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Community Food Initiatives Programme 2025-28

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Safefood is inviting applications for funding for its Community Food Initiatives Programme 2025-28.

The Community Food Initiatives programme aims to empower people in low-income communities to make healthier food choices. It funds local projects that improve access to healthy and safe food using a community development approach. Since 2010, over 50,000 people have taken part in a Community Food Initiative activity.

The Community Food Initiatives Programme 2025-28 is funded by Safefood and administered by SECAD Partnership CLG.

Safefood is an all-island implementation body set up under the British-Irish Agreement (1999) to promote awareness and knowledge of food safety and healthy eating on the island of Ireland.

Safefood is looking for organisations on the island of Ireland with experience working with target groups and local partners to apply for funding

A Supporting Information document is attached and contains:

SECAD will hold an online information session on 19 March 2025 from 2.30 pm to 3.30 pm. Please email sconroy@secad.ie for details.

How to apply

Please contact Sinéad Conroy at sconroy@secad.ie to receive the link to register and to make an online application.

The closing date for funding applications is 21 March 2025.

If you have any queries about the funding or completing the application form, please contact Sinéad Conroy at:

E: sconroy@secad.ie

M: +353 (0)87 354 3606

 

Issue 142 – Southern Area FYI – 20th February 2025

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Welcome to Issue 142 of our fortnightly newsletter, ‘FYI’ (For Your Information).

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(Note: Newsletter will download directly to your device.  Look out for the pop-up box and click on open file when it appears)

Another edition packed with lots of information, activities, resources and opportunities available across the SHSCT Area.

CYPSP are currently producing a Northern Ireland Children & Young People’s Plan for 2025-2028, which will inform our work for the next three years – Please take the time to visit the next page, have a look through the document and give your feedback and thoughts on our priorities and focus. This Draft Plan has been informed by the views & opinions of children, young people and parents/carers, along with existing evidence across Northern Ireland relating to children’s, young people’s and families’ needs. The closing date for consultation responses is Friday 28th February 2025.

Thanks again to all who submitted flyers and information for this fortnight’s edition of ‘FYI’.

Keep the updates coming!

Locality Development Team, Southern Area

Issue 141 – Southern Area FYI – 6th February 2025

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Welcome to Issue 141 of our fortnightly newsletter, ‘FYI’ (For Your Information).

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Image with text promoting FYI (For Your Information)

Download Issue 141

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The emotional wellbeing and good mental health of children and young people is always a top priority for relevant services and organisations. This week is Children’s Mental Health Week and next Tuesday, 11th February, is Safer Internet Day, so we are sharing information relevant to these areas which has been submitted by our contacts. Please share any of this which may be of use.

Thanks to all who provided information on upcoming training opportunities, events, parenting programmes, youth programmes, resources, funding opportunities and surveys for inclusion in this special edition of ‘FYI’.

 We hope that this issue is helpful to practitioners, parents & carers working across / living in the Southern Trust Area.

Please spread the word!

Locality Development Team, Southern Area

It’s Fibre February!

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Did you know?? A high fibre diet seems to reduce the risk of bowel cancer and other chronic diseases like cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes.

Most of us don’t eat enough. Find out some top tips from a Registered Dietitian on how to increase your intake.

Watch this short video on the Public Health Dietitians YouTube channel or click the link  https://youtu.be/XuJ2kxdoD-4?si=txeO2COYVwLPfJmY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Slow Cooking Tips

Using your slow cooker is a great way to cook healthy, low-cost meals this winter.  

This video has tips from our Dietitians on how to use your slow cooker: https://youtu.be/J5nQW9LSknQ

RCN NI Developing a Safeguarding First Culture hosted by the Sexual Health, and Children and Young People Networks

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This webinar will examine a range of emerging online trends, themes and patterns of behaviour. It will consider how the context of a young person’s offline life and vulnerabilities can accelerate pathways to real harm in the virtual world. Critically, it will focus on the potential to use technology and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to educate, empower and protect entire communities. 

The webinar is open to members and non-members with an interest in children and safeguarding services

Scan QR code to register 

www.rcn.org.uk/northernireland