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Nutrition Matters survey

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Complete the Nutrition Matters survey to enter a free prize draw to win a £100 voucher to support healthy habits in your child care setting!

Flyer promoting the 'Nutrition Matters' survey for early years childcare providers. It invites participants to complete a short survey for a chance to win a £100 voucher to support healthy habits in childcare settings. Includes a QR code labeled 'Scan me' and notes that the survey is open to anyone providing childcare or preparing meals in a childcare setting. The closing date is 7th November 2025.

Flyer promoting the ‘Nutrition Matters’ survey for early years childcare providers. It invites participants to complete a short survey for a chance to win a £100 voucher to support healthy habits in childcare settings. Includes a QR code labeled ‘Scan me’ and notes that the survey is open to anyone providing childcare or preparing meals in a childcare setting. The closing date is 7th November 2025.

Nutrition Matters Flyer 

Nutrition Matters aims to equip early years (0-5) childcare providers with information on how to provide healthy and nutritious foods in their setting.

It is commissioned by the Public Health Agency and training delivered by the Public Health Dietitians Group.

Nutrition Matters training and supporting resources are currently being reviewed and updated.  

We would be grateful for 5 minutes of your time to complete this survey to help guide this process and make sure the new training and resources are right to support you! 

click here to enter!

Once completed, you can enter a prize draw to win a £100 voucher to support healthy habits in your childcare setting.

Closing date: 7th November 2025

Open to anyone providing childcare or preparing meals in a childcare setting (ie not by parents/guardians) – you do not need to have attended Nutrition Matters training to enter.

Belfast Locality Planning Newsletter – 2nd October 2025

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Front cover of a newsletter titled 'Locality Planning Belfast' dated 02/10/25, from the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust and CYPSP. It explains the role of Locality Planning Groups as partnerships among statutory, voluntary, and community organizations focused on early intervention and improving outcomes for children and families. A photo shows a group of people holding signs, and contact information is provided at the bottom: LocalityPlanning@belfasttrust.hscni.net.

Front cover of a newsletter titled ‘Locality Planning Belfast’ dated 02/10/25, from the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust and CYPSP. It explains the role of Locality Planning Groups as partnerships among statutory, voluntary, and community organizations focused on early intervention and improving outcomes for children and families. A photo shows a group of people holding signs, and contact information is provided at the bottom: LocalityPlanning@belfasttrust.hscni.net.

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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)

If you have any information you would like to share across our Locality Planning Group members in Belfast, please email: LocalityPlanning@belfasttrust.hscni.net

Issue 155 – Southern Area FYI – 25th September 2025

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Welcome to Issue 155 of our fortnightly newsletter, ‘FYI’ (For Your Information).

Newsletter cover for the Southern Area Locality Planning Groups, part of the Children & Young People's Strategic Partnership (CYPSP). The top left features a blue banner with white text: 'SOUTHERN AREA LOCALITY PLANNING GROUPS' and two right-facing arrows. The top right displays the CYPSP logo with colorful circular icons and the text 'Children & Young People's Strategic Partnership.' Below are icons for email, phone, internet, and user profile in purple, green, and blue. The center-left shows illustrated hands holding a tablet with a circular 'FYI' logo in purple and the words 'For Your Information' around it. Bottom left corner reads 'ISSUE 155' in green and '25th September 2025' in smaller purple text

Newsletter cover for the Southern Area Locality Planning Groups, part of the Children & Young People’s Strategic Partnership (CYPSP). The top left features a blue banner with white text: ‘SOUTHERN AREA LOCALITY PLANNING GROUPS’ and two right-facing arrows. The top right displays the CYPSP logo with colorful circular icons and the text ‘Children & Young People’s Strategic Partnership.’ Below are icons for email, phone, internet, and user profile in purple, green, and blue. The center-left shows illustrated hands holding a tablet with a circular ‘FYI’ logo in purple and the words ‘For Your Information’ around it. Bottom left corner reads ‘ISSUE 155′ in green and ’25th September 2025’ in smaller purple text

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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)

We are currently identifying actions for our 6 Locality Planning Groups for the next year and have included a brief overview of how this fits in with the CYPSP structure on a local and regional level on the opening pages of this edition. Anyone wishing to contribute to our actions are welcome to contact us to find out how you can become involved.

Another bumper edition which includes a plethora of opportunities, information, resources and activities for children, young people, parents and practitioners. Please have a read through and share with families and colleagues. Also, keep the flyers coming in!

Locality Development Team, Southern Area

Your Health Event in collaboration between Glaucoma UK, Bomoko NI and the Stronger Together Network

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A colorful flyer promoting a free health event titled "Your Health" for African or Caribbean communities. The event is on Wednesday, October 15, 2025, from 10 am to 2 pm at LORAG, 97 Balfour Avenue, Belfast. It features health awareness talks, information stalls, gym sessions, African food, live entertainment, and fun activities. Topics include physical, mental, and sexual health, cancer and diabetes risk, and eye and hearing health. Logos of Glaucoma UK, Stronger Together Network NI, and BOMOKO NI are included. A QR code and registration link are provided.

A colorful flyer promoting a free health event titled “Your Health” for African or Caribbean communities. The event is on Wednesday, October 15, 2025, from 10 am to 2 pm at LORAG, 97 Balfour Avenue, Belfast. It features health awareness talks, information stalls, gym sessions, African food, live entertainment, and fun activities. Topics include physical, mental, and sexual health, cancer and diabetes risk, and eye and hearing health. Logos of Glaucoma UK, Stronger Together Network NI, and BOMOKO NI are included. A QR code and registration link are provided.

A Health & Wellbeing event called Your Health is taking place in collaboration between Glaucoma UK, Bomoko NI and the Stronger Together Network on Wednesday 15 October 2025 10-2pm at Lorag 97 Balfour Avenue Belfast BT7 2EW.  

 

The Your Health event will bring together a range of organisations that specialise in health and wellbeing, particularly health conditions to which people from African & Caribbean heritage are at greater risk of. It is hoped that through this event it will help to demystify health issues, raise awareness and promote health education within the community.

 

Register now: Your health

 

Check out the links below to view the poster in English, Arabic, Somalian, Tigrinya, Portuguese, French and Lingala.

 

Belfast Locality Planning Newsletter – 18th September 2025

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Flyer from Locality Planning Belfast dated 18/09/25 promoting the "Children & Young People's Resource Pack – Back to School Edition." It features a graphic of a notebook surrounded by school-related icons. The flyer highlights contents such as activities, tips for starting school, back-to-school ideas, support for transitions, lunchbox and snack ideas, results day encouragement, and wellbeing tools. A download link and contact email are provided.

Flyer from Locality Planning Belfast dated 18/09/25 promoting the “Children & Young People’s Resource Pack – Back to School Edition.” It features a graphic of a notebook surrounded by school-related icons. The flyer highlights contents such as activities, tips for starting school, back-to-school ideas, support for transitions, lunchbox and snack ideas, results day encouragement, and wellbeing tools. A download link and contact email are provided.

Download Issue

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

If you have any information you would like to share across our Locality Planning Group members in Belfast, please email: LocalityPlanning@belfasttrust.hscni.net