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Regional HSC Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing Campaign

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Image with text and pictures promoting Take 5 steps to wellbeing

Image with text and pictures promoting Take 5 steps to wellbeing

The Public Health Agency (PHA) and Health and Social Care (HSC) organisations have launched this year’s HSC mental health and emotional wellbeing campaign urging people to prioritise workplace mental health.

Between World Suicide Prevention Day (10 September) and World Mental Health Day (10 October) the five local HSC Trusts, the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (NIAS) and the PHA are encouraging people to take 10 minutes for mental health self-care using the ‘Take 5 steps to wellbeing’.

The ‘Take 5 steps to wellbeing’ are: Connect, Keep Learning, Be Active, Take Notice and Give.

 More information is available about the HSC mental health campaign, the work of the Health and Social Care Trusts, details of local services that provide mental health and wellbeing support and the ‘Take 5 steps to wellbeing’ at www.mindingyourhead.info/workplace-mental-health-2024

This will also be an opportunity to encourage everyone to learn more about mental health and suicide prevention by attending a training course. Details about the training available across Northern Ireland can be found at www.mindingyourhead.info/training

A NEW Constipation in children series is now LIVE on the Public Health Dietitians YouTube channel!

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Image with text and picture raising awareness of Childhood constipation

Image with text and picture raising awareness of Childhood constipation

You can view it here: Constipation in children – YouTube

These short videos provide information from a Registered Dietitian and Children’s Continence Nurse on:

  • The causes of constipation in children and how to spot it
  • Diet, lifestyle and toileting tips to help prevent constipation.

The Childhood and Teenage nutrition video survey 2024 has *LAUNCHED*

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It’s your chance to have your say on what videos on childhood and teenage nutrition you want to see on the Public Health Dietitians YouTube channel!

Fill out the short survey at this link https://forms.office.com/e/1SqWt6z360

Image with text and pictures raising awareness on Public Health Dietitians YouTube channel

Image with text and pictures raising awareness on Public Health Dietitians YouTube channel

Complete A-Z for Carers 2024

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Who is this A–Z Guide for?
This guide is for informal/unpaid carers living in Northern Ireland. You are a carer if you provide help and support, without payment, to a family member or a friend who may not be able to manage without this help because of frailty, illness, or disability.

What is in this Guide?
This guide tells you where you can access information, support, and services relevant to carers. It directs you to the organisations best placed to meet your needs, and gives you contact details for these organisations. The guide is mainly regional in context – for more local information, you are advised to contact your HSC Trust for details.

View Guide Here

Issue 132 – Southern Area FYI – 5 September 2024

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Welcome to Issue 132 of our fortnightly newsletter, ‘FYI’ (For Your Information).

Download Issue 132

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

So, Summer has come and gone, in the blink of an eye! Back to school and we hope we have been able to reflect just some of the support and opportunities available for children, young people and their parents/carers.

Our Locality Planning Groups have resumed meeting this morning (5th September) in Armagh and will operate at full speed throughout the rest of the year. We welcome anyone working or volunteering to improve outcomes for children & young people and we’ll be delighted to tell you more, if you are interested.  Dates for the next meetings are on the second last page, as always.

 See you later in September!

Locality Development Team (Southern Trust Area)