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Dr Mannion, Dementia Consultant, Northern Health & Social Care Trust delivers excellent talk on Dementia.

Over 30 people from the local community attended the Dementia information evening in Draperstown on Monday 14th October. Dr Mannion delivered a very interesting talk about the various forms of Dementia, their symptoms, diagnosis, treatment and management.  Helen Gault, Team Leader, Mental Health and Older People Team, Northern Health and Social Care Trust outlined their […]

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Health Matters event

  Concerned or want to find out more about Dementia – symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, management, support organisations? Dr Michael Mannion, Dementia Consultant for the Northern HSC Trust is giving a talk on Dementia on Monday 14th October 2013 at 7.30pm in 50 High Street, Draperstown (beside the new Draperstown Library).  Information stands on The Alzheimer’s […]

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The Workspace Group wins Northern Ireland Chamber Award

The Workspace Group has been crowned winner of The Sustainability Award at the Northern Ireland Chamber of Commerce’s Chamber Awards 2013 and will now compete with fellow regional winners from Chambers of Commerce from across the UK in the national finals in a bid to win a top UK business accolade. To read the full […]

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485 unemployed are ‘Up for Work’ with Network Personnel

More than 91 unemployed individuals have found work through the Up for Work Programme to date with a further 250 expected to benefit from it over the next two years.  Network Personnel has marked the achievements of all those who have participated in the Up for Work programme at a celebratory event in Draperstown. The […]

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Draperstown Library is officially opened

On Wednesday 11 September 2013 Michelle O’Neill MLA, Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development, performed the official opening of Draperstown Library in its new premises at 50 High Street. To secure the lease on these new premises, Libraries NI worked in partnership with The Workspace Group who approached SWARD (South West Action for Rural Development) […]

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Health Matters

A series of community information events focusing on your health and wellbeing. Are you concerned or want to find out more about any of the following: Childrens Health – Advice for Parents of Babies and Toddlers Advice for Parents of Teenagers/Young people Dementia Men’s Health & Wellbeing Respiratory Conditions Mental Health Diabetes If so, come […]

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Free Horticulture Course

Learn about building and siting raised beds, how to prepare the ground and general plant establishment.  For more information contact Lori Hartman on 028 7962 8113 or 028 7963 1032 or email lori.hartman@networkpersonnel.org.uk.

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Steps to Success for Network Personnel

NETWORK Personnel, a training organisation which operates as part of the Magherafelt and Draperstown-based Workspace Group, are the top deliverers of training and employment programmes.  This is according to statistics published by the Department of Employment and Learning.  To read the full article in the Mid Ulster Mail please click here.   Cathy McGarvey and […]

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Network Personnel and Sperrins Gateway Landscape partnership celebrate success

Network Personnel and Sperrins Gateway Landscape partnership marked the achievements and enthusiasm of five participants who have completed their term on the Up for Work training and employment programme. Both organisations would like to wish the individuals every success with future employment opportunities and are thrilled with the way in which each of them got […]

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Workspace Group wins Queen`s Award

The Workspace Group, a social enterprise based in Draperstown, has been awarded the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in Sustainable Development.  This award is in recognition of the significant contribution that the Workspace Group has made in aiding regeneration and demonstrating commercially successful sustainability. The Group which was set up in 1985 by the local community […]

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