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Are your Child’s Vaccines Up to Date

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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

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

Download your copy here

(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 100th 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 100th edition to show how valuable this resource has been to date – See Page 3 for further details.

Keep connected!

Locality Development Team, Southern Area

Down and Ards & North Down LPG Fortnightly News

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Welcome to the 63rd edition of the fortnightly newsletter for Locality Planning Groups in Ards, North Down & Down.

Download issue 63

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

In this forth edition of 2023, prior to international Women’s Day we would like to share information on services promoting emotional, social and financial support for struggling families. Please share with your contacts.

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

Parent Participation Q&A Session

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Children in NI via Parentline NI have produced this video that gives an example of the Q&A session they have been delivering to potential parent champions on behalf of CYPSP.  This new innovative Parent Participation Service has been set up to engage and ensure voices of parents are heard and to build capacity with services that develop parent engagement.

View video here https://youtu.be/qtPsLBTb4Ew

This project will ensure voices of parents count and provide opportunities to influence services and participate in decisions that affect them.

Could you be a Parent Champion?  If Yes complete expression of interest form here https://tinyurl.com/hh5rxbdp

Useful links for Safer Internet Day

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This Safer Internet Day 2023, we invite you to check out our interactive resource, containing useful links for parents/carers and those who work with children & young people.

If you click on the logos included in the pdf, you will be taken straight through to the corresponding websites / webpages containing information & resources focusing on keeping children and young people safer online.

The weblinks collated are only a sample of the plethora of online internet safety information currently available in the public domain. We simply aim to raise awareness of key sources and further reading for yourselves and the children, young people and families with whom you work.

Please also share with colleagues, family members and friends, if relevant.