Tag Archives: Fermanagh LPG

How are Families Experiencing Poverty in Fermanagh and Omagh?

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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.

 

Click here to find out more about this event

 

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

 

Building Resilient Communities in the Western Outcomes Area

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Last month the Western Outcomes Group with partners hosted the Building Resilient Communities Conference to create an awareness of ACEs and their impact on childhood, share good practice nationally and locally and explore the mechanisms to create resilient communities in the western outcomes area.

 

A series of guest speakers supported the conference. The presentations can be accessed through the links below:

Kieran Downey, WHSCT – CYPSP Western Outcomes Group & Western LCG – click here

Nicola Doherty, WHSCT – The Very Beginning – click here

Karen Kirby, UU – The Hopeful Mind Project – click here

Ann McDuff, WHSCT – Pioneer Communities – click here

Carmel McPeake – CAWT MACE Project – click here

 

Contact Us:

For further information please contact Bronagh Donnelly, Locality Planning Officer in the Western Outcomes Area by email at bronagh.donnelly@hscni.net

 

ACES: Building Resilient Communities Conference in the Western Outcomes Area

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The Western Outcomes Group with partners invite you along to their Adverse Childhood Experiences Conference: Building Resilient Communities. An increasing body of international research identifies the long-term harms that can result from chronic stress during childhood. This conference will generate awareness of ACEs and their impact and share best practice from a local and international perspective.

 

Conference Details:

Date: 2 March 2018

Time: 9.00am – 4.30pm

Venue: Silver Birches Hotel, Omagh

 

Click here to download the conference flyer

 

How to Register:

If you would like to attend the conference please confirm your place by emailing Bronagh Donnelly, Western HSC Trust by email at bronagh.donnelly@westerntrust.hscni.net by Friday 16 February 2018

Registration is essential.

 

800 Baby Step Challenge for Infant Mental Health Week 2017

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The Fermanagh and Omagh Locality Planning Groups celebrated Infant Mental Health Week on 16 June at Enniskillen Castle with local families.

Families were welcomed into the historic grounds to play and have fun with physical and learning initiatives hosted by locality planning members including Bubble Toddler Yoga, Take Five, storytelling, puppets and arts and crafts.

The Children and Young People’s Strategic Partnership (CYPSP) Fermanagh and Omagh Locality Planning Groups have been supporting the ‘Give Your Child the Best Start in Life’ campaign in the Western Outcomes Area this month through a series of local area initiatives.

This event brought together 58 parents and families with practitioners to celebrate the best start in life that children are provided with and also to demonstrate the value of positive parenting and show support to parents by their peers and local community. Families were welcomed into the historic grounds of Enniskillen Castle by Fermanagh and Omagh District Council to play and have fun with physical and learning initiatives that were hosted by the locality planning group members including Bubble Toddler Yoga, Take Five, storytelling, puppets and arts and crafts to name a few.

 

Click here to download a copy of the 800 Baby Step Walk for Infant Mental Health Week

 

Contact Us:

For further information about locality planning in the Fermanagh and Omagh area contact Priscilla Magee, Locality Planning Officer in the Western Area, Western Health and Social Care Trust on 07880723076 or email Priscilla.magee@westerntrust.hscni.net

 

Celebrating infant mental health week in the Western Outcomes Area

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The Western Health and Social Care Trust with partners including Sure Start, Libraries NI, local play groups, Action for Children and many more have been promoting the five key messages of the regional Infant Mental Health Strategy in the Western Outcomes area. 

The five key messages of the Infant Mental Health Strategy are:

  1. No smoking or drinking alcohol during pregnancy
  2. Breastfeed your baby
  3. Read a story to your child everyday
  4. Give your child lots of love, affection and praise
  5. Have fun and play with your child

 

Kieran Downey, chair of the Western Outcomes Group and Director of Women and Children’s Services in Western HSC Trust has said ‘The evidence is overwhelming that children’s life experiences in early years directly impacts upon their mental, physical and emotional well-being in later years’.

 

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

 

The Western Health and Social Care Trust in partnership with the Public Health Agency have produced a short guide providing detail of the five ways to support the development of your baby’s emotional health and well-being. Click here to read this guide