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 |
27 January 2022 | Holocaust Memorial Day | Purple | Ards Arts Centre/Town Hall, Newtownards and McKee Clock, Bangor |
1 February 2022 | NI Chest Heart Stroke Association | Red | Ards Arts Centre/Town Hall, Newtownards and McKee Clock, Bangor |
22 February 2022 | World Encephalitis Day | Red | Ards Arts Centre/Town Hall, Newtownards and McKee Clock, Bangor |
28 February 2022 | Rare Disease Day | Purple | Ards Arts Centre/Town Hall, Newtownards and McKee Clock, Bangor |
1 March 2022 | Start of Lymphoedema Awareness Week | Blue | Ards Arts Centre/Town Hall, Newtownards and McKee Clock, Bangor |
5 March 2022 | Light the Night for Amyloidosis | Red | Ards Arts Centre/Town Hall, Newtownards and McKee Clock, Bangor |
6 March 2022 | Fairtrade Fortnight | Green/Cyan | Ards Arts Centre/Town Hall, Newtownards and McKee Clock, Bangor |
11 March 2022 | Remembrance Day for Victims of Terrorism | Red | Ards Arts Centre/Town Hall, Newtownards and McKee Clock, Bangor |
21 March 2022 | World Down Syndrome Day | yellow | Ards Arts Centre/Town Hall, Newtownards and McKee Clock, Bangor |
23 March 2022 | Marie Curie National Day of Reflection | yellow | Ards Arts Centre/Town Hall, Newtownards and McKee Clock, Bangor |
26 March 2022 | International Day of Epilepsy Awareness | purple | Ards Arts Centre/Town Hall, Newtownards and McKee Clock, Bangor |
27 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 |
8 May 2022 | Fairtrade | Green & Process Cyan | Ards Arts Centre/Town Hall, Newtownards and McKee Clock, Bangor |
9 May 2022 | Foster Care Fortnight | turquoise and Yellow | Ards Arts Centre/Town Hall, Newtownards and McKee Clock, Bangor |
12 May 2022 | Shine a light on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis | blue | Ards Arts Centre/Town Hall, Newtownards and McKee Clock, Bangor |
13 May 2022 | NILGBT Awareness Week | Rainbow | Ards Arts Centre/Town Hall, Newtownards |
15 May 2022 | Light up for Huntingtons Disease NI | Blue and Purple | Ards Arts Centre/Town Hall, Newtownards and McKee Clock, Bangor |
17 May 2022 | World Neurofibromatosis Awareness Day | Blue | Ards Arts Centre/Town Hall, Newtownards and McKee Clock, Bangor |
19 May 2022 | Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Day | Purple | Ards Arts Centre/Town Hall, Newtownards and McKee Clock, Bangor |
23 May 2022 | Action for Brain Injury week | Blue/Green | Ards Arts Centre/Town Hall, Newtownards and McKee Clock, Bangor |
2 to 5 June 2022 | HM The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee | Purple | Ards Arts Centre/Town Hall, Newtownards and McKee Clock, Bangor |
7 June 2022 | Tourettes Syndrome Awareness Day | Teal | Ards Arts Centre/Town Hall, Newtownards and McKee Clock, Bangor |
22 June 2022 | Childrens Hospice week | Rainbow | Ards Arts Centre/Town Hall, Newtownards and McKee Clock, Bangor |
24 and 25 June | Conferment of the Freedom of the Borough on the Irish Guards | Burgundy and Navy | Ards Arts Centre/Town Hall, Newtownards and McKee Clock, Bangor |
4 July | Srebrenica Genocide | Green | Ards Arts Centre/Town Hall, Newtownards and McKee Clock, Bangor |
11 July 2022 | World Fragile X Day | Teal | |
1 September 2022 | Blood Cancer Awareness Month | Red | |
4 September 2022 | Relate NI 75th Anniversary | Blue and Orange | Ards Arts Centre/Town Hall, Newtownards and McKee Clock, Bangor |
9 September 2022 | Air Ambulance Week | Red | Ards Arts Centre/Town Hall, Newtownards and McKee Clock, Bangor |
10 September 2022 | World Suicide Prevention Day | Purple and Turquoise | Ards Arts Centre/Town Hall, Newtownards and McKee Clock, Bangor |
26 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 |
1 October 2022 | Go Red for Dyslexia | Red | |
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 |
12 October 2022 | World Arthritis Day | Blue | 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 |
14 October 2022 | Developmental Language Disorder Awareness | Purple and Yellow | 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 |
17 October 2022 | Parenting Week | Purple | Ards Arts Centre/Town Hall, Newtownards and McKee Clock, Bangor |
18 October 2022 | Anti Slavery Day | Red | Ards Arts Centre/Town Hall, Newtownards and McKee Clock, Bangor |
19 October 2022 | Paint the Town Pink | Pink | Ards Arts Centre/Town Hall, Newtownards |
20 October 2022 (rescheduled from original September date) | Recycle Week | Green | Ards Arts Centre/Town Hall, Newtownards and McKee Clock, Bangor |
21 October 2022 | Black History Month | Red | Ards Arts Centre/Town Hall, Newtownards and McKee Clock, Bangor |
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 2022 | 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 Children'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 |
20 December 2022 | NSPCC - Christmas Campaign | Green | Ards Arts Centre/Town Hall, Newtownards and McKee Clock, Bangor |
21 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 |
Ards Arts Centre/Town Hall, Newtownards and McKee Clock, Bangor |