Special Lighting Schedule
Lighting Up Council Buildings
The Council receives numerous requests from various charities and members of the public, to light up its buildings certain colours to recognise and raise awareness of many important issues and campaigns.
The table below shows when the buildings (Ards Arts Centre/Town Hall, Conway Square Newtownards and/or McKee Clock, Bangor) will be lighting up this year, for which cause and in which colour.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to an ongoing technical issue with the lights at the McKee Clock, Bangor, only Ards Arts Centre / Town Hall, Conway Square, Newtownards will light up for ratified requests from 18 November 2021 onwards. Council is working hard to resolve the issue as soon as possible, and apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.
April 2022: It has been agreed to continue to light Council buildings blue and yellow in support of Ukraine on dates when there are no other light ups programmed. This will be further reviewed on a monthly basis at the Council's Corporate Services Committee.
Date | Occasion | Colour | Location |
27th January 2022 | Holocaust Memorial Day | Purple | Ards Arts Centre/Town Hall, Newtownards and McKee Clock, Bangor |
1st February 2022 | NI Chest Heart Stroke Association | Red | Ards Arts Centre/Town Hall, Newtownards and McKee Clock, Bangor |
22nd February 2022 | World Encephalitis Day | Red | Ards Arts Centre/Town Hall, Newtownards and McKee Clock, Bangor |
28th February 2022 | Rare Disease Day | Purple | Ards Arts Centre/Town Hall, Newtownards and McKee Clock, Bangor |
1st March 2022 | Start of Lymphoedema Awareness Week | Blue | Ards Arts Centre/Town Hall, Newtownards and McKee Clock, Bangor |
5th March 2022 | Light the Night for Amyloidosis | Red | Ards Arts Centre/Town Hall, Newtownards and McKee Clock, Bangor |
6th March 2022 | Fairtrade Fortnight | Green/Cyan | Ards Arts Centre/Town Hall, Newtownards and McKee Clock, Bangor |
11th March 2022 | Remembrance Day for Victims of Terrorism | Red | Ards Arts Centre/Town Hall, Newtownards and McKee Clock, Bangor |
21st March 2022 | World Down Syndrome Day | yellow | Ards Arts Centre/Town Hall, Newtownards and McKee Clock, Bangor |
23rd March 2022 | Marie Curie National Day of Reflection | yellow | Ards Arts Centre/Town Hall, Newtownards and McKee Clock, Bangor |
26th March 2022 | International Day of Epilepsy Awareness | purple | Ards Arts Centre/Town Hall, Newtownards and McKee Clock, Bangor |
27th March 2022 | Endometriosis Awareness | yellow | Ards Arts Centre/Town Hall, Newtownards and McKee Clock, Bangor |
11 April 2022 | World Parkinson’s Day | Blue | Ards Arts Centre/Town Hall, Newtownards and McKee Clock, Bangor |
25 April 2022 | Global Intergenerational Week | Pink | Ards Arts Centre/Town Hall, Newtownards |
8th May 2022 | Fairtrade | Green & Process Cyan | Ards Arts Centre/Town Hall, Newtownards and McKee Clock, Bangor |
9th May 2022 | Foster Care Fortnight | turquoise and Yellow | Ards Arts Centre/Town Hall, Newtownards and McKee Clock, Bangor |
12th May 2022 | Shine a light on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis | blue | Ards Arts Centre/Town Hall, Newtownards and McKee Clock, Bangor |
13th May 2022 | NILGBT Awareness Week | Rainbow | Ards Arts Centre/Town Hall, Newtownards |
15th May 2022 | Light up for Huntingtons Disease NI | Blue and Purple | Ards Arts Centre/Town Hall, Newtownards and McKee Clock, Bangor |
17th May 2022 | World Neurofibromatosis Awareness Day | Blue | Ards Arts Centre/Town Hall, Newtownards and McKee Clock, Bangor |
