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Online Safety Mini Webinars for Parents and Carers

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Webpage banner titled “Online Safety Mini Webinars for Parents and Carers” within an Online Safety Hub resource library. The left side has a dark blue background with white text and an orange button labeled “SBNI (The Safeguarding Board for Northern Ireland).” The right side shows a preview image of a video titled “Privacy Settings and Parental Controls – Information for parents and carers,” with Childnet and SBNI logos displayed.

Webpage banner titled “Online Safety Mini Webinars for Parents and Carers” within an Online Safety Hub resource library. The left side has a dark blue background with white text and an orange button labeled “SBNI (The Safeguarding Board for Northern Ireland).” The right side shows a preview image of a video titled “Privacy Settings and Parental Controls – Information for parents and carers,” with Childnet and SBNI logos displayed.

Short mini webinars offering practical support to help parents and carers recognise and respond to key online harms.

Supporting children online can sometimes feel challenging, especially as the digital world continues to change.

Each mini webinar lasts around 15-20 minutes and includes practical tips, conversation starters and signposting to further support. They are suitable for parents, carers, wider family members and professionals supporting children and young people.

Topics include privacy settings and parental controls, group chats and peer pressure, online bullying, image sharing, harmful content and online grooming – covering everything from everyday online use to more serious risks.

Created by Childnet and supported by the Safeguarding Board for Northern Ireland (SBNI), the mini webinars reflect real life experiences shared by families.

Watch the mini webinars here https://onlinesafetyhub.safeguardingni.org/online-safety-mini-webinars-for-parents-and-carers/ 

Further advice, resources and support for families, professionals and young people are available on the SBNI Online Safety Hub – Northern Ireland’s central resource for online safety.

Refugee Week 2026 (15-21 June): Celebrating Community in Mid Ulster

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Taking place from 15–21 June, Refugee Week is the world’s largest arts and culture festival celebrating the contributions, creativity and resilience of refugees and people seeking sanctuary.

Across Mid Ulster, a diverse programme of events will bring communities together to share stories, experiences and culture. From creative workshops and exhibitions to community gatherings and performances, these events offer meaningful opportunities to connect, learn and celebrate the richness that people from all backgrounds bring to our area.

Full list of events for Mid Ulster Refugee Week is available here: https://www.midulstercouncil.org/events-listing/events/mid-ulster-refugee-week

 

Mid Ulster District Council logo featuring a red shield with symbols including a crown, hand, wheat sheaf and vertical bars, alongside bilingual text reading “Comhairle Ceantair Lár Uladh / Mid Ulster District Council.

Belfast Locality Planning Newsletter – 21 May 2026

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Graphic titled “Locality Planning Belfast – Information Update 21/05/26” with CYPSP and Belfast Health and Social Care Trust logos. The left side shows a report cover reading “How are Children & Young People doing in NI? Northern Ireland Outcome Monitoring Report with Trends 2017–24/25” and “Improving Outcomes,” alongside a photo of hands holding a page with charts and graphs. The right side highlights key findings from the report, including fewer children but growing need, health improvements alongside emerging concerns, rising disability and mental health pressures, strong educational attainment with attendance challenges, increasing numbers of looked-after children, and ongoing poverty and inequality. A footer invites contact via email for sharing information with the Belfast Locality Planning Group.

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

 

Down and Ards & North Down Locality Planning Groups Fortnightly News – May 2026

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Welcome to the Summer edition of the Fortnightly News; for Children, Young People’s services, and Families, across the Down and Ards & North Down Locality Planning Groups.

Newsletter cover titled “Fortnightly News” from the Ards & North Down and Down CYPSP Locality Planning Groups, May 2026 edition, with a short welcome message and the CYPSP logo on a blue geometric background.

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For more information on the Fortnightly News please contact; noelle.hollywood@setrust.hscni.net or mobile 07872422101

The Changing Lives Initiative ADHD Information Workshops – May/June 2026

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Yellow and green poster advertising an “ADHD Information Workshop,” with logos for The Changing Lives Initiative and Colin Neighbourhood Partnership at the top. Text lists concerns such as distraction, losing interest, and acting without thinking. Event details include online sessions on Wednesday 20th May and Tuesday 9th June from 7:00–8:15 pm, or an in-person session on Monday 1st June 2026, 10:00–11:30 am at Carew Centre, 15 Tamar Street, Belfast BT4 1HS. A red heart states “For parents/caregivers of 3–7 year olds.” Additional text invites attendees to learn about inattentive, hyperactive, or impulsive behaviours, notes the workshop is free, and provides contact details: info@changinglives.ie or Tel 028 9590 0378

The Changing Lives Initiative: Flourish and Thrive (web site: Changing Lives) offers free early supports to parents/carers of children with or without a diagnosis of ADHD/Autism. They offer a range of interventions including workshops, online supports and evidence-based programmes.

Details of upcoming, free, workshops open to parents/caregivers of children aged 3-7:

Are you concerned about your chld’s behaviours?  Easily distracted, loses interest quickey, never sits still, acts without thinking…..

Come along and find out more about inattentive, hyperstive or impulsive behaviours and how The Changing Lives Initiative can help.

  • Online – Wednesday 20 May 2026, 7-8.15pm or Tuesday 9 June 2026, 7-8.15pm
  • In person – Monday 1 June 2026, 10-11.30am, Carew Centre, 15 Tamar Street, Belfast, BT4 1HS

For more information and to register for one of the workshops email: info@changinglives.ie or tel: 028 9590 0378

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