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Family Fund Information & Support Day in Belfast

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The Family Fund will host an Information and Support Day for families who have a child with an additional need to meet the staff team and to learn about the support services, grants and information/advice that is available to support families in Northern Ireland.

 

 The Information and Support Day will take place on:

Date: 25 October 2017

Time: 10.00am-2.30pm

Venue: St Mary’s University College, 191 Falls Rd, Belfast BT12 6FE

 

Click here to download a copy of the event’s flyer

 

For more information please go to: www.familyfund.org.uk 

500 families attend Ards and North Down Fun Day!

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Parents, children and young people from across the Ards and North Down Borough attended the fun day event hosted by the Ards and North Down Locality Planning Group in Londonderry Park on 1 September to celebrate the end of the summer! Speaking from the event one parent said ‘It was a great day with lots to do for kids and great for parents as it was free!’.

The Ards and North Down Family Fun Day was the first multi agency event hosted by CYPSP Ards and North Down Locality Planning Group since it came together last October.

Cathy Polly, Ards Community Network Manager and Chair of the CYPSP Ards and North Down Locality Planning Group spoke following the event and said ‘This event was a great opportunity for the support organisations from across Ards and North Down to come together and engage with families from different areas and backgrounds.  The day was a great success with over 30 organisations providing a range of information of local services and also providing fun activities for all ages. There was something for everyone and most importantly the children and their families really enjoyed tacking part in the different games and activities’.

 

Read more about the event 

 

Contact Us:

Julie Bickerstaff, Community Engagement Worker, Barnardo’s by telephone at 07710775641 or email julie.bickerstaff@barnardos.org.uk

Autism Training for Professionals and Families

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Autism NI are offering a range of awareness and understanding training programmes for families, professionals and agencies. Autism NI are encouraging organisations and local businesses in Northern Ireland to get involved with their their Impact Awards. They have been developed to help organisations create a more Autism friendly environment for customers, children and families living with Autism.

Download the Autism NI Training Programme for 2017/18

 

Children and Young People’s App Development Engagement Day!

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The Safeguarding Board Northern Ireland’s E-Safety Forum will host a Children and Young People’s Engagement Day in October 2017. This exciting opportunity will enable children and young people to participate and influence the development of a Keeping Safe App.

 

Download the programme for the engagement day

Download and share the Keeping Safe App Development Engagement Day Flyer

 

Young people will have the opportunity to participate and influence:

  1. Name of the App
  2. Content- what information should be included
  3. Format of the App – videos, quizzes
  4. Prizes included in the App
  5. Roll out – how to reach out to other young people

 

Young people can participate on the following date:

Belfast Area:  7 October: 10.00-15.00 at Belfast Central Mission, Belfast

 

Refreshments on arrival and lunch is provided!

 

What do we need from you?

  • Tell us how many young people and staff are attending the event
  • Email owhitford@ncb.org.uk with the name of staff and young people attending by 29.09.17
  • Inform other members of your organisation
  • Tweet and Retweet the attached Flyer
  • Attend the events with your young people –  it is your responsibility to have appropriate consent forms completed in advance.

 

We look forward to having good representation from your agencies and their young people!

 

Contact Us:

For further information or to register please contact Owen Whitford at owhitford@ncb.org.uk 

Lads and Dads Wellbeing Day in Banbridge

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Families from across the Banbridge area attended a Well-being Day celebrating positive mental health among boys, young men and dads.

Over 200 people attended the event and activities included; drumming taster sessions, climbing wall, archery, a bouncy castle, health checks and over 16 local services providing positive mental health and well being support and signposting to families.

 

Guest Speaker at the event was former Manchester United and Northern Ireland Footballer, Pat McGibbon, he said:

‘The importance of positive mental health for families in today’s fast moving society can’t be understated! With work commitments, school runs, runs to after school activities, it’s sometimes forgotten that self-care and spending time with our children is important. Understanding the 5 steps to well-being (being active, connecting with friends, giving, learning and taking notice) and most importantly being prepared to talk are vital to improved mental health. There are plenty of local organisations willing to listen, let’s all reduce the stigma surrounding poor mental health’.

 

Click here to download a copy of the Lads and Dads Well-being Day’s Press Release

 

Get in touch:

For further information about the work of CYPSP please visit www.cypsp.org or contact Darren Curtis, Southern Area Locality Development Officer, CYPSP via email Darren.curtis@hscni.net or telephone 028 9536 3216