Ards, North Down & Down Fortnightly News – Issue 65

Posted on March 29, 2023 by Sharon

Welcome to the 65th edition of the fortnightly newsletter for Locality Planning Groups in Ards, North Down & Down.

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In this edition ‘Make March your Month to Quit’ in Northern Ireland too many lives are lost to smoking related diseases; help a friend colleague or family member to reach out for help to quit.

If you wish to advertise any upcoming programmes or activities please see the guidance on the back page. Don’t forget to share with your contacts.

Ards, North Down & Down Fortnightly News

Posted on March 10, 2023 by Louise

Welcome to the 64th Edition of the fortnightly newsletter for the locality planning groups in Ards, North Down and Down.

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In this fifth edition “Make March your month to quit”. In Northern Ireland too many lives are lost to smoking related diseases; help a friend, colleague or family member to reach out for help to quit.

If you wish to advertise any upcoming programmes or activities please see the guidance on the back page.

Issue 99 – Southern Area FYI – 9 March 2023

Posted on March 9, 2023 by Sharon

Welcome to Issue 99 of our information bulletin, ‘FYI’ (For Your Information).

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One more edition until we reach our 100^th issue! Please feel free to give us feedback on how useful this has been for your organisation or service – See page 3 for further details.

In these difficult days, look out for funding opportunities on page 13 and also the usual wide range of courses and sessions which are no/low cost.

As always, please feel free to share this with all of your colleagues and with those families with whom you work.

Locality Development Team, Southern Area

Are your Child’s Vaccines Up to Date

Posted on February 24, 2023 by Valerie

Immunisation is the safest and most effective way of protecting against serious diseases. The Public Health Agency (PHA) strongly recommends that babies and children are vaccinated according to the Routine Childhood Immunisations Schedule; and are urging parents to check their child’s red book to see if vaccinations are up-to-date.

Vaccination rates have seen a slight decrease over recent years and the additional disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic is likely to have caused some of the decreases in vaccine coverage. It is important vaccination coverage is improved as soon as possible to help prevent the spread of avoidable serious and sometimes deadly diseases such as measles and polio.

For more information visit Check your child’s red book to see if vaccinations are up-to-date | HSC Public Health Agency (hscni.net)

Also view Why the MMR Vaccine is important for you and your family at https://vimeo.com/797645270

Issue 98 – Southern Area FYI – 23 February 2023

Posted on February 23, 2023 by Sharon

Welcome to Issue 98 of our information bulletin, ‘FYI’ (For Your Information).

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

In another bumper edition we have a number of new sources for funding and would encourage any groups to have a look to see if this is relevant to your work. We have also included further funding sources towards the back, for specific areas in the Southern region, so don’t stop reading!

We are fast approaching our 100^th edition, in March, so would invite all of you who receive ‘FYI’ to let us know how relevant it is to your work and families. We will be including a selection of success stories in our 100^th edition to show how valuable this resource has been to date – See Page 3 for further details.

Keep connected!