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It's estimated by scholars that St Brigid died around 1500 years ago and so this year celebrations will be in full swing nationwide and indeed in Co. Louth the birthplace of the saint.
Family Focus Evanston honored residents and organizations during its annual benefit event Thursday. The event, themed “Evanston’s Black Heroes,” featured students from Family Focus’s after-school program who performed biographies of prominent Black Evanston residents from both the past and present. Family Focus President and CEO Dara Munson said she is proud of the role that the organization plays in supporting Evanston’s Black community. Its Evanston center has operated out of 2010 Dewey Ave. for over 40 years, serving as a central point of resources and programming for the 5th W...
But despite advancing years and a health scare the prince is said to have kept up with youngsters from Laburnum Boat Club and Hackney Quest as a patron of London Youth charity. The Duke of Edinburgh visited young people at Hackney Quest as a patron of London Youth on February 21 in 2012. - Credit: Archant The prince had been hospitalised with heart problems the previous Christmas and watched young people narrow boating, rock climbing, and pancake making at Laburnum Boat Club along the Regents Canal in Haggerston, even getting involved himself. “The prince was very good considering hi...
Chiara Wilkinson, @chiarawilkinson Colette Allen (left) and Polly Mann outside Hackney Quest on Poole Road. - Credit: Andrew Leo The director of a Hackney charity is nominated as the borough’s lockdown hero for BBC Radio London’s Make a Difference Hero campaign on Sunday. Originally from Edinburgh, Colette Allen has worked at the youth charity Hackney Quest for 20 years and was nominated by the council in the scheme honouring those making a difference to their local communities during the Covid pandemic. Based on Poole Road, the charity has 100 volunteers and works to provide mentori...