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Inclusive Beaches- Mae Murray Foundation

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There are five Inclusive Beaches across Northern Ireland ensuring everyone can get to the beach – with Changing Places Toilets or equivalent, and equipment to help people with all needs get onto the beach or into the water (at RNLI patrolled beaches).   

The Mae Murray Foundation is free to join, and it is free for members to use our equipment and attend our events.  For more information, please contact Pippa, Community Development Officer with the Mae Murray Foundation on 0751 093 1904

Inclusive Beaches Leaflet – Mae Murray Foundation 

Parent Participation Q&A Session

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Children in NI via Parentline NI have produced this video that gives an example of the Q&A session they have been delivering to potential parent champions on behalf of CYPSP.  This new innovative Parent Participation Service has been set up to engage and ensure voices of parents are heard and to build capacity with services that develop parent engagement.

View video here https://youtu.be/qtPsLBTb4Ew

This project will ensure voices of parents count and provide opportunities to influence services and participate in decisions that affect them.

Could you be a Parent Champion?  If Yes complete expression of interest form here https://tinyurl.com/hh5rxbdp

NEW SHSCT Speech & Language Therapy Advice Line

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The Southern Health and Social Care Trust’s Children’s Speech and Language Therapy Team are delighted to announce the launch of the telephone Advice Line as a means of support of parents of children resident in the SHSCT.

The Advice Line will be available each Monday starting February 6th from 10am-12 noon.

Parents/ carers will now have direct access to a Registered Speech and Language Therapist, via a dedicated phone line.

NB -This service is for children who are not already known to the Speech and Language Therapy service. 

How are Children and Young People Doing in Northern Ireland?

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We have just published our NI outcome monitoring report 2021 full of multi-agency population/census data. Download your copy now at tinyurl.com/bdhfun6c This is a great resource for assessing need, planning & evidence for funding opportunities.

 

This 11th 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 2015 up to 2022 (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.

Drugs and Alcohol NI

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The Public Health Agency continues to commission a range of drug and alcohol intervention and prevention services across Northern Ireland. These services offer;

  • Drug and alcohol awareness and service information sessions for organisations/networks
  • Targeted life skills programmes for children and young people aged 11-25 years at risk of or experiencing substance use issues
  • Youth Engagement Services for children and young people aged 11-25 years. Young people attending the YES can receive information, advice and support on a range of issues including:
  • Mental health and Emotional wellbeing Issues: Depression, Low Self-Esteem, Self-harm, Family Problems, Educational (School) Problems;
  • Wider Personal and Health Issues: Drugs and Alcohol (including tobacco), Relationships, Sexual Health, Healthy Eating;
  • Social Welfare Issues: Benefits, Housing, Debts, Employment; and,
  • Practical Issues: Further Education, Careers, Money Management, Independent Living Skills.

The service also acts as a supportive signposting and referral agency for children

and young people with additional support needs.

For more information visit Drugs and Alcohol | NI (drugsandalcoholni.info) or contact your local trust area connections team at Contact Us | Drugs and Alcohol (drugsandalcoholni.info).