The Deputy Lord Mayor of Belfast, Councillor Bernie Kelly, hosted a special reception on Wednesday 12th December to recognise the work and the achievements of The Cedar Foundation.
[ Thursday 13 December 2007 ]
Omagh man Dessie McLaughlin has helped raise £125.00 for The Cedar Foundation by hosting a “Time Out” day for employees of Omagh District Council.
[ Tuesday 11 December 2007 ]
Tireless charity volunteer Mr Alan Bell received his MBE from Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace recently
[ Thursday 06 December 2007 ]
Linda Keers, The Cedar Foundation’s Financial Controller and Head of Administration, has recently completed the Dublin Marathon to raise nearly £900 for Cedar
[ Thursday 29 November 2007 ]
Cedar Foundation staff were recognised at the Charities Annual General Meeting. Special presentations were made to five groups of people, who put forward innovative ideas to help improve the services of the Foundation for disabled people and staff alike.
[ Thursday 15 November 2007 ]
Disabled people from all over Northern Ireland gathered for The Cedar Foundation’s Annual Conference and General Meeting at the Island Civic Centre in Lisburn last week to hear how the charity puts disabled people at the forefront of it’s work.
[ Thursday 15 November 2007 ]
Glasswalkers and Firewalkers from across Northern Ireland gathered at Hilden Brewery, just outside Lisburn for a Fire’N’Ice Extravaganza on 20th October.
[ Thursday 01 November 2007 ]
The Cedar Foundation ran a 7 week photographic course earlier this year, giving young disabled people, aged from 13 – 19 years, the chance to learn photographic skills.
[ Monday 22 October 2007 ]
Former Cedar Foundation Trainee Marius Rooney presented the organisation with a cheque for £300 today raised through a football fundraising match.
[ Thursday 18 October 2007 ]
Amongst the impressive surroundings of the Athens Arena, the results of the 2007 EFQM Excellence Award were announced during EFQM’s annual Gala Celebration. The EFQM Excellence Award is Europe’s most prestigious recognition for organisational excellence given to Europe’s best performing companies and not for profit organisations
[ Wednesday 03 October 2007 ]
Colleen Frew, President of The Association presented a cheque for £750 to Christine Tweedie. This was from the commission made from the sales at an exhibition of work by local Art teachers held at Holywood Library during June of this year.
[ Wednesday 26 September 2007 ]
Stormont explorer scouts recently raised £400 for The Cedar Foundation by climbing mountain passes and peaks with the accumulative altitude of mount Everest.
[ Wednesday 19 September 2007 ]
The Cedar Foundation has been announced as a finalist for the EFQM Excellence Award. The Award is Europe’s most prestigious award for organisational excellence.
[ Wednesday 01 August 2007 ]
The Cedar Foundation’s Ballymena Training Centre organised a Karaoke and Disco night recently at the Tullyglass Hotel to raise funds to help disabled people in Northern Ireland
[ Tuesday 31 July 2007 ]
Elvis made a comeback recently to help raise funds for local disability Charity The Cedar Foundation.
[ Tuesday 24 July 2007 ]
Anne McAleer, Facilitator with The Cedar Foundation’s User Forum was a key speaker at the recent European Union for Supported Employment Conference (EUSE) held at the Waterfront Hall in Belfast.
[ Tuesday 24 July 2007 ]
The Coalisland Charity Shop of The Head Injury and Diabetic Support Group, made a generous donation of £2,000 towards The Cedar Foundation's new Supported Living Development at Ardkeen,Today.
[ Friday 20 July 2007 ]
The Cedar Foundation is currently asking people from all over Northern Ireland to undertake a once in a lifetime challenge while raising funds for disabled people in Northern Ireland. The latest exciting event from The Cedar Foundation is a Glasswalk and Firewalk Challenge.
[ Thursday 19 July 2007 ]
The Cedar Foundation’s approach to partnership in developing SMART housing solutions for people with disabilities was recently recognised at an International Conference in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
[ Wednesday 04 July 2007 ]
As recognition for all his hard work Alan Bell, Cedar Foundation Volunteer, has been officially recognised on the Queen’s Birthday Honours List.
[ Friday 29 June 2007 ]
East Belfast Explorer Scouts entered several relay teams in the recent Belfast Marathon to raise money for The Cedar Foundation.
[ Friday 29 June 2007 ]
Four disabled people from The Cedar Foundation have been presented with personal achievement awards at The William Keown Trust annual awards ceremony which this year took place in the Europa Hotel in Belfast.
[ Thursday 28 June 2007 ]
The Cedar Foundation has been officially recognised as being an Employer of Choice at a glittering awards ceremony held recently in the Hilton, Templepatrick.
[ Wednesday 27 June 2007 ]
The Cedar Foundation held its annual Charity Golf Competition in the magnificent setting of Galgorm Golf Club in Ballymena recently
[ Thursday 14 June 2007 ]
David Sissling, Chief Executive Designate of the Health & Social Care Authority today officially opened The Cedar Foundation’s Training & Resource Centre for disabled people in Ballymena.
[ Monday 11 June 2007 ]
Stephen Mathews, Chief Executive of The Cedar Foundation, last week announced details of an innovative new award for staff of The Foundation.
[ Thursday 07 June 2007 ]
The sky’s above Belfast were dominated with more than the Harland and Wolff cranes last Saturday (12th) as people from all over Northern Ireland harnessed up and zip slided across the River Lagan,
[ Wednesday 16 May 2007 ]
The Cedar Foundation User Forum recently travelled over to Keswick, in the Lake District to take part in a team building weekend. It was the second year that The User Forum had visited the centre
[ Friday 27 April 2007 ]
Active Futures is now up and running in the Causeway area and the team held an informal coffee morning to tell professionals such as Social Workers what the programme is all about
[ Tuesday 24 April 2007 ]
Fancy yourself as a Daredevil and fancy a new challenge? How about zip sliding across the river Lagan on Saturday 12th May 2007 to raise vital funds for The Cedar Foundation
[ Thursday 05 April 2007 ]
The Cedar Foundation has chosen the theme Connections to promote awareness of Brain Injury Awareness Week which takes place from 12th-16th March 2007.
[ Wednesday 07 March 2007 ]
A group of budding photographers from The Cedar Foundation’s Children and Young People’s Services had a great day out at The Ulster Folk and Transport Museum recently.
[ Wednesday 28 February 2007 ]
Ravenhill Girls Brigade had a visit from local disability charity The Cedar Foundation recently to take part in Disability Awareness Training. The evening in Belfast proved to be very successful with a number of fun sessions led by the staff of the Foundation.
[ Monday 19 February 2007 ]
The Ulster Folk and Transport Museum chose The Cedar Foundation to be its Charity of the Year for 2006 and collected donations at many events including the extremely successful Carols by Candlelight.
[ Wednesday 07 February 2007 ]
The Cedar Foundation’s User Forum held its second Fashion Show in the Wellington Park Hotel in the latter half of last year. The night, which was compered by Presenter Sarah Travers, was a runaway success with disabled people, staff from the Foundation and their families taking part in the show.
[ Friday 05 January 2007 ]
The Northern Ireland District BB Anchor Boys chose The Cedar Foundation to be one of its named charities during 2006 and raised an incredible £7364.24 which was presented to the charity in December.
[ Tuesday 02 January 2007 ]