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Issue 172 – Southern Area FYI – 24 September 2026

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Welcome to Issue 172 of our newsletter, ‘FYI’ (For Your Information).

Southern Area Locality Planning Groups newsletter cover for CYPSP (Children & Young People’s Strategic Partnership). The image features the CYPSP logo, a tablet displaying the "FYI - For Your Information" logo, and the text "Issue 172, 24th September 2026". Coloured blocks on the right contain icons representing email, telephone, web information and user engagement.

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Another bumper edition which includes a plethora of opportunities, information, resources and activities for children, young people, parents and practitioners. Please have a read through and share with families and colleagues.

Check out the Awareness Campaign section to find out more about the PHA’s ‘Feeling Anxious?’ Mental Health Awareness Campaign, World Contraception Day 2026 and Parenting Week 2026, where this year’s theme is ‘Making Connections’.

Keep your flyers coming in!

Locality Development Team, Southern Area

Free October Parent Workshops to support behaviours associated with ADHD and Autism

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The Changing Lives Initiative: Flourish and Thrive are running free workshops for parents throughout October.

View attached flyer for more information about free October workshops running online to support parents whose children have behaviours associated with Autism and ADHD. No diagnosis required come along and get some knowledge and tips to support your child at home!

October 1st Stop, Think, Act! 7.30pm https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1998478991461?aff=oddtdtcreator

October 6th Attention HQ 7.30pm https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1998479243214?aff=oddtdtcreator

October 8th Calm & Connected 10.30am https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1998479544114?aff=oddtdtcreator

October 13th Thinking Outside the Box 10.30am https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1998479629369?aff=oddtdtcreator

October 14th Calm & Connected 7.30pm https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1998479747723?aff=oddtdtcreator

If you have any questions about our work or would like to organise any in person workshops, please don’t hesitate to get in contact via info@changinglives.ie or Tel 028 9590 0378.

Solihull Approach Two Day Early Years Foundation Programme Training

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The Solihull Approach is an early intervention model that focuses on the importance of infant brain development and its relevance to infant mental health and child development.

The approach provides practitioners with:

  • A robust understanding based on neuroscience of the importance of the first three years and how to support infants/children to have the best start in life.
  • A theoretical framework for practitioners to reframe how to approach their work with children and families.

Download flyer for more information 

Elevate Training

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Promotional flyer for Elevate training workshops on health inequalities, titled “Who Gets to Be Healthy? Understanding Health Inequalities and How They Impact Our Communities,” with dates for online and in-person sessions in September and October and a registration link.These free interactive workshops explore the impact of social circumstances on our health and wellbeing, and how effective community development approaches can reduce health inequalities in our communities.

This training is relevant for staff and volunteers in voluntary organisations, community groups, councils, health and social care and government agencies.

Register at: Training – Elevate NI