The Child and Adolescent Autism Service alongside parents and carers in the Belfast Trust have developed this Summer Resource full of ideas and strategies to fill sunny (and rainy!) days and help you support your child/young person transition back to school belfasttrust.pagetiger.com/summersurvival…
Having identified poverty as a critical factor which can adversely affect families and which has been further exacerbated by the impact of Brexit and Covid-19 pandemic in recent years, members of both the Dungannon and Mid Ulster LPGs have co-produced a practical toolkit to support schools in the running of a School Uniform Recycling Initiative.
The Toolkit offers a practical resource for schools in running a School Uniform Recycling Initiative and includes handy tips, suggested structures for discussion, templates to adapt and use, and links to further reading and resources.
Although the School Uniform Recycling Toolkit was produced for the Mid Ulster Council area, it can be adapted and used across NI-wide settings.
Thanks to members of both the Dungannon and Mid Ulster Locality Planning Groups (LPGs): local partnerships working towards improving outcomes for children, young people and families across Northern Ireland.
Thanks to the PTA of Magherafelt High School for their support and feedback on the Toolkit and to those participating schools in the Mid Ulster area.
Thanks also to the authors/owners of the various resources and further reading we have included throughout the Toolkit.
Download School Uniform Recycling Tool Kit
Download Uniform Inventory Spreadsheet
For any clarification or assistance in using/adapting the School Uniform Recycling Toolkit, please contact one of the following Locality Planning Co-ordinators based on the geographic area of your school:
Northern Health & Social Care Trust area: Emma McElhone(Emma.McElhone@northerntrust.hscni.net)
Southern Health & Social Care Trust area: Darren Curtis (localityplanning@ci-ni.org.uk)
Welcome to the 86th edition of our information bulletin, ‘FYI’ (For Your Information).
(Note: FYI will download directly to your device. Look out for the pop up box and click on open file when it appears)
We hope you are enjoying the summer break and are able to support children, young people and parents with opportunities to participate in local activities. We have included a link to our CYPSP resource which is continually updated and shares a massive amount of activities and opportunities for children, young people and parents – See page 4.
Please let us know if you wish to attend any of our forthcoming Locality Planning Group meetings, where we share information and make time to learn more about local services. Contact details and dates of future meetings are at the end of this resource – See page 41.
Please also keep us posted as to what’s happening in your area and we will be happy to share this. We now send ‘FYI’ to over 800 contacts in the Southern Area and this number is continually increasing!
‘FYI’ is circulated monthly during the summer, so the next issue of our newsletter will be going out on Thursday 25th August 2022, with the deadline for submissions being Tuesday 23rd August 2022. Please e-mail your flyers, posters, etc. directly to localityplanning@ci-ni.org.uk.
Joanne Patterson & Darren Curtis, Locality Development Team, Southern Area
Check out this collection of handy resources and further support on mental health and wellbeing from BBC Children in Need.
Access fun wellbeing activities, top tips, support and more – https://www.bbcchildreninneed.co.uk/changing-lives/mental-health/mental-heath-wellbeing-resource-hub/
Having friends provides support and promotes social skills, along with increased positive mental health and well-being.
Children’s friendships are very important for their social and emotional development. Parents and carers have an important role to play in helping children develop friendships.
Here are some top tips from Parenting NI for helping your child develop friendship skills, download the full guide here: https://www.parentingni.org/…/friendship-skills-top…
