This Free 1 hour seminar is ideal for practitioners & professionals who work with children and parents. It will also be of interest to those who want to find out more about the important role that fathers play in their children’s lives – download Poster and more information
Register for this free 1 hour webinar at : https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dads-direct-steve-biddulph-fatherhood-a-life-changing-relationship-tickets-338215500667
Welcome back to Edition 46 of the fortnightly newsletter for Locality Planning Groups in Down, Ards and North Down.
In this Mental Health Awareness edition we would like to share information on services promoting emotional, social and financial support for struggling families. Please share with your contacts.
If you wish to advertise any upcoming programmes or activities please see the guidance on the back
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Parents are telling Contact about giving up food and heating just to keep their disabled child’s equipment turned on — a choice nobody should have to make. If you feel worried, we offer a free support line where carers can get advice or just blow off steam contact.org.uk/listening-ear
Free Schools Learning Resources
Our friends at @Autism have made these brilliant resources for World #AutismAcceptanceWeek. 👍
They are aimed at schools, but anyone can use them to learn more about Autism! 😀
Sign up to download them here: http://bit.ly/3IoNCCJ
SureStart – Learnings from Lockdown: A Parent & Practitioner Perspective
Please view this 10 minute video the Childcare Partnership have pulled together across a number of Sure Start projects that highlights the fantastic work of Sure Start during the Covid Pandemic. It’s a very inspiring watch as it showcases the positive impact the service has had from a parent’s perspective but also the voice of practitioners in how they adapted to an ever changing environment. In terms of showing “outcomes” it is a wonderful example of everyone’s efforts to make a real difference to families during such a difficult time. Special thanks goes to the parents from Dungannon, East Belfast and Down Sure Start for taking part and telling their stories.
Please do share with colleagues across your areas of work.
