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Safer Internet Day 2024

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Safer Internet Day 2024 takes places on 6th February with the theme of ‘Inspiring Change?  Making a Difference, Managing Influence and Navigating Change Online’.  The online world is a fast moving space with a host of new and emerging trends.  For practitioners, parents and carers who have responsibility for children and young people, it is often hard to keep up as well as understand the impact of technology and where the risks might be.

This year, the Western and Northern Trust Digital Safeguarding Steering Groups have partnered up to host a range of masterclasses focusing on these online issues and concerns so that we help practitioners promote safe, responsible and positive use of digital technology for children, young people and their families.

Delivered by a range of experts from across the region and the UK, the workshops will explore:

  • Technology assisted abuse
  • Incels – what they are and how to support young people
  • Online sexual abuse, sextortion and sexploitation
  • Young people and pornography
  • Supporting vulnerable young people online
  • Key messages for practitioners so they can support and advise young people and their families

Full details including Eventbrite booking information are in the flyer below.

Safer Internet Day Feb 2024

Please note for the Technology Assisted Abuse session, all HSC staff can register via LearnHSCNI (linked on brochure). For non HSC staff, please complete booking form below.

Technology Assisted Abuse Booking Form

For more information about Safer Internet Day, click here

 

Successful Body Image Conference in the Northern Area

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The Northern Area Outcomes Group in partnership with Locality Planning Members recently hosted a conference to explore body image and the harmful impacts of food choices on mood and effects of performance enhancing drugs on the body.

 

The conference welcomed several expert speakers to explore a range of issues with practitioners including:

  1. Vanessa Baird, Adapt, Action Mental Health – Body Image and Young People. Click here to find out more about ADAPT Eating Disorder Service
  2. Bridin McKenna, Life Therapies – Food and Mood. Click here to download this presentation
  3. Michael Gourley, Start360 – Performance Enhancing Drugs. Click here to download this presentation

 

Contact Us:

For more information about the conference please contact Selena Ramsey, Northern Outcomes Area Locality Planning Officer, NHSCT by Email at selena.ramsey@northerntrust.hscni.net or Telephone at 028 2563 6608

 

Parents Week Family Fun Day – Magherafelt

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Join us for a FREE Parents Week Family Fun Day at Greenvale Leisure Centre, Magherafelt on Thursday 26th October 10am – 1pm

We are delighted to have Mini Explorers providing some exciting, stimulating sensory family fun. Children will have the opportunity to explore emotion based play activities through unique sensory play experiences, in a safe and fun filled environment. Children can experience sounds, lights and bubbles, whilst enjoying hands on play activities promoting positive mental wellbeing through our carefully planned play areas. We will also have sensory dark den which is inclusive of children with additional needs and perfect to stimulate little babies! 

Click here to download a copy of the event’s flyer

Incredible Years Programme – Maghera (September 2017)

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This FREE Incredible Years programme is a 14 week parent education programme which will give parents strategies to build positive relationships, attachments, and to manage a range of behaviours.

Introductory sessions will be held on Thursday, 14 September 2017 in The Lurach Centre, Maghera between 10.30am – 11.30am and 7.00pm – 8.00pm.

For more information or to register a place please contact Gemma Lutton on 028 2563 6615 or click on the links below:

Incredible Years Flyer

Incredible Years Referral Form

Changing Childhood in the Northern Outcomes Area

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The rise in addiction to modern day technology and unhealthy food and its effects on children and families was the main focus of a recent Changing Childhood Conference in Burnavon Arts Centre, Cookstown. The conference brought together 90 professionals from community, voluntary and statutory agencies to help provide more support to staff and families dealing with these issues.

Selena Ramsey, Locality Planner in the Northern Area welcomed delegates to the conference and said, “This was a great event and covered many of the topics which we regularly hear children, young people and their parents are facing on a daily basis.  Evaluations from the conference noted that it was very thought provoking and considerable learning was noted”.

 

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Presentations from the conference:

 

Upcoming 8 week Mindfulness Courses with The Happy Warrior

Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)

Dates: Fridays (6.00 to 8.00PM)  – 23, 30 June 7, 14, 21, 28 July 4, 11 August 2017

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) 

Dates: Fridays (6.00 to 8.00PM) – 8, 15, 22, 29 September 6, 13, 20, 27 October 2017

Click here for further information about the mindfulness courses 

 

CONTACT US:

For further information about the conference contact Selena Ramsey, Northern Area Locality Planner by email at selena.ramsey@northerntrust.hscni.net or telephone 028 2563 6608