The Fermanagh and Omagh Locality Planning Groups celebrated Infant Mental Health Awareness Week 2018 by highlighting the excellent evidence-based practice of its members and learning more about the people that lead in this practice. 

A series of key messages were endorsed and celebrated across the Western Outcomes Area as part of the infant mental health awareness week campaign for 2018.

Research Scientist, Suzanne Zeedyk shared her aspiration for families in the Western Outcomes Area:

‘I would wish times of warmth and relaxation for families in the West.  I would take away the subtle pressure that parents must somehow be perfect and always ‘get it right’.  Instead, I would wish for parents who are ‘good enough’.  That’s all our kids want: parents who can laugh with them and relax with them and spend time with them and laugh with them.  Having confidence that you can find your way back to laughing each other, even after tension and fighting, gets families through some pretty tough places. So that’s what I would wish for families in the West: times of laughter – living in communities that make those times even more possible’.  

Click here to read more about the Infant Mental Health Awareness Campaign in the Western Outcomes Area

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For further information contact Priscilla Magee, Fermanagh and Omagh Locality Planning Officer by:

Email: Priscilla.magee@westerntrust.hscni.net

Telephone: 028 66 344 096

The CYPSP Fermanagh and Omagh Locality Planning Groups in partnership with the Western Outcomes Group recently hosted a seminar to bring together practitioners working with families in the western outcome area to understand the level of poverty experienced by families in rural communities. 

Karen McHugh and Seana Connor, coordrinators of the Omagh and Fermanagh Family Support Hubs from Action for Children shared an overview of the role of the family support hubs to signpost families to range of local support services based on their needs. They spoke about the growing numbers of parents who refer themselves for support, particularly from rural areas however the lack of services to support families experiencing poverty that live in rural communities have become increasingly apparent. 

Helen O’Neil from the Health and Social Care Board highlighted the number of services that are held on the online Family Support NI database. Visit the website at www.familysupportni.gov.uk

Click here to download the report from the seminar 

Click here to download the presentations from the seminar

Click here to download the APSE Food for Thought: School Holiday Meal Provision Document 

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For further information please contact Priscilla Magee by telephone at 07880723076 or email priscilla.magee@westerntrust.hscni.net 

The CYPSP Fermanagh & Omagh Locality Planning Groups invite families to the Lakeland Forum on 13 June to celebrate Infant Mental Health Week. The event has been organised in partnership with ARC Healthy Living Center and Devenish Partnership Forum and funded through the Department for Communities.

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Event Details:

Date: 13 June 2018

Time: 10.30am-12.00 noon 

Venue: Lakeland Forum

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Contact Us

For further information please contact Priscilla Magee by telephone at 07880723076 or email priscilla.magee@westerntrust.hscni.net 

Poverty is not just something that happens to others, it can happen to almost anyone, life changes such as unemployment, illness or family separation can happen to us all. This brings with it complex issues such as food poverty. The Fermanagh and Omagh Locality Planning Groups in partnership with the Western Area Outcomes Group will host a networking and information sharing event this month to explore the issues further.

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Event Details:

Friday, 25th May, 2018 at 9.00 am

The Aisling Centre, 37 Darling Street, Enniskillen, BT74 7DP

How to Register

Registration is essential. For catering purposes we would be grateful if you could inform us if you would like to attend and if you have any dietary requirements

Get in touch with Priscilla Magee, Fermanagh and Omagh Locality Planning Officer, WHSCT by:

Telephone: 078 80723076

Email: priscilla.magee@westerntrust.hscni.net