Are you struggling with the cost of living increases? The Consumer Council are here to help.
They have created an information hub on their website to provide you with advice and support on a range of topics including your food shop, your home energy bills and your transport.
Visit their new Cost Of Living Hub 
Cost of Living | Consumer Council
The South West Grid for Learning (SWGfL) has published resources about the digital wellbeing of children and young people.
The guidance aims to assist professionals, parents and carers in supporting children’s wellbeing online. It looks at the impact of exposure to abuse or online harm on a child’s digital wellbeing and provides information on the role of digital technologies in relation to welfare.
Read the news story: Introducing our digital wellbeing hub!
Access the resources: Digital wellbeing
Parenting NI have a new project called ‘Solus’.
Solus is a research project looking at the financial challenges of separated parents and one parent families.
They want to know about what financial hardships separated parents and one parent families are facing and what effect this is having on their physical and mental health.
The project aims to understand the support separated parents and one parent families need and to develop practical solutions to make sure the right support is available for them.
Parenting NI will work together with separated parents and one parent families to be their voice and to help them to share their experiences.
A Parent support and Participation Officer will also provide support for these parents once they engage with the project. This will be in the form of Top Tips sessions and one to one support.
Video link about the ‘Solus’ project. https://vimeo.com/696926530
If you would like more information or have any questions about the project please email elaine@parentingni.org
Gardening introduces the opportunity for tactile experiences and the development of fine motor skills.
This visual resource from Middletwon Centre for Autism provides clear instructions for planting seeds.
Here’s hoping for plenty of sunshine to help them grow!
Vaccination and recovery travel certificates for this age group are applied for by parents and guardians.
The young person can then download the app to their phone and simply scan the certificate obtained by their parent or guardian.
This will also assist those travelling with groups of young people – such as teachers on school trips – by providing a digital backup to printed certificates.
The new feature on the app also allows young people to display a COVID Recovery certificate – the official record of a positive PCR test.
