Millburn Community Development Ltd

01/06/2026

🌻🌱 Eco Era Plant-Off Challenge! 🌱🌻

Millburn and Churchlands came together for our Big Bytes Plant-Off, planting sunflowers and kicking off a friendly challenge to see which group’s plants will grow the biggest! 🌻🏆 (will check back in at the end of summer🤞🏼)

The group enjoyed plenty of outdoor fun including football, using the exercise equipment, visiting the chickens, relaxing on the picnic benches, having a tasty chippy and enjoying some music together. Despite a few showers ⛈️ we took shelter from the storm and were treated to a beautiful rainbow to round off a fantastic evening. 🌈

A brilliant example of young people connecting with nature, making new friendships and learning how small actions can help create a greener future. 💚🍃

29/05/2026

Well Done Ladies 👏👏

A special well done to 2 of our group members Betty McQuilkin from our Jolly Dollies Club and Karen Douglas from our Chatty Crafters Club for completing and passing their OCN L2 Essential Skills in Numeracy.

A fantastic achievement after many weeks of attending our Calf Lane Crafts Centre on Friday mornings to attend the course before sitting a final exam.

The course was supported by Rvra Limavady following on from their Multiply Course

29/05/2026

AIB Community Fund

https://aib.ie/community-fund

🌟 Please Support Millburn Community Development Youth Club and Activity Groups 🌟

Please take 1 minute to nominate us for the AIB Community Fund.

👉 AIB Community Fund Nomination Form

Charity: Millburn Community Development
Charity Number: 109699
Theme: Education and Opportunities

Suggested reason:
Supporting local children, young people and families through education, wellbeing and community programmes, creating hope, opportunity and positive change.

Let’s see if we can get one of these community awards to help support our community

Thank you for your support ❤️

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29/05/2026

Ball pit found

Anyone on Maple Drive lost a child’s ball pit in the wind

It’s in the Calf Lane Crafts Centre if you would like to collect

27/05/2026

Millburn Primary School school fair 6.30pm-8pm

☀️🌟 SUNSHINE, SMILES & SCHOOL FAIR FUN! 🌟☀️

Thursday 28th May
6.30-8pm

The weather is looking AMAZING for the Millburn School Fair and we cannot wait to welcome everyone for a fantastic evening in the sunshine! 😍

Here’s your official guide to all the fun happening across the school grounds! From pony rides 🐴 and bouncy castles 🏰 to face painting 🎨, mocktails 🍹, performances 🎭, games 🎯 and delicious treats 🍿☕ - there really is something for everyone.

🍔 Grab your dinner from Arthur’s Catering or The Holestone, enjoy a matcha from Brewed, or pick up a coffee in the Front Car Park while you explore everything the fair has to offer!

Check out the map below and start planning your route for the night! 👇

✨ Performances:
🎸 Nemesis – 7:15pm
💃 Inspire Dance & Drama – 7:40pm
🎟️ Raffle Draw – 7:45pm

Bring your friends, family and sunshine smiles for what promises to be a brilliant community evening ❤️💛

👇 Tell us in the comments…WHERE WILL YOU GO FIRST? 👇

22/05/2026

🍓 Minis

Our Minis celebrated National Strawberry & Cream Day with some tasty treats, painting, play dough, games, crispy buns, gaming and a little egg-and-spoon practice ahead of Sports Day. Good luck to everyone taking part today! 🏃‍♂️🥄 also love seeing members coming in and sharing their school successes ❤️



🎨 Juniors

A brilliant night for our Juniors! A highly requested sticky toffee pudding went down a treat, huge thanks to Maureen Ellis 🍰👏

Comments included “better than my auntie’s,” “10 out of 10,” and “amazing!”

The group enjoyed the Big Bytes Quiz, including turning some members into AI babies for a guessing challenge, alongside canvas painting, park fun, gaming and plenty of laughs with friends.

21/05/2026

Funding News

Our Outreach Worker, Billy Ellis, has once again been successful in securing funding this time for a van for our Cornfield Project Community Maintenance Team, thanks to the generous support of the Clothworkers’ Foundation.

This van will provide much needed mobility, allowing us to expand and deliver even more services across our community. We look forward to purchasing the van and getting on with providing this valuable new local service.

A huge thank you to the Clothworkers Foundation for their support, and to Billy for his continued hard work and dedication in securing opportunities that directly benefit our local community.

Millburn Community Development Ltd Supporting Our Community

20/05/2026

BCCP funding application.

This project will see local pharmacist Evan Reid working alongside our Cornfield Shed group to deliver a health and wellbeing project within our community.

Our Outreach Worker, Billy Ellis, would like to thank the funding team at CDHN once again for their continued support. This marks our seventh round of funding over the years, helping us to improve the health and wellbeing of our community.

We look forward to welcoming Evan back again. He has been a fantastic support to us over the years, and we are excited to continue working together on this new project.

We are delighted to announce the investment in 22 new BCPP Level 2 projects!

This funding will support the development of communities across Northern Ireland in partnership with local pharmacists.

BCPP aims to reduce health inequalities by addressing the social determinants of health—factors like poverty, housing, social isolation, and access to healthcare. Funded by Department of Health NI and developed by Community Development and Health Network

We focus on:

🟢Strengthening social support

🟢Building community connections

🟢Improving access to healthcare through community pharmacies

Keep an eye on our socials as we look forward to sharing more on our collaboration with these projects!

Antrim Community Support Hub Ashes To Gold Community Seasons Coffee + Studio Crisis Cafe Destined Hanwood Centre Kildress Wolfe Tones Mid & East Antrim Agewell Partnership Millburn Community Development Ltd Newry Shamrocks GAC Seamróga an Iúir CLG Peak Health & Mind PIPS Hope and Support The Bridge NI The Churches Trust The Courthouse Kesh Zachary Geddis Trust

19/05/2026

Our minis enjoyed making the most of the dry weather with a trip to the park, alongside play dough creations, arts and crafts, gaming, games, karaoke and some healthy fruit snacks. 🍎🎨🎮



Our juniors continued their Think First risk-taking behaviour programme, taking part in some fantastic discussions and sharing their thoughts on making positive choices. Crinkle chips went down a treat, with plenty of football, games and time in the park rounding off a brilliant evening. ⚽🍟🌳

15/05/2026

Putting Millburn on the map again with this fantastic project that we delivered earlier this year