Issue 105 – Southern Area FYI – 8 June 2023

Welcome to Issue 105 of our information bulletin, ‘FYI’ (For Your Information).

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You will see we have included summer activities at the start of this edition, separating into locality areas for easier access. Please continue to send through any relevant information for our next edition in a fortnight.

Also included in this edition are a number of events, resources and information relating to Volunteers’ and Child Safety Week this week. Next week is Loneliness Awareness, Infant Mental Health and International Mens’ Health Week so we have included relevant information for these too.

Stay connected and keep updated!

Locality Development Team (Southern Trust Area)

Summer is Coming! – Promote Your 2023 Summer Activities

Summer activities continue to play a vital role in helping children, young people and families to reconnect with programmes, groups and friends. Participation has also been proven to help maintain good emotional and physical wellbeing.

Each year, we aim to provide timely, useful information for parents & caregivers, children, young people and workers who are searching for activities for their children/clients to participate in during the months of July & August. We have previously released a stand-alone resource covering all of the Southern Trust Area, however this year we are incorporating this information into our June editions of ‘FYI’, the next of which will circulate on Thursday 22nd June 2023.

We invite you to submit any relevant information on summer activities which your organisation or group will be running this summer, or alternatively any schemes you may know of, so we can once again showcase the great range of opportunities available across the Southern Trust Area.

This year we are not asking members to complete a template, but instead to send us any flyers which can be directly inserted into ‘FYI’. If you are unable to obtain any artwork, do still please contact us with details of activities in good time.

Send your summer activities flyer(s) to localityplanning@ci-ni.org.uk by Tuesday 20th June 2023.

 

Issue 104 – Southern Area FYI – 25 May 2023

Welcome to Issue 104 of our information bulletin, ‘FYI’ (For Your Information).

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As promised, we are including summer activities for the Southern Area in this edition of the newsletter. We are aware that more activities are likely to be confirmed within the next couple of weeks, so please see Page 3 for further details on how to send us your relevant summer activities information for the next issue of ‘FYI’.

We are also delighted to let you know that we have recently released the “Your Journey Through Disability” Guide to help support families with a child with a disability. Access the download link on Page 12 and please share this practical resource widely with families and colleagues accordingly.

Stay connected and keep updated!

Locality Development Team (Southern Trust Area)

Issue 103 – Southern Area FYI – 11 May 2023

Welcome to issue 103 of our information bulletin, ‘FYI’ (For Your Information).

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As you will see on the next page, we are about to embark on collating all opportunities we can for summer activities for children and young people available in the Southern Trust Area. We ask that anyone who wishes to advertise their forthcoming summer programmes and activities, to send us through the relevant details as explained on the page.

We will also endeavour to include no/low cost activities for summer, bearing in mind the current economic pressures felt by families.

This information will be included in the next 2 editions of ‘FYI’, so your assistance will be most appreciated.

School Uniform Recycling Toolkit Available NOW!

The Southern Area School Uniform Recycling Toolkit is a FREE resource for any school to use to help set up a recycling scheme. Including editable flyers, checklist templates and evaluation tools, this resource can easily be adapted for use by community organisations too. To access the toolkit, contact Darren Curtis, CYPSP, at localityplanning@ci-ni.org.uk.