Advice Services

Advice NI
Citizens Advice Bureau
Consumer Credit Counselling Service
Consumerline NI
Debt Action NI
Debt Advice Foundation
Debt Support Trust
Financial Ombudsman
yourwealth.co.uk - debt help section
IVA Advice Community - advice on coping with debt
Money Advice Service
Office of Fair Trading
Sorting Out Separation - advice and support for separated families
Trading Standards

Arts, Crafts, Culture & Music

Ards Arts Centre (on Facebook)
Ards Creates
Arts Council of Northern Ireland
Crafts NI
Creative Peninsula
Culture NI
Donaghadee Male Voice Choir

Business, Employment & Enterprise

For information on employment, including employment rights, jobseekers, redundancy and advice if you have been affected by the recession, click here .

Advantage NI - promoting enterprise and employment
Ards Business Centre
Business Info NI
CVRite - tips, help and advice to create a professional CV
Employment for Students - site for student, part-time and temporary jobs
Environmental Guidance For Business (NetRegs)
Invest NI
Jobs4Network - national job network web site with NI section
Jobs Today - job search site
Jobmanji - job search site
Opportunities - site with public sector employment opportunities
Shell LiveWIRE - site for young entrepreneurs
Student Job - site for student jobs
The Student Job - student job site

Councils & Government Departments

Councils in Northern Ireland
Government Departments in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland Local Government Association (NILGA)

Community & Volunteering

Community NI
Community Places - advice for community groups on planning isues and supporting community planning, consultation, research and building projects
Dad Info - an online resource for fathers run by educational charity - The Family Matters Institute
Granttracker - site dedicated to helping the voluntary and community sector in Northern Ireland to fundraise.
Link Family and Community Centre
NICVA - Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action
Rotary Club of Donaghadee
RUC GC Foundation
Rural Community Network
Ulster Community Investment Trust - providing affordable finance and free support for community organisations, charities and social enterprises

Community Web Sites: Local Towns & Villages

Ballygowan
Ballywalter (on Facebook)
Cloughey
Greyabbey
Portaferry
Portaferry Townscape Heritage Initiative - project to restore the built environment of Portaferry
Donaghadee

Disability

information and services for people with disabilities

Action on Hearing Loss Northern Ireland
Access 400 - accessibility information on venues from theatres to leisure centres in Northern Ireland
Aidis - technology for life for disabled people
Blue Badge Parking Scheme
British Deaf Association
Disability Action
Listening Books
Motability
Royal Association for Disability Rights (Radar)
Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB)

Education & Learning

For information on education and learning, from finding schools in your area, to advice on higher education, click here .

South Eastern Education & Library Board
South Eastern Regional College

Elections & Voting

To register to vote, to ckeck or change your details on the electoral register or for information on elections, contact the Electoral Office for Northern Ireland .

Environment & Sustainability

Biodiversity NI
Eco Friendly Kids
Eco Travelling
Energy Saving Secrets
Envirogreenrecycling

Inking about Africa - an option for recycling ink cartridges
Northern Ireland Environment Agency
NI Love Food, Hate Waste
Recycling Expert
Reduce The Use - energy saving and environmental advice for businesses
Sustainable Stuff

Genealogy/Family History

Ancestry.co.uk (extensive family history research site, membership required for full access)
Burial Records (Belfast City Council Cemeteries)
General Registrar's Office (GRO)
North of Ireland Family History Society
Public Records Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI)
The National Archives (UK)
The National Archives (Ireland) - includes 1901 and 1911 Irish censuses online
Ulster Historical Foundation

Health & Wellbeing

For general information and advice about health, well-being and related issues, click here .

Diabetes - Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
Careguides - site with information, guidance and support for anyone having to organise care for themselves or others.
Complementary Therapists - Search for a therapist on Natural Therapy For All
Epilepsy - National Society For Epilepsy
Hypnotherapy Directory
Prostate Cancer - awareness-raising site of Monty and Patricia Cuthbert
Public Health Agency

Restless Leg Syndrome - charity dedicated to helping people suffering with RLS

South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust
Find a therapist in Northern Ireland - Northern Ireland Counsellor Directory

Visioncall - free (NHS funded) home eye tests

Wellnet NI

History

Blair Mayne Research Society (on Facebook)
Lecale & Down Historical Society
Titanic
Ulster History Circle
Ulster Place Name Society

Housing

For information on housing click here .
Housing Advice NI

Libraries

For information on libraries and library services in Northern Ireland, visit Libraries NI .

Planning

For information on planning permission, when and how to apply, click here .

PublicAccess - Click here to view Planning Service's Planning Applications online

Sport

Archery - Lough Cuan Bowmen
Ards Cricket Club
Ards Cycling Club
Ards Football Club
Ards Rangers Football Club
Ards Rugby Club
Ards Peninsula Ju Jitsu Clubs
Cloughey and District Tennis Club
Donaghadee Rugby Club
Donaghadee Sailing Club
Newtownards Sailing Club
North Down Cricket Club
Sport NI

Tourism & Visitor Information

Countryside Access & Activities Network (CAAN)
Discover Northern Ireland
East Border Region
Eco Travelling
Holiday Cottages County Down - website listing holiday homes from new builds to traditional cottages.
Irish Game Fair
Strangford Lough & Lecale Partnership
Tourism Ireland
Visit Strangford Lough
Visit Donaghadee
Walk NI

TV Licensing

Visit the TV Licensing web site here .

The following is a list of local businesses which have requested a link from the Council's web site.
The Council does not endorse or recommend any of the businesses, their products or services.

Northern Ireland Business Info - Northern Ireland's online business advice service

Agar, Murdoch & Deane Estate Agents

Avalon Guitars

The Biocranial Centre, Comber (Osteopathy)

The Brown Heron Gallery

Clean-Rite Carpets & Upholstery Cleaning Specialists

DH Business Services

Flame Heating & Plumbing

Hugh Ritchie & Sons Fuel Distributors

I Team

JK Estate Agents

Property Snaps

Regent Business Equipment

Russell Brothers Estate Agents

Stephen Bailie Estate Agents

Strangford Lough Book

Thomas Orr Estate Agents