Helly Hansen Women's W Long Belfast Coat

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We’re anticipating that there is going to be more demand. There’s the fact that there are more people who are not from the homeless community, not from refugee communities. These are people who have homes who probably have relatively low income jobs who are also in need of coats and also in need of support in one way or another. It’s not something we are typically used to. It’s quite unprecedented.”

The best part is that you gain access to some of the areas not accessible to the general public. You can admire the Council Chamber and various historic portraits hanging on the walls. The almost hour-long tour also includes a look outside at the memorials and gardens. The coat of arms of Thomas Hibbotts, a burgess mentioned in the original charter - Three fleurs-de-lis piercing through the heads of gargoyles appear on a silver and green shield with blue medieval armour above. The historic tablet below states “1688 charter annulled by James II and a new one issued but the original charter was restored by king George II” Coat of arms of Moyses Hill, a burgess mentioned in the original charter - A silver and green shield consisting of three gold lions and three gold shells with blue medieval armour above. Historic tablet below reads “1899 Belfast for assize purposes made a country borough and became the county of the city of Belfast. Sir James Henderson, first High Sheriff”.The vair-along with the supporting wolf-is taken from the arms of Sir Arthur Chichester, the founder of Belfast as it exists today, who obtained the city's charter from James I in 1613. The ship tells of Belfast's pre-eminence as a seaport, as do the seahorses, and the bell is canting. The motto means "What return shall we make for so much?", and is a paraphrase of a verse from Psalm 116. Abid Shah, Human Appeal’s UK programmes manager, told The Big Issue the charity is already seeing more demand in 2022 as the cost of living crisis bites. Start a Take One Leave One rail in your neighbourhood. All you need is the green light from your community, a rail and a banner to let people know what you’re doing. Or you could volunteer with one of the coat donation projects mentioned above.

The council’s Women’s Steering Group worked with the women’s movement across the city and a local historian to develop the window which is an illustration of Belfast women mill workers, and signifies the struggles that women have faced throughout history, some of which still exist today. Alexandra Regina - Historic tablet below reads “1892 the style and title of Lord Mayor conferred by Her Majesty upon the Chief Magistrate of the City of Belfast 20th May Daniel Dixon, first Lord Mayor”

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The official Belfast Coat of Arms was adopted in the late nineteenth century. An extract from the Grant of Arms issued by the Ulster King of Arms on the 30th June 1890 reads as thus: Only a Pavement Away’s Winter Warmth campaign runs through the National Winter Warmth Week from November 14 to 20. We will just have to put a little bit of extra effort in,” he added. “We’ve been recruiting extra volunteers for sorting, we’ve got a lot more collection spots opening right across the city. So we’re hopeful and conservatively confident that actually we will be able to meet that extra demand because that’s the reason we’re here.” The symbols probably have their roots in seventeenth century Belfast as these are found on tokens used by merchants of that time – for example, the bell, the ship, the sea-horse and the chained wolf are all found on the money of Belfast merchants. It is probable that the arms were composed from the merchant’s signs or that the merchants themselves took parts of the arms for use on their coinage. The annual collection is in its 12th year in 2022 and has distributed almost 200,000 coats to people who need one in that time.