Coleraine Car boot Sale Sat. 14 June The Coleraine June meetup will be a drop-in meeting at the NCCE stand at the Coleraine Sandel Centre annual car boot sale (Saturday 14 June, 9am – 1pm) The Sandel Centre is a fun event with crafts, bouncy castle for kidsFace Painting and Food Stalls. It will be […]
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May news
A great gathering in Muff On Saturday 10th of May ten members of the North Coast Community Exchange met at Liz’s place in Gortcormacan, Donegal for a community team working day, social meet up, car boot sale and shared lunch. We all gathered in Liz’s kitchen and she took us to the edge of her […]
Our May meeting will be in Donegal hoste...
Date : Saturday 10 May 2025 Location : Gortcormacan, Muff, Co.Donegal FW93 XW40 It will be a full day event to which you can participate in a community team working day, a social meetup including food, walks in nature and/or mini-carboot sale for waves only. Liz (NCCE0099) lives between Muff and Burnfoot, and to give […]
April meetup
We met at the Mount Sandel Centre in Coleraine on Saturday April 5th to celebrate The North Coast Community Exchange’s 3rd anniversary. It’s a great achievement to reach this point and it was celebrated with a delicious birthday and a great meeting. It was good to see so many new faces (welcome to John, Ciara, […]
Happy Birthday NCCE!
The North Coast Community Exchange was born 3 years ago!What started with a small group of friends is now a thriving small community with 100 registered users in places like Coleraine, Portrush, Portstewart, Ballycastle, Ballymoney, Derry/Londonderry and Donegal.Each month, people are trading with each other using the Wave community currency for things like bread, veggies, […]
Exciting new format for our March meetup
Magpie Preloved Bazaar, Portrush 9 March 2025 We have decided to take the North Community Exchange to as many local markets as possible. This will give us the opportunity for promotion and live experience of how the exchange can work. The North Community Exchange is collaborating with Swell to support Magpie preloved bazaar, all donations […]
January 2025 Ballycastle meetup
January 2025 January’s North Coast Exchange meeting was held in Ballycastle and there was a very good turn out considering the weather! Martin Donnelly, one of Ballycastle exchange users, gave a fascinating and informative talk, Introducing Hedge Carpentry and Green Wood Working. Martin brought along some beautiful examples of the chairs, table, stool and spoons […]
Presence at Swell Portrush
Many thanks to Swell and to everyone who volunteered their time and talents during the weekend. As always, Swell was successful in creating a magnificent community feel. One person from Portrush commented on the real warm buzz that was present through the whole town. Our deep gratitude to Swell organisers who embraced the North Coast […]
August 2024 Newsletter
Coleraine August meetup August’s meeting, held in the Sandel Centre in Coleraine, was lively and positive and Olivier explained how transaction activity in the North Coast Community Exchange continues to increase (more than 700 Waves worth of exchanges in July) New and varied offers are being added regulary and members are trading with each other […]
Ballycastle picnic meetup
On Saturday June 15th, we had our monthly Community exchange meeting at the sea front in Ballycastle. Surprisingly, the sun shone (apart from the odd grey cloud) and, most importantly, it stayed dry! Around 13 people attended and sat around a picnic table and on the grass for a very informative and entertaining talk on […]