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Lord Caledon visits Darkley - volunteers recognised

Friday 24 October 2008

Friday 24th October saw the many volunteers of Crossfire Trust receive official recognition. In June of this year, Crossfire Trust were awarded the Queens Award for Voluntary Service.

The official presentation of the award took place at Darkley House, when Lord Caledon the Queen’s Lord-Lieutenant of County Armagh visited Crossfire Trust on Friday 24th October.

Keady's Singing Kettle - Lifetimes magazine Oct 2008

Monday 20 October 2008

Click here to read article printed in the October issue of lifetimes magazine. Please be patient, it may take a minute to open. It's worth the wait.

Coach House keys handover

Friday 5 September 2008

There was great excitement at Darkley House on Friday 5th September when the keys of Coach House Regeneration community business centre were presented to the Director Ian Bothwell.

The prestigious building with seventeen units of different sizes stands tall at the back of Darkley House and has panoramic views over the valley and Fews forest.

Frances has tea with the Queen

Thursday 24 July 2008

Article in The Ulster Gazette, 24 July 2008

Tynan resident, Mrs Frances Bothwell, was invited for tea with the Queen at Buckingham Palace, earlier this month.

Mrs Bothwell joined other volunteers from Crossfire Trust at Buckingham Palace for tea at the Queen's Annual Garden Party, in the grounds of Buckingham Palace.

Peace pioneer bids to create employment

Friday 18 July 2008

Article printed in The News Letter, 18 July 2008

A pioneering peace worker from South Armagh is opening 17 state-of-the-art business units in a bid to create employment in the area.

Rain causes delay to Coach House opening

Tuesday 15 July 2008

Due to unusually high levels of rain seen in the month of June, the opening date from the Coach House Regeneration Ltd building has been postponed.

The official opening was set to take place on 8th August, but due to the unexpected high levels of rain fall, work on the multi-level bridge at the rear of the new building has been delayed. Ground work on the bank at the rear of the building was made almost impossible due to the rain.

Big thank you... to the rot killers!

Monday 30 June 2008

What had seemed an impossible task was made possible by the volunteers who turned up in June to help rennovate the annex.

We had put out a request for joiners, electricans, plumber, carpenter, plasterers and workers, and at our hour of need they came.

Cottage and Library trip for Darkley Together group

Thursday 26 June 2008

The Darkley Together Project, hosted by Singing Kettle, had a tremdendous trip out to visit Cardinal O Fiaich Library and Dan Winter's Cottage, in June.

People from different backgrounds revisited both history and culture and had a very informative tour given by Roddy Hegarty at the library.

Ian Bothwell has a new mobile number

Friday 20 June 2008

Ian Bothwell, Director of Crossfire Trust has a new mobile number:

07515 286810

(+44 7515 286810)

Ian's previous number 07834 534360 is no longer in use.

Help needed for the week 21-28 June

Friday 30 May 2008

Help us kill the rot!

Darkley House is our base, a home for people who are homeless and a springboard for community action. It means a lot to us and our neighbours - who watch the development of this lighthouse.

07515 286810

(+44 7515 286810)

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