The Help Kids Talk Team have teamed up with the Easter Bunny. We will be in Bow Street Mall on Tuesday 2nd April from 10.00am until 1pm. Any child who gives their dummy to the Easter Bunny will receive a surprise gift. There were also be some activity sheets and the team will be on hand to offer some tips around supporting speech and language skills. Pop along to see us and have a chat!
We have just published our NI outcome monitoring report 2022/23 full of multi-agency population/census data. Download your copy now at https://tinyurl.com/5djb4n73
This is a great resource for assessing need, planning & evidence for funding opportunities.
This 12th Outcome Monitoring Report shows how children and young people in Northern Ireland are doing in relation to the Government’s eight outcomes and covers the period 2016 up to 2023 (where available) The report presents the information collected against agreed indicators for each outcome, providing trend analysis over time and comparison across geographical sectors.
This report will be kept as a live report under the publications page on the CYPSP website with information being updated as it becomes available we have highlighted in the index where we are still awaiting data.
Training for frontline Staff – Thursday 7th March, 9:30am – 12:00pm
Habits and behaviours can be hard to change, but they can have a huge impact on how much a household spends on energy. The course will look at of some of the theories and findings in the field of decision making, focusing specifically on simple practical things they can do to encourage people to act on the energy-related advice they receive.
This course is designed for frontline staff working in a range of organisations who are in a position to provide energy-related advice directly to householders either face-to-face or via the telephone.
All webinars are 2.5 hours and CPD accredited Webinars will be delivered live via Zoom (video conferencing facility) by our expert tutors to small groups to ensure a good level of interaction and support for learners. Participants will require a device with a camera and sound.
Hillsborough Castle and Gardens, has asked that we make you aware that they are launching a 
programme for all schoolchildren across Northern Ireland to visit Hillsborough Castle and Gardens for free on a completely subsidised school trip. Given education budgets are under pressure, they wanted to support schools to deliver out of the classroom learning experiences at no cost to them.
In the next few years, their ambition is to ensure that as many as 8,000 pupils per year have access to valuable education resources. We know that the cost of travelling on a school trip can also be prohibitive, so they’ve launched a complimentary Travel Bursary Scheme, that will also help support schools with travel costs.
Hillsborough Castle run facilitated sessions for all Primary, Secondary and SEN schools across the island of Ireland and GB. Their sessions support the local curriculum and explore Hillsborough Castle’s role as a family home, as well as in the political realm, from the 18th to the 21st centuries.
They cover Key Stage 2 with ‘Power and Politics’, Key Stage 3 with ‘The Origins of Northern Ireland’, Key Stage 4 and 5 with ‘Politics, Power and the Path to Peace’, plus Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) sessions on ‘A Working Home’. There are also sessions on exploring life as a servant in an Anglo-Irish ‘big house’ getting ready for a Victorian wedding! We know how beneficial spending time outdoors is to the health and wellbeing of young people, and that’s why they are also delighted to be offering more schools free access to our gardens for programmes that explore nature, sustainability, and biodiversity.
They are committed to broadening access to Hillsborough Castle and to making sure it becomes a shared space for everyone. That’s why when they re-open the castle in March, they will also be offering £1 tickets for everyone in receipt of Universal Credit.
For more information contact Victoria Shaw Email: Victoria.Shaw@hrp.org.uk
Operations & Business Support Officer (Mon-Thurs), Historic Royal Palaces | Hillsborough Castle and Gardens, The Square | Royal Hillsborough | Co. Down | BT26 6AG
Regional staff from this exciting new programme of support for Post-Primary Schools held their first ever learning event to exchange knowledge and share experiences from the first months of project roll-out. For more information visit: https://view.pagetiger.com/dxjqldo/1
