Volunteers needed in the Newry and Mourne area to provide support for families with children under 5. Volunteers are needed for Home Visiting, family group and charity shop settings.
Contact Home Start Newry and Mourne today to find out more
Tel: 028 302 66139
Newry, Mourne & Down PCSP (Policing & Community Safety Partnership) continue to work closely with the Road Safe NI NMD Committee who have now set up a Support Group for families / individuals affected by road traffic collisions in the local area. The local community continue to experience a high level of fatalities / serious injuries on the roads and the aim of the Support Group is to provide practical and emotional support for anyone affected by road traffic collisions across the District.
The first meeting of the Support Group will take place in the Canal Court Hotel, Newry on Thursday 16 January from 7-9pm – the Support Group will then meet on the third Thursday of every month in Canal Court at that time.
Welcome to the 21st edition of our information bulletin, FYI (For Your Information). Thank you for your continued interest and support of our fortnightly e-bulletin and please do not hesitate to contact us, should you wish us to promote any events, programmes, etc. which aim to improve outcomes for children and young people in your local area.
PEACE PLUS is a new EU cross-border programme that will contribute to a more prosperous and stable society in Northern Ireland and the Border Region of Ireland.
The programme will achieve this by funding activities that promote peace and reconciliation, and contribute to the cross-border economic and territorial development of the region. It will build upon previous PEACE and INTERREG Programmes. We are seeking your input to help shape the content of this programme.
A series of information events are taking place between December 2019 and February 2020, running from 6pm-8pm, with registration from 5.30pm.
To register, click on one of the below links, which will lead you directly to EventBrite.
The stakeholder engagement process will start on 10 December 2019 and end on 25 February 2020. Full documentation, including a response form, will be made available on https://seupb.eu/peaceplus on 10 December 2019.
If you would like additional information please email PEACEPLUS@seupb.eu
| Date | County | Venue | Register |
| Tue 10 December | Donegal | Jacksons Hotel, Ballybofey | Click Here |
| Wed 8 January | Leitrim | Lough Rynn Castle, Mohill | Click Here |
| Thu 9 January | Sligo | Sligo Park Hotel, Sligo | Click Here |
| Mon 13 January | Derry – Londonderry | Lodge Hotel,
Coleraine |
Click Here |
| Wed 15 January | Monaghan | Four Seasons Hotel, Monaghan | Click Here |
| Thu 16 January | Cavan | Cavan Crystal Hotel, Cavan | Click Here |
| Mon 20 January | Derry – Londonderry | Guildhall, Derry-Londonderry | Click Here |
| Tue 21 January | Tyrone | Corrick House Hotel, Clogher | Click Here |
| Thu 23 January | Fermanagh | Killyhevlin Hotel, Enniskillen | Click Here |
| Mon 27 January | Down | Burrendale Hotel, Newcastle | Click Here |
| Thu 30 January | Antrim | Tullyglass Hotel, Ballymena | Click Here |
| Tue 4 February | Armagh | Armagh City Hotel, Armagh | Click Here |
| Wed 5 February | Antrim | Belfast City Hall, Belfast | Click Here |
| Thu 6 February | Louth | Ballymascanlon Hotel, Dundalk | Click Here |
An ASD/ADHD workshop event was facilitated by Belfast Locality Planning Groups on November 6th 2019, at the Balmoral Hotel. Upwards of 130 people from a cross-section of organisations and disciplines attended the event. The high level of attendance reflects the fact that this is an accelerating issue in all LPG areas in Belfast, as identified by the FSHs and Locality Planning structures.
The theme of this workshop was to outline the diagnostic journey for service users and their families through both the Education sector and the Belfast HSCT system. The opportunity to have an input from both Health and Education was very positive in providing a comprehensive overview of the systems families have to navigate.
From an education perspective Lorna Fitzpatrick (EA lead in ASD) delivered a presentation that mapped the route through education for children and families, once the child has been identified as being “different“.
Kris McKeever( ASD Lead, Belfast HSCT) and Paul Gemmell ( ADHD Lead, Belfast HSCT) both delivered presentations in respect of ASD and ADHD and the journey through the health system in Belfast for children and families. The final presentation delivered by Caroline Milligan outlined a model of good practice that is part of Glenbrook Surestarts programme which is based in North Belfast. This national award winning programme, “Little Learners Pilot Programme” was launched due to an increasing number of children presenting with Autism and social communication concerns. This programme illustrated the partnership working not only between organisations and professionals but also between families and the service providers.
Presentations are available to view on Belfast Locality Planning Groups’ webpages.
This was an event that was designed to raise awareness and to encourage more discussion and partnership working between organisations, disciplines, service providers and service users in order to charter a way forward. Feedback collated to date from event evaluation forms is very positive and indicates that there is a willingness and enthusiasm across all sectors to continue to build on the conversations started at this event to plan and develop a range of supports for these children and their families.
