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Bridging Pathways: A Taster Day in Game Design & Development

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Ulster University, in collaboration with Kippie, is hosting:
Bridging Pathways: A Taster Day in Game Design & Development
Monday 12th May 2025
⏰ 9AM – 5PM ( lunch included)
UU Game Studios (MH Building, Derry Campus)
If you’re 16–24, living in the North West, and not currently in education, employment, or training (NEET), this is your chance to dive into the world of Game Design & Development!
✅ Explore our state-of-the-art Game Design Studio
✅ Try hands-on activities
✅ Find out more about career pathways into games!

Only 30 places available — don’t miss out and register here now!!!
https://forms.gle/wifBhoFyaKoW9AkP8

 Additional Resources:
Take a virtual tour of the studio
https://www.ulster.ac.uk/virtualcampus/derry-londonderry/game-design-studio
Learn about the degree:
https://www.ulster.ac.uk/courses/202526/games-design-and-development-37247
Watch the promo video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mok_qJoyb_c

Connect North Drop-in Sessions

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Image with text- Connect North Your Pathway to Wellbeing and Libraries NI

Image with text- Connect North Your Pathway to Wellbeing and Libraries NI

Connect North can connect you to beneficial services and supports within your local community to address your practical, social or emotional needs. (You must be over the age of 18 and live within the Northern Health and Social Care Trust area)

Connect North Drop-in Causeway Coast and Glens dates

Connect North Drop-in Antrim and Newtownabbey dates

Connect North Drop-in Mid & East Antrim dates 

Western Area FYI Issue 18 – May 2025

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Your FYI is a monthly round up of all things family support and early
intervention prevention across the Western trust and beyond.

Download Issue 18

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

Launch of PB Tak£500+ 2025

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Do you have an idea that you feel would have a positive impact on your Community?

Communities can apply for up to £1000 for a project they think will benefit their area and best of all, local residents will decide which projects should get the money!

Image with text promoting TAKE 500+

Image with text promoting TAKE 500+

TAKE500 Application form 

TAKE500 Guidance notes 

TAKE500 FAQ’s

Issue 147 – Southern Area FYI – 1st May 2025

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Welcome to Issue 147 of our fortnightly newsletter, ‘FYI’ (For Your Information).

Image with text promoting Southern Area Locality Planning Groups FYI (For Your Information)

Image with text promoting Southern Area Locality Planning Groups FYI (For Your Information)

Download Issue 147

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

We hope that everyone is back & feeling refreshed after the recent Easter break. It seems that local services & organisations have hit the ground running, as we have a wide range of training opportunities, workshops, events, parenting programmes & activities for families included in what is another jam-packed edition of our newsletter!

Be sure to take a look on Page 3, which includes a link to download the NI Outcome Monitoring Report 2023/24, recently published by CYPSP, full of multi-agency population indicators. This is a great resource for assessing need and planning services and can also be used as evidence for funding opportunities.

Stay connected!

Locality Development Team, Southern Area