Family fun events are held at The Ballance House throughout the year and volunteer roles include helping in the tea barn – welcoming visitors, providing refreshments and helping keep the area clean and tidy throughout the event.

Forthcoming events include…

• Car Boot Sale, Sat 13 April
• Spring Fair, Sat 18 May
• Strawberry Fayre, Sat 27 July
• Autumn Fair, Sat 5 October
• Christmas/Santa at The Ballance House, Sat 30 November

→ Find out more and register to help:  Hospitality Assistant for Events

The Ballance House, the headquarters of the Ulster New Zealand Trust (UNZT), is a restored 19th century homestead in the rural countryside of Glenavy. It was the birthplace of John Ballance (b.1839) who went on to become the 14th Premier of New Zealand (1891-93); he was a distinguished Liberal Premier, perhaps best known, before his untimely death in office, for being the first Dominion/Colonial Premier to successfully pioneer full female suffrage 25 years before it was achieved in the UK.