19th May 2022 | Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Day | Purple | Ards Arts Centre/Town Hall, Newtownards and McKee Clock, Bangor |
23rd May 2022 | Action for Brain injury week | Blue/Green | Ards Arts Centre/Town Hall, Newtownards and McKee Clock, Bangor |
2nd to 5th June 2022 | HM The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee | Purple | Ards Arts Centre/Town Hall, Newtownards and McKee Clock, Bangor |
22nd June 2022 | Childrens Hospice week | Rainbow | Ards Arts Centre/Town Hall, Newtownards and McKee Clock, Bangor |
10th September 2022 | World Suicide Prevention Day | Orange & yellow | Ards Arts Centre/Town Hall, Newtownards and McKee Clock, Bangor |
21st September 2022 | Organ Donation Week | pink | Ards Arts Centre/Town Hall, Newtownards and McKee Clock, Bangor |
27 September 2022 |
St Vincent de Paul’s Day | Blue | McKee Clock, Bangor |
7 October 2022 | Trigeminal Neuralgia Awareness Day | Teal | Ards Arts Centre/Town Hall, Newtownards |
10 October 2022 | World Mental Health Day | Purple | Ards Arts Centre/Town Hall, Newtownards and McKee Clock, Bangor |
13 October 2022 | Breast Cancer Awareness Day | Pink | Ards Arts Centre/Town Hall, Newtownards and McKee Clock, Bangor |
15 October 2022 | Baby Loss Awareness | Pink & Blue | Ards Arts Centre/Town Hall, Newtownards and McKee Clock, Bangor |
19 October 2022 | Paint the Town Pink | Pink | Ards Arts Centre/Town Hall, Newtownards |
25 October 2022 | Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome Awareness Day (POTS) | Purple | Ards Arts Centre/Town Hall, Newtownards and McKee Clock Bangor |
29 October 2022 | World Stroke Day | Purple | Ards Arts Centre/Town Hall, Newtownards and McKee Clock, Bangor |
4 November 2022 | Light the world in teal – Alzheimers Foundation | Teal | Ards Arts Centre/Town Hall, Newtownards |
7 November | International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church | Red | Ards Arts Centre/Town Hall, Newtownards and McKee Clock, Bangor |
11 November 2022 & closest weekend | Remembrance Day | Red | Ards Arts Centre/Town Hall, Newtownards and McKee Clock, Bangor |
12 November 2022 | World Pneumonia Day | Blue | Ards Arts Centre/Town Hall, Newtownards and McKee Clock, Bangor |
14 November 2022 | World Diabetes Day | Blue | Ards Arts Centre/Town Hall, Newtownards and McKee Clock, Bangor |
19 November 2022 | World Pancreatic Cancer Day | Purple | Ards Arts Centre/Town Hall, Newtownards and McKee Clock, Bangor |
20 November 2022 | UN Convention of the Rights of the Child (World Chldren's day) | Blue | Ards Arts Centre/Town Hall, Newtownards and McKee Clock, Bangor |
25 November 2022 | International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women | Orange | Ards Arts Centre/Town Hall, Newtownards and McKee Clock, Bangor |
1 December 2022 | World Aids Day | Red | Ards Arts Centre/Town Hall, Newtownards and McKee Clock, Bangor |
3 December 2022 | International Day for People with Disabilities | Purple | Ards Arts Centre/Town Hall, Newtownards and McKee Clock, Bangor |
11 December 2022 | NSPCC - Christmas Campaign | Green | Ards Arts Centre/Town Hall, Newtownards and McKee Clock, Bangor |
22 December 2022 | Samaritans - Longest Night | Green | Ards Arts Centre/Town Hall, Newtownards and McKee Clock, Bangor |
Request to Light up our Buildings
To make a request to have our designated properties (Ards Arts Centre/Town Hall, Conway Square Newtownards and/or McKee Clock, Bangor) illuminated please email landrequests@ardsandnorthdown.gov.uk
Please note all requests are subject to our Lighting Policy and Council ratification.
Ards Arts Centre/Town Hall, Newtownards and McKee Clock, Bangor |