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Martin Sloane: Belfast Area Outcomes Co-ordinator

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Belfast Area Outcomes Group are delighted to announce that Martin Sloane has recently been appointed as Locality Planning Co-ordinator for the Belfast Outcomes Area.  Martin, is widely experienced in delivering partnership development and advocacy work. He has a   significant level of knowledge of both the geography and the community infrastructure across the Belfast Outcomes Area. 

Prior to Martin’s appointment to Locality Planning he was employed by  Belfast Health and Social Care Trust as a Senior Practitioner (Social Work) working exclusively with the Irish Traveller Community.  Martin has a history of building positive relationships and networks across the  voluntary, community and statutory sectors  both at local and regional levels.

Martin took up this new post in January and is looking forward to supporting the development and delivery of local, area-based plans for children, young people and their families.  Martin is committed to striving for better outcomes for all families that reside across the Belfast Outcomes Area and is looking forward to tackling this shared objective in partnership with  community voluntary and statutory partners.

 

 

 

Belfast Childcare Partnership Conference: Celebrating Childcare Practice in Belfast

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The Belfast Childcare Partnership invite delegates to their upcoming conference that will be held on 26 November 2018 in Belfast City Hall to celebrate childcare practice in Belfast.

Click here to download the Conference Invitation 

Click here to download the Conference Booking Form

 

Registration

Registration is essential as places are limited. If you would like to attend please complete the booking form attached and send it to clover.gabbidon-lyttle@hscni.net by Friday 9 November 2018.

 

The 1+1 Project Bilingual Mental Health Project

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A collaborative Stronger Together Initiative for early intervention bilingual Mental Health Support that is being piloted in three areas across N.I:

  • Dungannon (Portuguese / English)
  • Ballymena/Ballymoney (Polish / English)
  • Belfast (Chinese / English)

The project is available to support individuals in the minority ethnic community experiencing depression.

 

What will the project do?

  • Provide Mental Health Services for example; counselling, training, direct group activities etc. These already exist. It will help increase access to them.
  • Provide free interpreting to providers who have a responsibility to deliver their services to everyone regardless of linguistic capability. The Regional Interpreting Service exists. It will help support access to that service.
  • It will help inform shared learning on how to meet that demand in the future by creating more effective and diverse pathways to existing services and more diversity in delivery of those services.

 

Click here to find out more about the project

 

Click here to download a copy of the referral form

 

Family Fund Information & Support Day in Belfast

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The Family Fund will host an Information and Support Day for families who have a child with an additional need to meet the staff team and to learn about the support services, grants and information/advice that is available to support families in Northern Ireland.

 

 The Information and Support Day will take place on:

Date: 25 October 2017

Time: 10.00am-2.30pm

Venue: St Mary’s University College, 191 Falls Rd, Belfast BT12 6FE

 

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

 

For more information please go to: www.familyfund.org.uk 

Belfast Come and Play Sessions

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Belfast City Council are providing outdoor play sessions over the months of May and June 2017 in Belfast for parents and their children who are under the age of four years. It’s a chance to have fun, make friends and enjoy    playing outdoors with your child.

Activities include physical play, art, dressing up, messy play and much more…

Click here for further details

 

For further information or to book a place contact Jenny at Belfast City Council:

Telephone: 028 9075 3897

Mobile: 079 2081 7120

Email: play@belfastcity.gov.uk