Bowel Cancer Awareness Month

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

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

Picture highlighting bowel cancer symptoms

Picture highlighting bowel cancer symptoms

 

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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Picture with text – picture shows fibre rich foods including baked beans, brown bread, oats, broccoli and spinach. Text – most if use don’t eat enough fibre with quote from registered dietitian

 

 

 

 

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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Picture with text – pciture of fork sausage, bacon, mince, burger, ham. Text – easting less red meat & processed meat can reduce your risk of bowel cancer

 

 

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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Picture with text promoting Public Health Dietitians YouTube channel with healthy recipe videos and free nutrician webinar. Hand holding mobile phone, picture of slow cooker with food in it, bowl of soup , healthy fruit/snack platter, family eating.

 

 

Watch on YouTube at http://pha.site/public-health-dietitians-youtube   

 

 

Showcasing Parent Support Programmes in NI

The National Children’s Bureau is delighted to invite you to an online showcase of some of the evidence-based parenting support programmes delivered across Northern Ireland.

You will hear from programme developers and practitioners from:

  • Incredible Years
  • Parents Plus
  • Solihull Parenting
  • Parenting Focus – Parenting Your Teen
  • Mellow Parenting

When: Monday 24th March, 9.30am – 12.30pm

Where: Online via Zoom

The event is primarily aimed at practitioners, commissioners, and policy makers with an interest in parenting support.

This event is being hosted by NCB, supported by the Public Health Agency and the Health and Social Care Trusts.

To register for this event please visit here.

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NEW Online Safety Training Needs Analysis – Children’s Workforce Survey

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.

Children & Young People’s Resource Pack – February 2025

The February 2025 edition of the Children & Young People’s Resource Pack is out now.  Packed full of activity ideas and recipes to help keep the kids entertained over the half term break, along with resources on disability, mental health, bereavement and more!

 

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Download at: https://cypsp.hscni.net/download/426/cyp-resource-pack/45493/cyp-resource-pack-february-2025.pdf 

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

Resources and activities are free and in the public domain.

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

Ards & North Down and Down Fortnightly News – Edition 84, February 2025

Welcome back to this New Year edition newsletter for Children and Young People’s Services and Families across the Down and Ards & North Down Locality Planning Groups, special focus on Children’s Mental Health Week & Neurodiversity.

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Download Fortnightly News – February 2025

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