Money Minder – Free Financial Advice from STEP in the Mid Ulster area
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Upcoming market stall showcase events in the Armagh, Banbridge & Craigavon Council Area during June and July 2025.
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Following on from Parentline NI’s recent school avoidance event held in Lisburn, it was evident that peer support groups can play an important role in supporting parents and carers.
The Parent Participation Service at Children in NI have developed a new guide to support parents in setting up peer support groups.
Peer support can play a powerful role in building connection, resilience and shared learning within communities and we hope this guide can be used to help facilitate the development of new peer support groups across Northern Ireland.
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Picture with text – promoting April as bowel cancer awareness month. Raising awareness that knowing the symptoms of bowel cancer could save your life. 9 in 10 people survive bowel cancer if diagnosed at the earliest stage
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Bowel Cancer Awareness Month | Bowel Cancer UK
Did you know?? A high fibre diet can help to reduce the risk of bowel cancer and other chronic diseases like Cardiovascular Disease and Type 2 Diabetes.
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Most of us don’t eat enough fibre. Find out some top tips from our Registered Dietitians on how to increase your intake.
Watch this short video https://youtu.be/XuJ2kxdoD-4?si=txeO2COYVwLPfJmY
Eating a lot of red and processed meat also increases your risk of bowel cancer.
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If you eat more than 90g of red or processed meat a day, it’s recommended to reduce your intake to 70g or less a day.
You can do this by eating smaller portions of red and processed meat, eating these meats less often or swapping them for alternatives.
A wide range of free 30 min nutrition webinars for all life stages and healthy recipe videos are available.
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Watch on YouTube at http://pha.site/public-health-dietitians-youtube
Online Safety Training Needs Analysis – Children’s Workforce Survey launches on Safer Internet Day
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The National Children’s Bureau, commissioned by the SBNI, has today launched a training needs analysis survey for the children’s workforce as part of the NI Executive’s Online Safety Strategy Action Plan. Your input will help to understand the current experience of learning and development in online safety and identify future training and development needs.
Access the survey https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/OnlineSafetyTrainingNA
We welcome responses from anyone in your organisation who works with and for children, young people and those who care for them. That could include frontline practitioners, managers, and senior leaders. There is no limit to responses from individual organisations and we are keen to hear from people in a variety of roles.
The survey closes on 11 March 2025.
