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Family Fund Information and Support Events

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On Tuesday 5 November, Family Fund will be hosting an information and support event in Belfast for families raising disabled or seriously ill children. Come and meet organisations and charities that can help, and find out more about access to Family Fund’s support services, grants and information.

Location: Girdwood Community Hub, 10 Girdwood Avenue, Belfast, Antrim BT14 6EG

Date and time: Tuesday 5 November, between 9.30am and 2pm

Register for the event here: www.familyfund.org.uk/belfastnov2024 

Registrations open for Northern Ireland’s annual Daily Mile Santa Run

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Registrations are now open for Northern Ireland’s annual Daily Mile Santa run Friday 6th December 2024.

If you’re part of a school or nursery, you can create some festive fun this Christmas by taking part in our Santa Run at Click the link below to register

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/daily-mile-santa-run-northern-ireland-tickets-1028697982357

Issue 135 – Southern Area FYI – 17 October 2024

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Welcome to Issue 135 of our fortnightly newsletter, ‘FYI’ (For Your Information).

Image with text promoting FYI (For Your Information)

Image with text promoting FYI (For Your Information) 

Download Issue 135 

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

With the half-term breaking coming up, the next issue of ‘FYI’ will be circulated in three weeks time, on Thursday 7th November. (We’ll send out a reminder closer to the time!).

In the meantime, next Monday, 21st October, sees the start of Parenting Week. We have included, in this edition, a wide range of support and opportunities for parents, and encourage as many people to avail of these resources as possible.

 Have a listen to the fantastic Podcast on Page 34 on Anxiety-Based School Avoidance by Parentline NI, where they share some of the stories and experiences from parents and shine a light on this pertinent issue.

Locality Development Team (Southern Trust Area)

 

Western Area FYI – Issue 11

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Welcome to the packed 10th issue of FYI your monthly round up of all things family support and early intervention/ prevention.

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

Free Cerebral Palsy Sleep Resource

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The Northern Ireland Cerebral Palsy Register and Queen’s University Belfast are delighted to share with you our free resources on sleep and CP. These resources are the results of Dr Mary-Elaine McCavert’s PhD on sleep disturbances in children with CP and were created alongside children with CP and their parents thanks to the support of the John Glover Memorial Award. 

All three resources (including one for families and one for the GP core team) can be found and downloaded from here: https://www.qub.ac.uk/research-centres/NorthernIrelandCerebralPalsyRegister/Sleep-disturbances-Cerebral-palsy/ . For your convenience, we have attached the resource for educational staff. We hope this supports you and your pupils with CP, who may also have difficulties with sleep.  

Front cover of teacher resource about sleep and Cerebral Palsy - picture of yellow moon wearing a sleep hat with z z z sitting on purple clouds includes QUB logo and text "dear teacher please don't forget"