Setting up WiFi, being active on social media and knowing the lyrics to chart toppers have emerged among a list of skills modern dads have to get their heads around. Researchers found as well as having to be good at traditional talents such as fixing bikes ‘dad 2.0’ must alsoRead More →
Northern Ireland’s favourite pizzeria, Little Wing is giving away eight brand new bikes to kids across Northern Ireland in celebration of Bike Week, which takes place 9 to 17June. The popular home-grown pizza brand will give away one bike in each of its eight restaurants across Northern Ireland including; Holywood, Bangor,Read More →
Visitors to W5 Belfast this summer will be invited to step into the land before time as a Dinosaur Encounter touring exhibition from the Natural History Museum, which features lifelike and awe inspiring animatronic models, opens to the public for the summer holidays. The exhibition, supported by local media partnerRead More →
Northern Ireland’s favourite family get together and largest celebration of cultural diversity, the Belfast Mela, returns to Botanic Gardens on Sunday August 26 from 12 noon until 6pm for its biggest festival ever. Organised by ArtsEkta, this year’s Belfast Mela is set to provide a wonderful family day out to celebrateRead More →
With a spring in their step, the pupils of Belfast School of Performing Arts (BSPA) have just finished a show stopping six week run of five star productions. Not only did the young theatre school kids put on a cracking show each and every performance, they also raised an amazingRead More →
Volunteer’s Week is celebrated this week each year in June (1-7) and Young Enterprise, Northern Ireland’s leading education and enterprise charity, is shining a light on the work they carry out with over 600 business volunteers every year which helps make a difference to the future of young people inRead More →
Following the huge success of its first Family Festival last year, Belfast’s Grand Opera House has launched its 2018 Festival, which will take place this summer with support from leading recycling specialists, ISL Waste Management Ltd. The Festival’s programme includes a host of fun events from Tuesday 3 to ThursdayRead More →
Schools from across Northern Ireland are being invited to attend the biggest event on the academic calendar – the RDS Primary Science Fair – in Belfast’s Waterfront (June 6 & 7) and find out, among other things, if their teachers could really be replaced by robots. Fifty schools in total areRead More →
The award-winning science and discovery centre, W5, has opened the doors to a brand-new gift shop and LEGO® Zone where visitors can purchase and explore many different LEGO® products. The news follows the recent announcement of a £4.5m investment programme by The Odyssey Trust that will facilitate a significant transformationRead More →
Children and teenagers across Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK are seeking help from Childline as they struggle to cope with the pressure of taking exams. New figures from the NSPCC service reveal it delivered 92 counselling sessions last year (2017/18) to children from Northern Ireland who wereRead More →
Cinemagic is looking for imaginative and original films made by young people to be screened as part of Cinemagic Young Filmmaker 2018. The films can be about anything at all! Fact or fiction, comedy or drama, news programme or documentary. Cinemagic Young Filmmaker 2018 will take place during the Cinemagic BelfastRead More →
The National Trust, Northern Ireland’s leading conservation charity, is calling on people to ‘Bee Aware’, encouraging everyone to get involved to help reduce the decline of pollinators – insects which play a crucial part in ensuring plants produce fruit and seeds. To help drive awareness of pollinators, the Trust hasRead More →