Nation Deaf Children’s Society are running an exciting new online Family Sign Language course!
“Bed Time, Sign Time” is aimed towards families with #deaf children age 4-7.
Topics include introduction to BSL, fingerspelling, animals, food and many more!
Further information at: bit.ly/3Pch826
Inspires’s new ‘Advocacy for All’ service which has launched in the Western Health & Social Care Trust for people over 18 with mild/moderate mental health.
Advocacy for All will support people who are over 18 with mild/moderate mental health needs e.g. Low mood or motivation, anxiety, poor coping skills, loss of control, stress, isolation, who have no access to any other statutory commissioned advocacy support. Advocacy for All supports and empowers people to have their voice heard and resolve any issues they are having.
By creating an advocacy services for people at Steps 1 and 2, we broaden the scope of advocacy and peer support helping to develop resilience and self-help which is consistent with early intervention and prevention and reduces the need for more intensive mental health support.
Advocacy for All offers:
Referrals will be widely accepted, including from;
How to get in touch;
Advocacy For All Information Leaflet
If you require any further information contact hello@inspirewellbeing.org
Having identified poverty as a critical factor which can adversely affect families and which has been further exacerbated by the impact of Brexit and Covid-19 pandemic in recent years, members of both the Dungannon and Mid Ulster LPGs have co-produced a practical toolkit to support schools in the running of a School Uniform Recycling Initiative.
The Toolkit offers a practical resource for schools in running a School Uniform Recycling Initiative and includes handy tips, suggested structures for discussion, templates to adapt and use, and links to further reading and resources.
Although the School Uniform Recycling Toolkit was produced for the Mid Ulster Council area, it can be adapted and used across NI-wide settings.
Thanks to members of both the Dungannon and Mid Ulster Locality Planning Groups (LPGs): local partnerships working towards improving outcomes for children, young people and families across Northern Ireland.
Thanks to the PTA of Magherafelt High School for their support and feedback on the Toolkit and to those participating schools in the Mid Ulster area.
Thanks also to the authors/owners of the various resources and further reading we have included throughout the Toolkit.
Download School Uniform Recycling Tool Kit
Download Uniform Inventory Spreadsheet
For any clarification or assistance in using/adapting the School Uniform Recycling Toolkit, please contact one of the following Locality Planning Co-ordinators based on the geographic area of your school:
Northern Health & Social Care Trust area: Emma McElhone(Emma.McElhone@northerntrust.hscni.net)
Southern Health & Social Care Trust area: Darren Curtis (localityplanning@ci-ni.org.uk)
Introducing Parentline’s Summer Suitcase for 2022! #SummerHolidaysAreComing
Find the full download on their website and save to your phone to keep it handy!
https://www.ci-ni.org.uk/parentline-resources/
Parentline NI have an exciting new development!
From Wednesday 8 June 2022 through their helpline 0808 8020 400, they have telephone parent support available for parents/carers who speak Polish. New Parent support team members will be able to directly support parents/carers over the phone in Polish on Wednesday evenings 6pm-8pm.
Parents/carers can directly access this service by phoning at the specified time or phoning at any time and leaving a voicemail or by self-referral by emailing parentline@ci-ni.org.uk .
