Dunclug Youth Forum attending a training session under the guidance of Tony McGonigle.The leadership training has been made available through N.I.C.V.A (Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Associations

13 local residents attended a training seminar on Child Safety In The Home.The training was delivered by Colin Wallace from R.O.S.PA.Dunclug Partnership combined with An Munia Tober to afford the opportunity for local residents to avail of the training.
Those attending were mothers from the P.A.K.T programme and mothers from the Irish travelling Community.
Training took place in All Saints Parish centre on Thursday 20 May and 27 May.Those participating can gain accrediitation for their learning.

Dunclug Park has had a clean up and has had the addition of two community murals.One is the seven ages of Dunclug and the other a feature on the Irish warrior Cu .Culhainn

Denise Reynolds community services development officer with Ballymena Borough Council kindly showed members of the Dunclug partnership around the newly refurbished community centre.
The centre will be open for bookings shortly and indeed the next full partnership meeting on 27 May will be held in the centre.Congratulations to Denise Reynolds and all others associated with the refurbishment and in particula to D.S.D for the funding .

The subway leading out of Millfield according to residents is being mis used by local youth.Alcohol,drugs and broken bottles are a constant complaint from any locals using the subway.Anti social behaviour including youths urinating in the subway are a constant nuisance.One resident who did not want to be named stated”the subway should be closed it is a disgrace and is not used “.A meeting with roads services has been arranged to discuss the situation.
If you have any views about the subway please comment on these.

Dunclug Partnership in conjunction with Ballymena Community Sport are hosting a mini-world cup festival,to be held on Saturday 19 June 2010 at Dunclug College.
Application forms for the tournament have been distributed to local primary schools and indeed 670 have been distributed to households in the Dunclug estates as of Wednesday 19 May 2010.Two age groups between 6 and 12 years of age will form teams on the day.Colum Best of the Dunclug Partnership is grateful to the help and support afforded by Gary Boyd of Ballymena Community Support.
For further information contact Gary on 028 25669857 or Colum on 02825632189

The field trip to Navan centre took place on 15 mAY 2010.
Twenty five persons made the trip and a large percentage of those were from the Dunclug area of Ballymena.
The trip was part of the Cultural Connections funded under the European Union’s Peace 3 programme managed by North East Peace 3 Partnership.
Thanks to Nicola McFall from Ballymena Museum and to Marleen McClelland of the Dunclug Partnership and last but by no means least Patricia O’Neill from Dunclug Resident’s Association for the organisation involved in the trip.

Dunclug & District Resident’s Association are holding their Annual General Meeting on 9 June 2010 at 8p.m in the newly refurbished Dunclug Community Centre. IF YOU CARE ABOUT YOUR COMMUNITY THEN PLEASE ATTEND THIS IMPORTANT MEETING.