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George Jones presents a cheque to Cathedral parishioner Desney Cromey for the St Anne Trust. Local charities received grants totalling more than £220,000 raised by Belfast Cathedral’s Black Santa Sit-out at the annual Good Samaritans Service on February 5. Among those attending the service were charities working with groups including the homeless, refugees, people with disabilities, health charities, young people and older people. The cheques were presented by guests Dame Mary Peters and entertainer George Jones. The local grants awarded ranged from £200 to £5,000, with a £30,000 grant for overseas work made to Christian Aid. The Ulster Youth Orchestra received a grant of £4,740 towards the delivery of its 2017 summer residential course and concerts. This will benefit around 90 young people aged 14-23 who will attend the course running from August 10-19 led by acclaimed conductor Michael Seal. A grant of £1,200 to Lisburn Outlook will allow the charity, which provides social and recreation activities for blind and partially sighted people, to purchase two tandem bicycles. A spokesperson said: “Tandem riding Pictured outside St Anne’s Cathedral before the Good Samaritan Centre NI; Jennifer Hughes, Shelter NI; Special guest entertainer Ge Kane, Oh Yeah Mu Dame Mary and hand out Black is a great form of exercise for blind or partially sighted individuals as it affords an opportunity for exercise and social integration between the sighted ‘pilot’ and the blind or partially sighted ‘stoker.” Shelter Campaign for the Homeless was awarded £2,000. This will support various strands of the charity’s work. A spokesperson for the charity said: “The donation from the sit-out will make a very helpful contribution to Shelter Northern Ireland’s work.” Oh Yeah Music Centre, based in Gordon Street, Belfast, received a grant of £3,400 which will help fund its Shake, 10 Cathedral Digest
Dame Mary Peters chats with the representative of Belfast Lough Sailability during the presentations. lifeguards helped 218 people. Two of the largest grants were to charities working with the homeless and street sleepers. The Simon Community and the SOS Bus were each awarded grants of £5,000. s Service on Sunday February 5 are, from left: Busayo Obey, Migrant orge Jones; Dean John Mann; Special guest Dame Mary Peters; Paul sic Centre; Paula Klein, Ulster Youth Orchestra and Tony Swan, RNLI. George Jones Santa grants Rattle and Roll project working with people from supported living and day centres. A spokesperson said: “We have noted in previous work that people who attend workshops enjoy sessions immensely. People are more engaged, less stressed and make new friends and have new interests and subjects to stimulate them.” The RNLI has been awarded £1,527, the amount needed to train a crew member. The charity is 100 per cent funded by donations and legacies, and in 2015, NI Lifeboats launched 269 times, bringing 279 people to safety, while RNLI The Simon Community works with people to help them resolve problems and circumstances that might put their home at risk. It has 22 accommodation projects in Northern Ireland and offers 385 beds every night of the year for short-term and long-term clients who are experiencing homelessness. The charity helps more than 3,000 people every year. The SOS Bus helps vulnerable people at times of crisis, providing professional medical attention, transport to hospital, home or other place of safety, emotional care and listening ear services, signposting to statutory service providers and refreshments. The Dean of Belfast, the Very Rev John Mann, who completed his sixth Black Santa Sit-out in December, said the annual Good Samaritans Service was ‘a celebration of much that is good and praiseworthy in our community, and an opportunity to thank those who turn money into action and goodwill into improving the lives of others.’ Cathedral Digest 11
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