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Western Area FYI – Issue 2

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Happy New Year!
Welcome to the second issue of FYI, your monthly round up of all things family support and early intervention/ prevention.
If you would like to contribute upcoming consultations, training, articles, or events that practitioners from the community, voluntary or statutory sectors within the Western Trust will find useful please contact;

Dr Priscilla Magee Mobile 07880723076
priscilla.magee@westerntrust.hscni.net 
Paul Sweeney
Mobile 07387259117
paul.sweeney@westerntrust.hscni.net

Western Area FYI – Issue 2

Angel Eyes NI – Equality for Children with Vision Impairment

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All children have dreams and aspirations and we believe that blind and partially sighted children should have the same opportunities in life to achieve these as their fully sighted peers.  Angel Eyes NI supports parents to access early intervention family support services at the earliest stage in their child’s life.

Our aim is to provide parents and their families with the tools to make this possible and to enable their child to realise their full potential.  

Our Vision

Every blind and partially sighted child in Northern Ireland will have equal opportunities in life to fully achieve their dreams, aspirations and potential

Our Service

Angel Eyes NI offer a range of parenting/family support  services including signposting, education advocacy, advice, access to early years programmes including play groups, parent peer support, family outings and much more to support families with a blind or partially sighted child.

Contact Us

Angel Eyes NI

Innovation Factory

385 Springfield Road

Belfast, BT12 7DG

Telephone – 028 9590 2835 

Website: www.angeleyesni.org

 

FSH Newsletter – December Edition

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The December edition of the Family Support Hub Newsletter is now available https://cypsp.hscni.net/download/391/family-support-hubs/42335/dec23-fsh-newsletter.pdf

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

As usual this edition of the Family Support Hub Newsletter is stuffed full of information, events and good news stories across the Family Support Network and beyond. We’re continuing our “meet the Coordinator” feature with an interview with Deborah Burnett from our Greater Falls Hub, thanks to Deborah for being the Hub star in our Christmas Newsletter.

It is also packed full of information for parents/carers, early years, children & young people with a disability,  mental health and wellbeing advice,  Helplines and much more – make sure you download your copy now!

Previous editions of the newsletter are available at  http://www.cypsp.hscni.net/family-support-hubs  under Family Support Newsletter section.

 

FSH Newsletter – October Edition

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The October edition of the Family Support Hub Newsletter is now available to https://cypsp.hscni.net/download/391/family-support-hubs/42040/oct23-fsh-newsletter.pdf

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

This edition is packed with useful information about services and events. In the coming editions of the newsletter we are going to showcase our Coordinators and their Hubs. Kicking us off we have Seána Connor from the Fermanagh Hub hosted my Action for Children.

It is also packed full of information for parents/carers, early years, children & young people with a disability,  mental health and wellbeing advice,  Helplines and much more – make sure you download your copy now!

Previous editions of the newsletter are available at  http://www.cypsp.hscni.net/family-support-hubs  under Family Support Newsletter section.

 

Issue 113 – Southern Area FYI – 19th October 2023

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Welcome to Issue 113 of our fortnightly newsletter, ‘FYI’ (For Your Information).

Download Issue 113

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

This week is National Parenting Week, so we have started off this edition with key support and services to assist local families.  We have also included information relating to National Adoption Week, which again is this week.

 

You will find a lot of new opportunities throughout the edition, including a chance to learn more about, and contribute to, the new Emotional Health and Wellbeing Network’s Framework – See Page 23 for a brief description of this and avail of the opportunities to attend an online and face-to-face session to help shape this key piece of work. Emotional wellbeing and mental health of children and young people remains one of, if not, the most pertinent issue and priority for all of our Locality Planning Groups.

 

We hope you get something from this edition. Your feedback is welcome, as always!

 

Locality Development Team (Southern Trust Area)