Ballykinlar GAC, Strangford Lough and Lecale Partnership and stakeholders will be holding a trailer marking event on Saturday 21st Aug from 10am – 1pm at Ballykinlar GAC club grounds.

This is an opportunity to have your trailer security marked by for FREE, and sign up to other local initiatives like Text Alert. Trailers can be an easy target for thieves, quick and easy to steal and not easily identified. By security marking your trailer, this makes them less attractive to thieves and increases the chances of them being recovered and returned to you should they be stolen.

Ards and North Down Policing and Community Safety Partnership (PCSP), the PSNI, Strangford Lough and Lecale Partnership and Stakeholders will be holding a trailer marking event on Saturday 14th Aug from 10am – 1pm at Millisle Beach Car Park, Main St, Millisle, BT22 2HS.

This is an opportunity to have your trailer marked by Police at no cost, and sign up to other local initiatives like Text Alert. Trailers can be an easy target for thieves, quick and easy to steal and not easily identified. By security marking your trailer, this makes them less attractive to thieves; identifying...

In recent weeks visitors to the coast have enjoyed the special experience of observing marine wildlife including Harbour porpoises, dolphins, Minke whales and a Thresher shark off Rathlin Island.
However there have been a number of complaints about jet skis causing disturbance to marine wildlife. All species of whales, dolphins and porpoises (collectively termed ‘cetaceans’) are fully protected by law from disturbance, capture, injury or killing*. This means that insensitive boat handling or jet ski use that leads to disturbance or injury of protected species may lead to...

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Flying your drone this weekend -think about our wildlife! UAVs or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles can cause serious disturbance to vulnerable breeding birds and animals. Check out the new advice for drone, UAV & model aircraft pilots from The Partnership for Action Against Wildlife Crime NI at https://bit.ly/3yNjihB

Always use your common sense and think about the potential impact to nearby wildlife before you fly!

The Live Here Love Here Marine Litter Capital Grants are being provided by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs through the Live Here Love Here collaborative partnership, involving DAERA, ten Local Councils, Northern Ireland Housing Executive and Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful.

The Marine Litter Capital Grants will support organisations and groups to purchase items to:

• Prevent litter and plastic pollution from entering the marine environment 
• Enhance the environmental management of a local area to reduce marine litter
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Northern Ireland Micro Community Investment Fund Opens

Northern Ireland who are making the lives of others in their communities better through projects to improve financial, physical and mental wellbeing.

Applications will be accepted from grassroots community organisations based in Northern Ireland with an annual income of less than £30,000. Priority will be given to groups with an income of up to £10,000.

Priority will be given to projects that:

• Focus on the positive contribution of people within the community.
• Enable...

Equipment and Activity Funding for NI Community Groups

A fund for charitable, sports and community organisations in Northern Ireland for equipment purchases or projects and activities that enhance their offering within their local community is accepting applications.

Grants of up to £1,000 are available through the funding programme.

Applicants must:

• Be a community organisation based in Northern Ireland.
• Not have any political links.
• Use the funds within 6-8 weeks of receiving them.
• Agree to all PR and...

Rural Business Development Grants available

Membership Renewal 2021

Following a recent call for new membership, Strangford Lough and Lecale Partnership, Chairperson PJ Gault welcomes the following new partnership members,

• Dot Blakely, Bird Watching with Dot,
• Liesa Johnston Strangford Lough Tourism Cluster,
• Dr Verity Peet, Manager Portico, Portaferry

You are all very welcome and we very much look forward to working with you all at Strangford Lough and Lecale Partnership.