Activities

Organising a weekly Out To Lunch Club which meets on Monday and is attended by 26-30 older and disabled residents. A hot meal is served in the function room of a local public house for which the Group pays rent, heat, food and entertainment.
Arranges speakers, health professionals, and entertainers to inform the members as well as entertaining and lifting their spirits in friendly comfortable surroundings. Recently a local chef demonstrated making pancakes and provided freshly cooked pancakes for all of us present. The week before a local musician led a sing song and taught a new melody.
Arranging outings to other Groups e.g Ligoneil Womens Group. Loughguile Community Centre
Outings to places of interest e.g Belfast Museum
Shopping Trips and Meals e.g Christmas Market, Larne.Garden Centres

Organise fundraising through

Working with Moyle Council, DARD,etc

East coast border Fund allowed us to research and agree improvements to the locality replacing street lighting, providing litter bins in the village; Planting and maintaining hanging baskets and tubs of flowers; publishing a visitors guide. Designing window inserts for derelict Glenariff Inn.
Researching placenames ; obtaining funding from DARD to erect townland boundary markers in Glenariff,Publish accompanying booklet.
Village renewal worked with Moyle to highlight the entrances to the mile long Waterfoot beach. Provided attractive stone benches/entrance features at the 5 access points,
Landscape a plot of waste ground at Waterfoot bridge providing a tasteful entrance feature, permanent Christmas Tree and seating for visitors and residents alike.
Obtained funding for a feasibility study with the expectation that we will obtain funding to transform a derelict toilet block into a beachside restaurant.