CiNI (Parentline NI) are delighted to introduce the Parent Participation Service.
Facilitating engagement and ensuring the voices of parents influence the activities of CYPSP.
Category Archives: Parenting
South West Grid for Learning – New Digital Wellbeing Hub
The South West Grid for Learning (SWGfL) has published resources about the digital wellbeing of children and young people.
The guidance aims to assist professionals, parents and carers in supporting children’s wellbeing online. It looks at the impact of exposure to abuse or online harm on a child’s digital wellbeing and provides information on the role of digital technologies in relation to welfare.
Read the news story: Introducing our digital wellbeing hub!
Access the resources: Digital wellbeing
Introducing AUTISM CONNECT!
Introducing AUTISM CONNECT!
Bolster are excited to launch our brand new service…
AUTISM CONNECT is a person-centred social hub, a safe, creative space for adults with a diagnosis of autism only or awaiting a diagnosis.
Why are we launching this service?
In March 2020, the Southern Health and Social Care Trust commissioned Bolster Community to co-ordinate a consultation to gain a depth of understanding of the wider social issues relating to autism in adulthood. A series of consultation events ran over twelve months and culminated in the Being Awesome (Autism and Adulthood 2021) conference in March 2021.
Here is a link to this Report: https://bolstercommunity.org/…/being-awesome-report….
Over 700 people with Autism along with parents, carers and professionals participated in the consultation and three clear overarching recommendations emerged:
- Community based autism support services focused on adults are urgently needed
- A distinct service grounded in the social model of health is needed for adults with autism but without a learning disability or mental health diagnosis and
- Support pathways -where navigators can co-ordinate and proactively share information, and provide highly responsive, individualised intervention to strengthen social connections within a community context in the Southern Trust area.
In response to the consultation recommendations, we’ve launched Autism Connect- a community-based support service that will provide a signposting, navigation and social opportunities for adults with an autism only diagnosis. Would you like more information about this service? Contact Jena at jena@bolstercommunity.org
You are Not Alone!
You are Not Alone!
Contact helpline advisers are available all week to give parent carers the advice and information they need to support their disabled child.
☎️ Call our helpline: 0808 808 3555
💬 Use our Live Chat: http://contact.org.uk/helpline
💌 Ask a question: http://contact.org.uk/submit-a-helpline-query
Child funeral fund: Families in Northern Ireland to receive payments
Child funeral fund: Families in Northern Ireland to receive payments
A new fund to help families in Northern Ireland pay the cost of a funeral following the death of a child will be available from June.
The Child Funeral Fund will offer a one-off payment of £3,056 after the death of a child under 18. The money will also be made available in the event of a still birth after 24 weeks.The fund is not means-tested and will be available to all families regardless of their financial situation. Read more …. https://tinyurl.com/3ndh4xv9
