Issue 132 – Southern Area FYI – 5 September 2024

Posted on September 5, 2024 by Louise

Welcome to Issue 132 of our fortnightly newsletter, ‘FYI’ (For Your Information).

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So, Summer has come and gone, in the blink of an eye! Back to school and we hope we have been able to reflect just some of the support and opportunities available for children, young people and their parents/carers.

Our Locality Planning Groups have resumed meeting this morning (5^th September) in Armagh and will operate at full speed throughout the rest of the year. We welcome anyone working or volunteering to improve outcomes for children & young people and we’ll be delighted to tell you more, if you are interested. Dates for the next meetings are on the second last page, as always.

See you later in September!

Locality Development Team (Southern Trust Area)

Translink- Tap to Travel Pupils Pass to take Effect for New Term

Posted on August 29, 2024 by Louise

As pupils prepare to return to school for a new term, Translink and the Education Authority are reminding pupils, parents and schools that new ‘tap to travel’ bus and rail smartcards will be issued for eligible school pupils and further education students. Read more

Feel Good Armagh Community Networking Event 2024

Posted on August 28, 2024 by Louise

On Saturday 15^th June 2024, the Feel Good Armagh Community Networking Event was held on The Mall in Armagh.

This free event was organised to help all ages of the communities in Armagh to find out what support and opportunities were available on their doorstep.

Over 50 services and organisations held information stands to inform the public (and each other) of what they provide, and activities were held for children along with historical walking tours of The Mall and music and food were provided too!

Download the Feel Good Armagh Community Networking Event Scorecard HERE, to find out more about what we did, how well we did it and what changed as a result.

Children & Young People’s Resource Pack- Back to School Edition

Posted on August 23, 2024 by Louise

The Back to School Edition of the Children & Young People’s Resource Pack is out now, included are resources on education, disability, mental health, activity ideas and more!

Download here

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Resources and activities are free and in the public domain.

Please share with contacts who you think would find it useful.

Issue 131 – Southern Area FYI – 22 August 2024

Posted on August 22, 2024 by Louise

Welcome to Issue 131 of our fortnightly newsletter, ‘FYI’ (For Your Information).

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This is our second largest ever edition of ‘FYI’, so thank you so much for submitting so much great information and keep it coming! We keep submissions in ‘FY’I for one edition, unless requested, so please let us know if you want to avail of this opportunity.

We are delighted to include our Action Plan Report on Page 3 which tells you how productive our Locality Planning Groups and our Team has been over the last 3 years. During this time, we were still experiencing the impact of COVID, so our outcomes have been remarkable in such challenging times.

Plenty of information – Why don’t you come to one of our Locality Planning Groups to see what more there is to offer in the Southern Area?! Contact us at localityplanning@ci-ni.org.uk for further information.