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When a balloon or sky lantern is let go, it will blow away, only to burst or deflate and return to Earth. They can travel thousands of miles before landing in a forest, field, lake or ocean. Balloon and Lantern releases are a global issue. Many animals – marine & terrestrial, wild & domestic – easily mistake them for food or get entangled in any string.

The Local Government Awards Northern Ireland showcase brilliance in service provision, new initiatives and personal commitment from councils, councillors, staff and partners. The finalists in each category get an opportunity to go forward to the Gala Awards Recognition Evening at the culmination of NILGA’s Flagship Annual Conference, “Building Sustainable Communities, Delivering a Better Northern Ireland for Everyone”, at the Armagh City Hotel, Armagh, on Thursday 11th October 2018.  

The Carnegie UK Trust’s Embedding Well-being in Northern Ireland project will offer financial and in-kind support for Community Planning Partnerships to implement a local wellbeing outcomes approach in selected local authority areas in Northern Ireland. 

The event was held on Tuesday 8th May at Herbert Smith Freehills in Belfast as part of a UK roadshow organised by the UN Global Compact to help explain what the UN Sustainable Development Goals are, why businesses should care about them and how businesses can contribute to achieving the Goals and benefit from doing so.