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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
Nurture in Nature expression of interest
Please find information in relation to Nurture in Nature training for practitioners in the Southern Trust Area working directly to support families in early years. The training is an introduction to promoting and supporting play in the natural environment and is coordinated and funded by Clare Drummy, Southern Trusts Physical Activity Lead, PWB.
Click here to view Nurture in Nature Flyer
Training details:
Date: Thursday 26th September.
Time: 10.00 am – 2.00 pm (you must attend the full session)
Location: Kinnego Bushcraft Centre, Oxford Island, Lurgan, Craigavon
What to expect on the day:
The day will consist of a mix of theory and practical activities in the outdoors to facilitate play with children and young people and build capacity with staff to support families in the ethos and huge benefits of the great outdoors.
The session will include a range of activities such as:
- Forest School Theory (Play/Bushcraft/Conservation)
- Talking stick
- Sit Spot
- Guardian Tree
- Natural fun activities
- Skills – Using ropes, hand drilling, fire lighting etc
- Environment & Conservation
- Resources
- Benefit Risk Assessment
To complete the expression of interest click : https://forms.office.com/e/br4b4Q2YaR Please complete by Friday 28th June 2024. Applicants will be notified if they have received a place by Friday 5th July 2024. We ask that only those who are able to share the learnings from the training with families in their role apply. Numbers are restricted to max 15 for the training.
Just to note: this is not a prerequisite to Forest School training.
Take a Healthy Selfie – Check in on Yourself
Wednesday 7th February saw the online Launch of a new resource to support young people’s emotional wellbeing and mental health in the Southern Health & Social Care Trust Area. The “Take A Healthy Selfie” campaign includes 3 resources to signpost young people, parents/caregivers, school and youth work staff to support services in the Southern area. This resource was launched to coincide with Children’s Mental Health Week.
Originating from Banbridge Locality Planning Group (LPG) the aim was to work with young people to produce simple signposts to key quality-assured services and resources online. Young people from Futureproof, Crisis Café, New Bridge Integrated College and the Epicentre in the Southern area, advised on the themes, content and design for the resources.
The resources are available in electronic form (see links below) and paper copies. To order copies of this free resource, or to learn more of this campaign, contact Darren Curtis, Locality development Officer (Southern Area), at localityplanning@ci-ni.org.uk
School Uniform Recycling Toolkit 2023
The Southern Area Locality Planning Team have produced an Infographic to report on the impact of this year’s School Uniform Recycling Toolkit. This free resource was produced to provide a user friendly, free, practical guide for schools and community groups to use in order to hold a successful school uniform recycling scheme. We provided checklists for discussions, templates to use, tips which shared good practice, and evaluation forms which we collated to produce individual reports for each initiative.
11 schools and groups used the Toolkit during 2023 and send completed feedback forms to demonstrate the effectiveness of the resource.
We had around 1,250 items donated totalling a value of over £8,000. These items were successfully recycled across the Southern area.
If your school or group is interested in finding out more about this free resource, and how to avail of our support in 2024, please contact Darren Curtis at localityplanning@ci-ni.org.uk