🏰 Carrickfergus Before the Castle 🏰 👉🏻 Exhibition launch: Carrickfergus Before the Castle 📆 Thursday 24 July 2025 🕔 7pm 📌 Carrickfergus Museum Exhibition Gallery #MEAHistory

🛒 Market Ready 🛒 Are you a maker, foodie, or creative with a product you’re passionate about? 🔗 Contact: [email protected] ⚠ Closing date for Expressions of Interest is Friday 11 July 2025. #GoSucceedNI

📢 Calling all owners of vacant and derelict commercial properties! 📢 If you own a vacant or derelict commercial property, please take 5 minutes to fill out the short survey 🔽 🔗 orlo.uk/3rkDD #MEATownCentres

📷 Northern Ireland Photographic Association: Annual Print Exhibition 📸 📆 Runs until 26 July 2025 📌 Mid-Antrim Museum, The Braid, #Ballymena 👉🏻 Free admission #MEArts

🐒 Super Saturdays 🙉 📆 Saturday 5 July 2025 🕔 11am – 12noon 📌 #Carrickfergus Museum 🙈 Micah’s Shoes 🔗 Book online: orlo.uk/5OoiE Stomp, tap, or tip-toe along to the museum to find out about medieval shoes, with stories, song and craft. #ExploreMEA

Contacting our Waste Helpdesk? 🔗Contact our Waste Helpdesk by E: [email protected] or online at: orlo.uk/8nmhC to request a service! 🙏🏻 By choosing the digital/online option, you are helping those without digital capabilities in your community.

Exciting News! The £7 million Carnfunnock project begins Mon 7 July. There will be pedestrian access throughout the redevelopment. The car park is closed but parking is available at nearby Drains Bay or Carnfunnock Bay and toilets at Drains Bay. orlo.uk/DfID4

threads: Art & Culture Guide The latest edition of 'threads' for summer 2025 is available to read online now! Just visit: orlo.uk/threads_Hrxdg Or go to: orlo.uk/z43wA #MEArts

🌼 Are your commercial premises looking blooming beautiful? 🌸 Mid & East Antrim In Bloom Community Competitions 2025 are open for submissions! Enter your beautiful front garden, container garden or gardening for wildlife project! orlo.uk/InBloom_cz8V9 #MEAInBloom2025

Carrickfergus Artisan Market & Cirque Du Carrick 📆 Saturday 5 July 2025 🕔 11am -3pm Full day of #FREE activities in #Carrickfergus town centre - fun for all the family! Market Place from 11am - 3pm + around the town from 12noon - 2pm! #ExploreMEA #RediscoverCarrickfergus

♻ Household Recycling Centre closures & Bin Collections ♻ ⚠ Councils HRCs will be closed Saturday 12 & Monday 14 July 2025. HRCs will re-open on Tuesday 15 July. ⚠ All bin and kerbie box collections are scheduled as normal on Monday 14 July 2025. #MEARecycles

🌳 Tree Planting Grants for Communities 🌲 Free Trees for community groups, schools and all other not for profit organisations. For further information please get in touch with: [email protected], and we can advise on funding currently available. #MEA4Trees

🤸🏻‍♀️ Bank Holiday fun at the Museums! ☀ 📆 Monday 14 and Tuesday 15 July 2025 🔗 Discover more: orlo.uk/0lV3d Discover lots of exciting activities in #Ballymena, #Carrickfergus and #Larne this summer. #MEArts #ExploreMEA

📢 Counterbalance Forklift Training Academy - LIMITED SPACES AVAILABLE! 📢 Are you interested in a career as a plant operator? Range of training dates available between June – September 2025. 🔗 [email protected] otherwise, or ☎ T: 028 2563 3345. #MEALMP

📖 Book Launch: The Houdini Club 📖 The Epic Journey and Daring Escapes of the First Army Rangers of WWII By Mir Bahmanyar 📌 US Rangers Museum, Carrickfergus 📆 Saturday 16 August 2025 🕔 2pm 🔗 FREE but booking required: orlo.uk/Houdini_R2o3E #MEAHeritage

Exciting News! The £7 million Carnfunnock project begins Mon 7 July. There will be pedestrian access throughout the redevelopment. The car park is closed but parking is available at nearby Drains Bay or Carnfunnock Bay and toilets at Drains Bay. orlo.uk/Carnfunnock_Yl…

👉🏻 Are you unemployed and aged over 50? 👈🏻 Interested in re-entering employment or further training? 12-week programme to develop confidence & wellbeing. 🔗 To register T: 028 7963 1032 or E: [email protected]

🏃🏻‍♂️ The Great Outdoors 🏃🏻‍♀️ Enjoy the great outdoors in our parks and forests. There's more to Mid and East Antrim! #ExploreMEA #MEATheGreatOutdoors #MEAOutdoors