{"id":13397,"date":"2017-02-06T13:06:53","date_gmt":"2017-02-06T12:06:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=13397"},"modified":"2017-02-06T13:06:53","modified_gmt":"2017-02-06T12:06:53","slug":"little-wing-pizzeria-dishes-out-the-dough-to-six-local-clubs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2017\/02\/little-wing-pizzeria-dishes-out-the-dough-to-six-local-clubs\/","title":{"rendered":"LITTLE WING PIZZERIA DISHES OUT THE DOUGH TO SIX LOCAL CLUBS"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Six local children\u2019s clubs have been awarded \u00a3500 bursaries from the Little Wing Little Stars bursary scheme.<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13398\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13398\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-13398 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/press-7-300x216.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"216\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13398\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Six local children\u2019s clubs have been awarded \u00a3500 bursaries from the Little Wing Little Stars bursary scheme. Returning for the third year, the bursary scheme is run by local pizzeria company Little Wing and is open to all kids clubs located near its six branches. Since its launch, 12 clubs from across Northern Ireland have benefitted and this year\u2019s winners are east Belfast\u2019s Ojika NI Kids Kendo Club, Malone Rugby Club Minis, Bangor Swimming Club, Fighting Words Belfast, Carryduff Colts FC and Jets Cheerleading Team from Enniskillen. Pictured: Malone Minis players, Shay Scullion; Jackson Brown from Fighting Words; Niamh Logismyth, Carryduff Colts; Jamie Mendez, operations manager, Little Wing Pizzeria and Tara Morrison, included Ojika NI Kids Kendo Club. Picture by Matt Mackey, Press Eye.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Returning for the third year, the bursary scheme is run by local pizzeria company Little Wing and is open to all kids clubs located near its six branches.\u00a0 Since its launch, 12 clubs from across Northern Ireland have benefitted and this year\u2019s winners are east Belfast\u2019s Ojika NI Kids Kendo Club, Malone Rugby Club Minis, Bangor Swimming Club, Fighting Words Belfast, Carryduff Colts FC and Jets Cheerleading Team from Enniskillen.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Luke Wolsey, managing director of Little Wing Pizzeria, says the scheme is a way for the pizzeria to give something back to the local community: <\/strong><em>\u201cThe Little Wing Little Stars bursary scheme has been running for three years now and it\u2019s been a pleasure to financially assist kids clubs in the local area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is important that children stay active and have hobbies and the bursaries are always very welcome by the clubs.\u00a0 This year, Fighting Words Belfast will be purchasing tables for the club\u2019s after-schools sessions and Bangor Swimming Club plans to buy specialised equipment and treat the kids to team days out with the money.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll be running the scheme again in 2017 and I would encourage all local clubs to keep an eye out for the launch of this year\u2019s scheme in September if they want to become involved.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Little Wing is part of the Beannchor Group, Ireland\u2019s largest hospitality group, which boasts a portfolio of over 50 pubs, hotels and restaurants across Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>For further information, visit <strong>littlewingpizzeria.com<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Six local children\u2019s clubs have been awarded \u00a3500 bursaries from the Little Wing Little Stars bursary scheme. &nbsp; Returning for the third year, the bursary scheme is run by local pizzeria company Little Wing and is open to all kids clubs located near its six branches.\u00a0 Since its launch, 12 clubs from across Northern Ireland &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2017\/02\/little-wing-pizzeria-dishes-out-the-dough-to-six-local-clubs\/\">Continued<\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13397"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13397"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13397\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13399,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13397\/revisions\/13399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}