A cheque for £500 has been presented to Autonomie by Dean Mall of St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast. The grants money which was raised at the annual Black Santa collection was presented to Lynne Morrison by Dean Mann at the Belfast City Centre Cathedral.
African Drum Workshop A Big Hit With Our Young People
Autonomie Volunteer Trevor Boyle Named A Lidl Community Works Local Hero
Autonomie Volunteer Trevor Boyle has been named a Lidl Community Works Local Hero
Trevor O’Boyle is among 38 winning “heroes” nominated by Lidl Northern Ireland customers to be acknowledged for their hard work and dedication to causes they are passionate about in their local area.
Trevor is a founding member and volunteer of Autonomie. He has worked tirelessly to improve services for local families and looks after the day to day management of the organisation as well as coordinating volunteers.
His work plays a central role in enabling Autonomie to thrive within the local community and make the lives better for those children and young adults living with a disability. He will be honoured at an exclusive gala event on the renowned SS Nomadic in Belfast on 1 December.
Celebration Gala For Freedom2Choose Programme Participants
Autonomie Awarded £5,000 Grant Towards Specialist Toy Library
Autonomie is delighted to announce the organisation has been awarded £5,000 donation towards a specialised toy library.
Santander Foundation, which offers grants to UK registered charities for projects that help disadvantaged people in local communities has awarded Autonomie with £5,000 funds towards the creation of a specialist toy library for young children with additional needs.
Autonomie shortlisted For People's Projects Award Competition
Autonomie is delighted to announce that it has been selected as a finalist in this years ‘UTV People’s Projects Awards’ competition.
Run by UTV and the Big Lottery Fund people vote to decide which local community project succeeds in getting up to £50,000 of National Lottery funding.
Trevor Boyle, Volunteer Coordinator at Autonomie said: “This money would enable us to develop LILAC House (Linked Independent Living and Advice Centre).
