Carrick Connect

02/11/2026

Our Greenislanders working so hard today at our after-school homework club. Always so proud of how hard they work . Hard work pays off for sure and we see some of them smashing it and improving every week

02/11/2026

Please see below if you wish to support Belfast Homeless Services again this year with their shoebox appeal. Please note that they are asking for donations. All collection points are detailed. Carrick Connect are happy to support should people from our town want to donate and will deliver personally to BHS ❤️

*Update on Christmas Shoebox Appeal*

Good morning supporters
You have been asking for drop off points for any donations to our Appeal and we have confirmed the following locations to date:

Belfast Homeless Centre
35a King Street
Belfast
Monday to Thursday 2pm to 10pm

Blackstaff bingo,
109 Springfield Road
Belfast

Belfast Pilates & Physiotherapy Clinic
,56 Hollywood Road, Belfast

Ulster Property Sales
303 Antrim Road
Glengormley

Kingham Property
41 North Street
Lurgan

Bellaghy Pharmacy
20 Main Street
Bellaghy

21 Beech Tree Grove
Ballymoney

Carrick Connect
unit 1, St Nicholas Court
Carrickfergus (please ring in advance as limited opening hours)

Vedra Therapies
8 Baronscourt Mews
Carryduff

Valley Leisure Centre
40 Church Road
Newtownabbey

We will update this list if other locations become available

We are aware that there are supporters who are unable to purchase items to be dropped off but would like to support the Appeal. In the past we have had Amazon wish lists but have found that we can purchase items much cheaper in bulk locally. For anyone wishing to support with a financial donation we have included the options below (please note 100% of your donation will be used to purchase items for the appeal)

PayPal:
[email protected]

Justgiving:
https://www.justgiving.com/charity/belfasthomeless. (please amend tip to zero)

Or via direct bank transfer( Please contact us for details)

Any questions please do not hesitate to contact us and thank you once again for your continued support

02/11/2026

Good morning. Monday arrives again and we've a packed week. Our after-school homework club runs from 3-5pm today at Greenisland Jubilee Hall and tomorrow sees us back at Silverstream Primary School and Nursery Unit for the beginning of our 8 week futurebound programme with the new P7 class. Our 10.12 craft club is back tomorrow also from 3-5pm alongside both our tutoring sessions this incoming Wednesday and Thursday from 4-6pm. We are also excited to be starting our futurebound programme this Thursday at Sunnylands Primary School.
Our mentoring continues in the background throughout. For any further enquiries please email myself on [email protected]

28/10/2026

Enjoy the break 🎃

We hope everyone is having a great halfterm. What a slog that was, from September to now every student has worked their socks off.
Therefore we’re taking this week off and letting everyone relax for the week.

Have a great Halloween and stay safe!

27/10/2026

VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES ⭐
Get in touch with us 🥰

We are looking for committed passionate volunteers who would be happy to help assist us on various projects. Examples of this would be
⭐- to help assist on Tuesdays at our 10.12 craft club. This runs from 3-5pm at our place.
⭐-to help assist on Mondays at our Greenisland homework Club. This runs every Monday from 3-5pm.
⭐-to help assist on Wednesdays at our Tutoring programme. This runs from 4-6pm at our place every Wednesday
⭐- to help assist on Thursdays at our tutoring programme. This runs from 4-6pm every Thursday.

Please note that we do not expect volunteers to commit to every week but to commit to a level that works with them and us to enable us to always be able to function. It is always important that we have cover should volunteers take sick and not be able to attend. If you feel you could spare a few hrs a week please do get in touch by emailing myself on [email protected]

Much Thanks in advance. All ages welcome over the age of 18

Good evening. We have a few volunteering opportunities within Carrick Connect. This is daytime hours throughout the week. If you have a few hrs in your week that you have spare and feel like you would like to volunteer and give back to your community please give us a shout by emailing myself on [email protected].
All ages welcome 18 years and over. This would particularly suit actively retired. We would love to hear from you. Volunteering hours are for weekday afternoons. No weekend hours are needed. Much thanks in advance 🙏

26/10/2026

Loving our pumpkins 🎃🎃🎃

26/10/2026

We've been decorating pretty individual pumpkins today at Greenisland, keep watching for our final results. Well impressed by their creativity. Our burgers and chips went down a treat today 🍔 🍟





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26/10/2026

Homework Greenisland clubbers are Halloween crafting today. Lets get creative with crafts and treats 🎃🎃🎃

26/10/2026

Schools are off but Carrick Connect will still be on today at Greenisland Jubilee hall today for our Monday after-schoolers. If you come every Monday then get yourself down to us for some Halloween crafts and fun from 3-5pm..We've got some activities planned, no school work today and dinner will be served at 430pm. See you later Greenislanders 👀
🎃🎃🎃🎃

23/10/2026

Futurebound completed for Carnlough Controlled Integrated Primary School and our 4th school out of 8. We'll be back with futurebound the first week in November with our next two schools being Sunnylands Primary School and Silverstream Primary School and Nursery Unit
Well Done Carnloughers 👏👏
It's been a Joy to get to know you all and we are so very touched by your beautiful personal thank you cards. Thank you also for the flowers especially made by the principal and for the sweets. Wee emotional week saying goodbye to our P7"s whom we have gotten to know over the weeks. The best part indeed is building up positive relationships with you all and your schools. So very thankful 🙏