union PEACE IV Programme and managed by the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB).

4 October 2021 Communities across Newry, Mourne and Down are being targeted by an increasing number of scams, which are becoming extremely sophisticated and varied, and much harder to detect.

4 October 2021 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council and its Community Planning Partners are running their successful Communities Leading Change project for the third year.

4 October 2021 Successful partnership working between Newry, Mourne and Down Policing and Community Safety Partnership (PCSP) and the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) was highlighted at the recent International Association of Chiefs of Police Conference.

4 October 2021 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council alongside the Southern Health and Social Care Trust is encouraging local groups to get involved online as part of Positive Ageing Month.

28 September 2021 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council has urged people to apply for the Northern Ireland High Street voucher scheme to help support and promote local businesses across the district.

27 September 2021 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council has partnered with the Raise Your Voice Project to address sexual harassment and sexual violence in the community.

20 September 2021 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council’s Peace IV Animation Fund is supporting a cross-community project allowing local people the opportunity to develop their creative skills in a series of art and craft workshops linked to our rural heritage and the landscape of the Mournes.

20 September 2021 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council is proud to ‘Step It Up’ this Recycle Week in the biggest and best Recycle Week ever.

17 September 2021 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council’s Assessment of Performance 2020-21 was considered and approved by the Strategy, Policy and Resources Committee on Thursday 16 September 2021.

13 September 2021 Local groups in Newry, Mourne and Down will celebrate the peace building and cultural diversity efforts of young people and the challenges they face with a creative programme of cross-community and multicultural events as part of Good Relations Week 2021.