Are you ready to Talk PANTS? 

From 5th to 16th May 2025, we will be celebrating Talk PANTS, a campaign helping children across Northern Ireland stay safe from sexual abuse.

We have created an easy-to-use guide to help your service engage with Talk PANTS:

Step 1: January & February 2025 Join our Talk PANTS webinar to learn more about the campaign, access our activity sheets and resources.

This will equip you with the knowledge and confidence needed to deliver Talk PANTS. Click here to register your interest. 

Step 2: February to April 2025 Deliver Talk PANTS in your setting. We have lots of suggestions in our support pack (attached) on how to get your families and children involved.

Step 3: May 2025 Celebrate Talk PANTS Fortnight! 

Celebrate with us during Northern Ireland Talk PANTS fortnight (5th – 16th May 2025) by sharing our Talk PANTS content on your social media and spread awareness of the importance of the Talk PANTS campaign.

Step 4: Don’t forget! Share your Talk PANTS activities with us throughout the year by tagging us on social media and use the hashtag #NITalkPANTS

Issue 140 – Southern Area FYI – 23rd January 2025

Welcome to Issue 140 of our fortnightly newsletter, ‘FYI’ (For Your Information).

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As you may already be aware, Children’s Mental Health Week 2025 takes place from 3rd to 9th February and Safer Internet Day is on Tuesday 11th February. With these important campaigns in mind, we are calling for submissions relevant to these areas for the next edition of ‘FYI’ – See Page 3 for further details.

Thanks to all who submitted flyers on upcoming training opportunities, events, parenting programmes, youth programmes, resources, funding opportunities and surveys for inclusion in this issue.

Please continue to share these important details with us, so that we can further spread the word to practitioners, parents & carers working across / living in the Southern Trust Area!

Locality Development Team, Southern Area

Issue 139 – Southern Area FYI – 9th January 2025

Welcome to Issue 139 of our fortnightly newsletter, ‘FYI’ (For Your Information).

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Happy New Year to all and we look forward to sharing information, resources and opportunities with you in 2025.

As always, we welcome those who wish to attend our Locality Planning Group meetings, so give us a shout and we can set up a quick Zoom meeting to tell you all about them, how they operate, and how important they can be to you & your organisation/service/group.

It’s a lengthy edition to kick off the year as we have had 4 weeks between this and our last edition. Now we will revert to our fortnightly editions so keep the information coming!

Locality Development Team (Southern Trust Area)

Issue 138 – Southern Area FYI – 5th December 2024

Welcome to Issue 138 of our fortnightly newsletter, ‘FYI’ (For Your Information).

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In our last edition of ‘FYI’ for 2024, we would like to wish you greetings for the festive season.

It has been another challenging year for families and supporting services, but we still need to highlight and promote the work carrying on from all sectors in the Southern Area and across Northern Ireland. They continue to be more vital than ever!

Please keep sending us your information and we will do our best to keep spreading the word!!

 Locality Development Team (Southern Trust Area)

Christmas Edition Family Support Hub Newsletter

The December edition of the Family Support Hub Newsletter is now available  https://cypsp.hscni.net/download/391/family-support-hubs/45035/fsh-newsletter-dec2024.pdf

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Can’t believe we are issuing our Christmas 2024 edition of Family Support Hub news!!! This edition of the Family Support Hub Newsletter is stuffed full of information, events and good news stories across the Family Support Network as well as focusing on much needed support for families over the festive period and beyond.

It is also packed full of information for parents/carers, early years, children & young people with a disability,  mental health and wellbeing advice,  Helplines and much more – make sure you download your copy now!

Previous editions of the newsletter are available at  http://www.cypsp.hscni.net/family-support-hubs  under Family Support Newsletter section.