Young People Get Involved in the ‘Sound as a Pound’ Campaign in the West

During the month of September young people from across three Strength2Strength programmes in the Western Health and Social Care Trust area participated in the Foyle Foodbank ‘Sound as a Pound’ campaign as part of their citizenship programme. Young people participating in the campaign spent some time exploring local supermarkets to find out how much non-perishable food costs. Following reflection, the young people as a group made a decision on the food items that would be best value for money for families and donated a range of items to the Foyle Foodbank. The Foyle Foodbank were delighted with the donation from the young people and were equally impressed that they had forgone a fun activity so they could donate to the Sound as a Pound Campaign. Read more…

Young people, professionals and politicians share their views on future children’s services

Young people, professionals and politicians share their views on future children’s services

March 2014

Young people, professionals and politicians had their say on future services for children and young people at a workshop held on Friday 7 March in the Millennium Forum, Derry-Londonderry.
The event also featured keynote speaker Harry Shier, founder of PLAY.TRAIN, who spoke about effective participation with children and young people. Later he held a workshop with young people to gain their views on how they can become more involved in the CYPSP process.

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For more information about this event contact Sinead Donnelly, Derry-Londonderry Locality Planning Worker on 028 8225 9495 or visit the Derry-Londonderry Locality Planning Group webpage, https://cypsp.hscni.net/derry.htm

A Date for your Diary

A Date for your Diary

January 2014

The Western Outcomes Group and Derry/Londonderry Locality Planning Group invite you to save the date for the next CYPSP Stakeholder event.

Venue: The Millennium Forum, Newmarket Street, L/Derry, BT48 6EB
Date: 7 March 2014
Time: 10:00 – 13:00

If you would like to register for this event or would like more information you can contact Sinead Donnelly, Derry/Londonderry Locality Worker by email at sinead.donnelly@actionforchildren.org.uk or by telephone on 02882 259495