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New Business to Support Young People Leaving Care

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A new business venture has been launched to help support young people who have been cared for, by health and social care services across the Southern area, to seek employment when they leave care.

This new Social Enterprise Business will aim to enhance the life and wellbeing of young people who have come through the care system and provide them with new opportunities to become self-sufficient through self-employment opportunities. The scheme will also directly and indirectly increase employment opportunities for these young people. Read more…

DSC Stakeholder Update – July 2016

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CARNEGIE ROUNDTABLE ON MEASURING WELLBEING
A Carnegie Roundtable on Measuring Wellbeing event was held on 7 July in Belfast. Established in 2013, membership of the Carnegie Roundtable on Measuring Wellbeing comprises representatives of the public sector, academia, business and community sectors.
Attended by the deputy First Minister, Martin McGuinness, the event highlighted the ongoing development of the next Programme for Government and the new outcomes based approach being taken. The new innovative approach will allow the Executive to work collaboratively across boundaries, organisations, groups and communities in tackling key issues…..Read more

Development of the next Children and Young People’s Strategy

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Our online survey seeking the views of children and young people closed on 17 June 2016 with over 300 responses received. Analysis of the responses has now begun and will inform the direction of travel as we continue to work on the development of the next Strategy. Thank you to all those who took part and to those who encouraged others to do the same, your input will be very useful.

We have continued to meet and consult with a wide range of stakeholders and are now in the process of analysing all the information we have received to date. The various issues raised in these meetings are being used to develop potential outcomes for the strategy and also the indicators which will allow us to measure how we are delivering on these outcomes and addressing these issues…Read more

Delivering Social Change Stakeholder Update – April 2016

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The Early Intervention Transformation Programme

The Early Intervention Support Service (EISS) aim is to support families when problems first emerge, before they become embedded or before statutory services are required. The EISS is being developed as a locally tailored EISS closely aligned to the Family Support Hub (FSH) network; it is being developed within set parameters to ensure there is a degree of regional consistency. The overarching model has been replicated across the five pilot sites across Northern Ireland (one per Health and Social Care Trust area) to a greater or lesser extent to meet local needs, allowing for the model to be modified and built upon. The EISS is being provided by a range of voluntary organisations including Action for Children, Barnardo’s, Niacro and SPACE….. Read more

Delivering Social Change Stakeholder Update – February 2016

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Keep up to date with all the latest developments happening within the Delivering Social Change Stakeholder Update.  The latest update includes information on:-

  • Together: Building A United Community
  • Programme for Government: Focusing on Wellbeing – Focusing on Outcomes
  • Social Investment Fund
  • Dementia Signature Programme – Update
  • Development of the next Children and Young People’s Strategy
  • Minority Ethnic Development Fund
  • Community Family Support Programme – Full Report Card
  • Shared Education Signature Programme – Update
  • Labour Force Survey Religion Report
  • ‘An Investigation of Gender Equality Issues at Executive Level in Northern Ireland Public Sector’ – Research undertaken by Ulster University

If you would like to contact the Delivering Social Change Communications Team

Write to:

Delivering Social Change Communications Team

Finance, Strategic Planning and Social Change Directorate

Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister

Room E4.15, Block E

Castle Buildings, Stormont Estate

Belfast, BT4 3SR

dsccomms@ofmdfmni.gov.uk

028 9052 2640

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