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Are You A Young Carer? Action for Children

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Action for Children Questionnaire- Are You A Young Carer?

To celebrate Young Carers Day on 9 June 2022, Action for Children are raising awareness of the role of Young Carers. If you care for a family member, click on the link below and take this questionnaire to find out if you could receive support from the Young Carers Service.

Young Carer’s Questionnaire

For more information contact Action for Children:

NIYoungCarers@actionforchildren.org.uk
Loughshore House, 10 heron road, Belfast, BT3 9LE (028) 90460500
Banbridge Youth Resource Centre, Hill Street, Banbridge, BT32 4DP (028) 4062 6516

Derry, Limavady, Strabane and Waterside LPG News – May 2022

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Welcome to the May 2022 edition of the locality news for Derry, Limavady, Strabane and Waterside Locality Planning Groups with lots of the latest information on training, programmes, events and resources across the local area.

Download your copy – Derry, Limavady, Strabane & Waterside LPG News – May 2022

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

Are you Interested in Becoming a Registered Childminder or an Approved Home Childcarer?

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Are you interested in a new profession, working from home while looking after children, then becoming a Registered Childminder or an Approved Home Childcarer could be the opportunity you have been waiting for,  there is a great need for Registered Childminders & Approved Home Chidcarers in every area of Northern Ireland.

If you are interested please contact the NICMA office on: 028 9181 1015 or info@nicma.org.

Registered Childminder Leaflet – download

Approved Home Child Carer Leaflet – download

 

Education Authority launches £750m Education Information Solutions (EdIS) Digital Change Programme

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The Education Authority (EA) has launched the Education Information Solutions (EdIS) Programme, a digital change programme which represents a significant £750m investment that will support the learning experience for children and young people over the next 10 years.

EdIS will facilitate the transformation of learning and teaching through technology with continuous improvement at its core and will transform children and young people’s learning experience, develop skills for the future, support programmes to improve educational outcomes and facilitate professional learning for school staff.

EdIS will also deliver a rolling programme of devices for staff and pupils to support our children and young people to be the best that they can be and improve how school staff, parents, young people, stakeholders and customers access a range of important services. 20,000 state-of-the-art laptops have been distributed to teachers to date.