HILLHALL C
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HILLHALL REGENERATION GROUP
Chairmans Re
ort
I would like to thank everyone for attending our AGM this evening. This has been a busy year
for all the committee and volunteers of Hillhall Resource Centre we have certainly been as busy
as ever.
The centre has been opened now for over ten years and continues to deliver services for all the
residents and age groups within the wider Hillhall area we provide the space for other Voluntary
and Statutory services to be delivered and reach those most in need of them.
The Hillhall Regeneration was constituted in October 1999 this means we are in existence 25
years. we hope to celebrate this milestone in October this year. This is a great achievement for
the committee and the local cornmunity also the local Lisburn PCSP as the Hillhall
Regeneration Group was established from a young men's ￿0Up which was formed and
developed through the early peace one programmes run by Lisburn PSP.
We have had continued support from Lisburn Castlereagh City Council, Northern Ireland
Housing Executive and statutory partners to ensure support and guidance to our community.
Sure Start is our anchor tenant and provides a valuable service for our community. They provide
sessions from Monday to Friday which includes Little Stars, Bumps and Babies, Stsy and Play,
Baby Massage and incredible Years.
Advice Sur
The DUP have an advice surgery with NIEIE in the Regeneration Centre on the I st Wednesday
of every month from 10am to I l am. We also provide a Benefits Clinic ( to help with filling in
forms and show what other benefits may be available).
Youth Grou
s and After School Clubs
The youth groups continue to operate almost every night with different age groups being catered
for.
The Resurgam Youth Outreach team are out on Friday and Saturday nights at hot spots to ensure
the safety of our young people and provide a safe place for young people this brings the youth
provision up to six nights a week. we also provide a homework club on a Tuesday and Thursday
afternoon. we have the use of the unit beside the shop in Hillhall in the evenings to cater for the
increasing numbers of young people we have been working with.
Hillhall Regeneration Group
Registered with the Charity Commission, Northern Ireland NIC-107770

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Pensioners Club
The Pensioners club continues to be well supported, in the last year have worked in parthership
with Gregg House, Rowan Centre and the NIHE to provide activities for the more senior
members of our community this also utilizes the communal space in Gregg House.
Diamond Paintin
Hillhall Regeneration Group applies for and were successful in obtaining funding for diamond
art and painting by numbers to help with mental health and anxiety, this has proved to be very
popular within the community and continues to grow. We currently have 55 people registered
and while most come to the Regeneration Centre there are those who have young children or are
housebound who would do this at home, they bring their fmished work up to the centre. This
activity is held every Thursday in the Regeneration Centre from 9am to 5pm it is a drop in, and
everyone is made welcome.
DDa
80
T.4is year we held a very successful event to mark the 80th anniversary of D Day in conjunction
with Lisburn Temperance, there was a great turnout and would like to thank the community for
their continued support, the youth enjoyed the display of Unifornis, Tin hats and the guns that
our arnied forces would have used during the 2nd world was 80 years ago and the landrover
parked outside the hall.
There were a lot of volunteers that made this event so successful their help and support is very
much appreciated because without them the hall would not have been decorated. there would
have been no Bar-b-que, there would have been no coffee/tea or wee buns so I would like to
thank you all, thaDks also to the youth who done the wee tattoos they were great.
Hillhall Communi
Hall Pro
ect
Hillhall Community Group in conjunction with South Lisburn Community Church have secured
most of the funding for the new community hall. This will provide for the whole community in
addition to the Resource Centre.
Groups in the area will benefit from this initiative partnership between Community and Church
and will include families, Childre￿ young people, older people, newcomers, and other
underrepresented groups.
This Community Hall will introduce new and expand on existing social, educational, wellbeing
and recreational activities that will lead to a confident and resilient community
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CE CENTRE
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Trainin
Training the volunteers have completed in the last year.
First Aid & Defibrillation
Designated Officer
Safeguarding
Keeping Children Safe
Highfield Level tt Fire Safety
Safe Place
Benefits Clinic
As many of you know we would not be able to provide a lot of the services we do without the
help and support of The Resurgam Trust of which we are a member group. they have been
invaluable to us from the planning of the centre and continue to be a major supporter to us
today.
We also appreciate the help of LCCC, Local Councillor's and other agencies have given us
throughout the year. So, a special thank you to all of them for their continued support.
I would like to fmish by thanking the committee and volunteers for all their hard work over the
past year and hope that it continues with the new committee. I would like to pay special thank
you to Andrea for all the help and support she has given me and for taking on the job of rLU)ning
the centre and working together with the committee this makes for a good team.
Finally thank you all for taking the time to attend this evening.
Hillhall Regeneration Group
Registered with the Charity Commission. Northern Ireland NIC-107770