Ulster Garden Villages Ltd

Health


Royal Victoria Hospital Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Scanner Generously funded by Ulster Garden Villages Ltd.



Royal Victoria Hospital Institute of Vision Science The generous and strategic grant from Ulster Garden Villages has been central to the development of the Queen's University Ophthalmic Research Centre at the Royal Victoria Hospital Belfast.



Royal Victoria Hospital Percutaneous Aortic Valve Replacement This pioneering procedure was made possible by the generous funding of Ulster Garden Villages			The Royal team led by Dr Ganesh Manoharan (front, left) and Dr Mark Spence (front, right)
In the past the only option available for high risk elderly patients was open heart surgery. Some quotes from grateful patients:-


Belfast City Hospital The Garden Village Suite The generous support of Ulster Garden Villages supplemented public funds to ensure that the Unit could be refurbished to the highest modern standards.



The Northern Ireland Children's Hospice A substantial donation from Ulster Garden Villages Ltd. enabled this project to proceed.



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Culture & Heritage


QUB Foundation Great Hall Ulster Garden Villages Ltd. played a part in supporting the refurbishment of the Great Hall at Queens University Belfast.



Hearth An interest-free loan from Ulster Garden Villages provided essential working capital to enable Hearth Revolving Fund to restore this group of 18th century houses in Armagh from dereliction. They were sold on completion in 1992 and provided a stimulus for further regeneration in the city.



Belmont Tower (Previously Belmont Primary School Established 1890) A Grade B listed landmark building in East Belfast, was extensively restored and redesigned with considerable financial assistance from Ulster Garden Villages Ltd.



The Lyric Theatre Artist's impression of the proposed new Theatre enabled through seed corn funding from Ulster Garden Villages Ltd.
Lyric images by Steffan Hill


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Disabled / Elderly / Disadvantaged


Camphill Communities in Northern Ireland Thriving through the support from Ulster Garden Villages Ltd.



Croft Community Substantial financial contributions were granted to the Croft Community by Ulster Garden Villages Ltd. The Croft Community provide homes for people with learning disabilities with 28 Residential, 3 Respite and 9 Supported Living Places.



Clifton Nursing Home Opened in June 2001 and generously funded by Ulster Garden Villages Ltd.



The Cedar Foundation The Cedar Foundation is very grateful to Ulster Garden Villages for their generous support of this project. The Cedar Foundation’s new development "Ardkeen" is a groundbreaking supported housing development offering independence with 24hr support for disabled people. It was all possible due to state of the art SMART Technology, tailored to each person’s individual needs; this includes remote controls that operate the doors, windows, blinds and lights as well as low level counters, wide door ways and en-suite bathrooms.



Disability Sport NI Disability Sports NI is Northern Ireland’s main disability sports organisation representing the vast majority of disability sports groups and clubs. The organisation works to provide Northern Ireland’s 210,000 disabled people with the same opportunities as non-disabled people to participate fully in sport and physical activity. This van was generously funded by Ulster Garden Villages.



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Community & Youth


Youth Hostel Association The Bridges is a purpose built Youth Hostel in Fermanagh which opened in 2002.



Habitat For Humanity Northern Ireland Supported by both grants and interest free loans.



The Scout Association The Scout Association greatly appreciate the support from Ulster Garden Villages Ltd. for the Wet Weather Centre and Climbing Wall at the Northern Ireland Scout Centre at Crawfordsburn.



Greenhill YMCA The work of Greenhill YMCA received vital support from Ulster Garden Villages through the kind donation of a fully fitted log chalet at Newcastle, Co. Down.



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Environment



Ulster Waterways Group Ulster Garden Villages Ltd. has put up £1,000,000 of challenge funding to start the Lagan navigation restoration.



Rams Island (Lough Neagh) Considerable financial assistance from Ulster Garden Villages Ltd. enabled the commencement of the restoration and care for the natural and built heritage of Rams Island through conservation work, including predator and invasive species control and landmark tree maintenance.



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Health