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Youth Voice – Antrim and Newtownabbey

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Antrim and Newtownabbey is seeking YOUTH VOICE members to represent the voices of young people across the Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough.

Young People aged 16 – 21 years who live in the Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough are invited to apply to be part of the Youth Voice.

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This 2-year programme will be delivered by the Education Authority Youth Service in Partnership with Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council along with other statutory bodies.

Antrim and Newtownabbey Youth Voice information and application form

School Uniform Recycling Toolkit 2023

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The Southern Area Locality Planning Team have produced an Infographic to report on the impact of this year’s School Uniform Recycling Toolkit. This free resource was produced to provide a user friendly, free, practical guide for schools and community groups to use in order to hold a successful school uniform recycling scheme. We provided checklists for discussions, templates to use, tips which shared good practice, and evaluation forms which we collated to produce individual reports for each initiative.

11 schools and groups used the Toolkit during 2023 and send completed feedback forms to demonstrate the effectiveness of the resource.

We had around 1,250 items donated totalling a value of over £8,000. These items were successfully recycled across the Southern area.

If your school or group is interested in finding out more about this free resource, and how to avail of our support in 2024, please contact Darren  Curtis at localityplanning@ci-ni.org.uk

Autism and Mental health short film

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https://vimeo.com/848762393/72b9f2cdbd

It is no secret that here, in Northern Ireland, our children and young people have the highest rates
of mental health difficulties in the whole of the UK
For our neurodiverse young people and adults these statistics are even harder to read…

84% of Autistic individuals meet full criteria for Anxiety disorder

Autistic individuals are unfortunately 9 times more likely to die by suicide

77% of young autistic adults had additional mental health diagnoses, including anxiety, depression and bipolar disorder

This year, let it be the year that we change in how we approach supporting our young people with their mental health, that we create a world that is accepting and loving for our neurodiverse individuals