Branches


Please click on the branch names below for meeting dates and contact info.


• Armagh & Craigavon • East Antrim • North Down
• Belfast City Hospital • Knockbracken • Sperrin Lakeland
• Causeway • Londonderry
• Downpatrick • Mid-Ulster
Armagh & Craigavon Branch
Meets on the 1st Wednesday of the month in Portadown
Contact: Hon Sec. Miss Irene Brush Telephone: 028 3833 6703
Address: 20 Village Walk, Killycomaine, Portadown, BT63 5TL
East Antrim Branch
Meets on the 3rd Wednesday of the month in Mossley
Contact: Hon Sec. Mrs Jeanette Bremner Telephone: 028 9336 9793
Address: 32 Beltoy Road, Carrickfergus, BT38 9BH
North Down Branch
Meets on the 1st Tuesday of the month in Bangor
Contact: Hon Sec. Mr Bertie Thompson Telephone: 028 9146 9151
Address: 62c Broadway, Bangor, BT20 4RG
Belfast City Hospital Branch
Meets on the 3rd Wednesday of the month in Belfast City Hospital
Contact: Hon Sec. Mrs Joan Crowther Telephone: 028 9081 2902
Address: 121 Ballynahinch Road, Belfast, BT8 8DP
Knockbracken Branch
Meets on the 2nd Tuesday of the month in Knockbracken Healthcare Park
Contact: Hon Sec. Mrs Sheila Lowe Telephone: 028 9756 1483
Address: 10 Windmill Gardens, Ballynahinch, BT24 8ER
Sperrin Lakeland Branch
Meets on the 1st Tuesday of the month in Omagh & Enniskillen
Contact: Hon Sec. Mrs Moira McCallion Telephone: 028 8224 5995
Address: 21 Buchanan Villas, Killyclogher, Omagh, BT79 7NA
Causeway Branch
Meets on the 2nd Wednesday of the month in Coleraine
Contact: Hon Sec. Mrs Meta Crochrane Telephone: 028 7034 4651
Address: 1 Rockland Park, Macosquin, Coleraine, BT51 4PL
Londonderry Branch
Meets on the 1st Tuesday of the month in Londonderry
Contact: Hon Sec. Mrs Dorothy Malley Telephone: 028 7134 7407
Address: 10 Dunn Nord Park, Prehen, Londonderry, BT47 2NN
Downpatrick Branch
Meets on the 1st Wednesday of the month in Downpatrick
Contact: Hon Sec. Mrs Winifred Gregg Telephone: 028 9081 2325
Address: 143 Belfast Road, Lisdoonan, Saintfield, BT24 7HF
Mid-Ulster Branch
Meets on the 2nd Monday of the month in Magherafelt and Cookstown
Contact: Hon Sec. Mrs Mitzi Reid Telephone: 028 7946 9986
Address: 48 Annagmore Road, Castledawson, BT45 8DU
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The HSC Retirement Fellowship Branch Activities


Currently there are 10 Branches, which normally meet from September to June - Antrim and Ballymena, Armagh and Craigavon, Belfast City Hospital, Causeway, Downpatrick, East Antrim, Knockbracken, Lisburn, Londonderry, Mid-Ulster, Newry and Mourne, North Down and Sperrin Lakeland.

Each branch is responsible for drawing up its annual programme of events etc. In most branches, the programme consists of a series of talks on various subjects - home safety, home security, volunteering, holidays, charitable organisations, public services, special interests, etc. Visits to places of historical and cultural interest, the theatre, garden centres, tenpin bowling etc. are also very popular and some branches enjoy going on holidays in the UK and Europe. At Christmas time every branch enjoys a special lunch or party and members are encouraged to bring along friends to join in the fun.



At regional level, there are three anual events - an Inter-Branch table quiz (with the winners carrying off the Captain Hawthorne Memorial Bowl), a Charity Golf Tournament (with the winner receiving the Lord Gilliland Perpetual Cup) and the Annual Conference / General Meeting which is held in September each year. Branches send delegates to this important business meeting, during which the Reida Thompson Memorial Cup is presented to the branch which recruits the highest number of new members in the past 12 months.

Fun, fellowship and helping each other are what the Fellowship is all about and all 10 Branches try to ensure that the wishes and expectations of each and every member are catered for. For the information of members and would be members, a member can, if he or she wishes, attend other Branches at any time - everyone can count on getting a warm welcome.