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Northern Trust’s new Carer Support Programme out now

The Northern Health and Social Care Trust has unveiled its latest Carer Support Programme featuring a range of classes and activities to help carers look after their own health and wellbeing....


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New book celebrates autistic voices through words and creativity

A new book celebrating imagination, individuality and shared experience has been published by participants in a creative writing class for autistic adults. The NeuroVerse: Autistic Insights and Expressions, features...

Margarette O'Donnell stands with a group of other staff members from the Recovery College.

‘Finding hope again’: Recovery College peer trainer shares her mental health journey

A member of staff at the Northern Trust’s Recovery College has described how her own mental health journey inspired her to help others. Margarette O’Donnell works as a peer...

‘Death positive’ hub now available at Coleraine Library

A ‘Death Positive Library’ has been launched in Coleraine as part of ongoing work between the Northern Health and Social Care Trust, Libraries NI, and Compassionate Communities NI to...

Get involved with This is our Health

This is our Health is a public conversation about how we can work together to help people in Northern Ireland live longer, healthier and more fulfilling lives. Most of what...

Dying Matters Week in the Northern Trust

Talking about death can be a difficult prospect for many of us but people don’t have to face this alone. Dying Matters Week is a national campaign, led by...

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The Roddens celebrates 55 years of compassionate care

A beloved Ballymoney care home proudly marked its 55th anniversary last month. The milestone was made even more special with the return of the home’s very first care assistant,...