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Belfast Locality Planning Newsletter – 23rd October 2025

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A colorful Halloween-themed flyer from Locality Planning Belfast, dated 23/10/25. It features logos for CYPSP and Belfast Health and Social Care Trust at the top. The central image shows cartoon characters dressed as witches, skeletons, and pumpkins, set against a background of jack-o'-lanterns. A large orange circle on the right contains red text: "Happy Halloween from Belfast Locality Planning." Below, there's an announcement for a Pumpkin Patch event at City Hall with over 1,000 pumpkins, friendly scarecrows, and witches. A ticket link is provided via Eventbrite. Contact details for sharing information with Locality Planning Group members are listed at the bottom

A colorful Halloween-themed flyer from Locality Planning Belfast, dated 23/10/25. It features logos for CYPSP and Belfast Health and Social Care Trust at the top. The central image shows cartoon characters dressed as witches, skeletons, and pumpkins, set against a background of jack-o’-lanterns. A large orange circle on the right contains red text: “Happy Halloween from Belfast Locality Planning.” Below, there’s an announcement for a Pumpkin Patch event at City Hall with over 1,000 pumpkins, friendly scarecrows, and witches. A ticket link is provided via Eventbrite. Contact details for sharing information with Locality Planning Group members are listed at the bottom

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If you have any information you would like to share across our Locality Planning Group members in Belfast, please email: LocalityPlanning@belfasttrust.hscni.net

Musical Connections Event – 7 November 2025 – Belfast

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Live Music Now is holding a Musical Connections event in November as part of their ongoing work with Specialist Provision in Mainstream Schools (SPiMS).  This event will explore the role of music education within autism resource bases across Northern Ireland.  You can read more about it HERE

Details:

Musical Connections: Nurturing Musical Cultures in Autism Resource Bases
Friday 7 November
1:00pm – 4:00pm
The MAC, Belfast (BT1 2NJ) 

Flyer for the “Live Music Now” Northern Ireland Networking Event, promoting inclusive music education for autistic children and young people. It highlights research collaboration, event goals, key speakers, and includes a QR code for registration.

Flyer for the “Live Music Now” Northern Ireland Networking Event, promoting inclusive music education for autistic children and young people. It highlights research collaboration, event goals, key speakers, and includes a QR code for registration.

Flyer for the “Live Music Now” Northern Ireland Networking Event, promoting inclusive music education for autistic children and young people. It highlights research collaboration, event goals, key speakers, and includes a QR code for registration.

 

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Attendance is free, and registration can be completed here: Register on Eventbrite

 

Tots and Tea

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Tots & Tea meet the last three Wednesday’s of each month at the Meadow & Armagh Road Community Centre, 10am – 12 noon.

Tots & Tea is a welcoming community of parents, carers and children taking their first steps on their disability journey. We also have parents only evening’s (first Tuesday of each month, 7pm – 9pm) at Bolster Community Whitegates.

Colorful flyer for Bolster Community's 'Tots & Tea' event featuring a rainbow, smiling sun, and cartoon children. It promotes meet-ups with fun activities, a safe space, peer support, and refreshments. Sessions are held on the last three Wednesdays of each month (10AM–12 NOON) at The Meadow & Armagh Road Community Centre, and evening sessions on the first Tuesday monthly (7PM–9PM) at Bolster Community Whitegates. Contact Julie-Anne at 028 3083 5764 to register

Colorful flyer for Bolster Community’s ‘Tots & Tea’ event featuring a rainbow, smiling sun, and cartoon children. It promotes meet-ups with fun activities, a safe space, peer support, and refreshments. Sessions are held on the last three Wednesdays of each month (10AM–12 NOON) at The Meadow & Armagh Road Community Centre, and evening sessions on the first Tuesday monthly (7PM–9PM) at Bolster Community Whitegates. Contact Julie-Anne at 028 3083 5764 to register

Belfast Locality Planning Newsletter – 16th October 2025

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Two community event posters side by side. The left poster promotes the 'North Belfast Lantern Festival' at Alexandra Park on 30th October 2023, with a circus-themed design featuring a ringmaster and performer, and the Ashton Community Trust logo. The right poster advertises 'Parenting Puzzle,' a series of 10 weekly sessions starting Thursday, 16th October at Mornington Community Project, covering topics like praise, discipline, and communication. Contact details for Anne McKay are included

Two community event posters side by side. The left poster promotes the ‘North Belfast Lantern Festival’ at Alexandra Park on 30th October 2023, with a circus-themed design featuring a ringmaster and performer, and the Ashton Community Trust logo. The right poster advertises ‘Parenting Puzzle,’ a series of 10 weekly sessions starting Thursday, 16th October at Mornington Community Project, covering topics like praise, discipline, and communication. Contact details for Anne McKay are included

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If you have any information you would like to share across our Locality Planning Group members in Belfast, please email: LocalityPlanning@belfasttrust.hscni.net

Issue 156 – Southern Area FYI – 16 October 2025

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Welcome to Issue 156 of our fortnightly newsletter, ‘FYI’ (For Your Information).

Promotional graphic for the Southern Area Locality Planning Groups, of the Children & Young People’s Strategic Partnership (CYPSP). The design features a blue banner with the group name, the CYPSP logo, and an illustration of hands holding a tablet displaying the ‘FYI – For Your Information’ logo. The issue number and date (Issue 156, 16th October 2025) appear in the bottom left corner. A set of icons on the right side represents communication tools, including email, phone, web, and verified contact

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With the half-term breaking coming up, the next edition of ‘FYI’ will be circulated in three weeks’ time, on Thursday 6th November. (We’ll send out a reminder closer to the time!).

In the meantime, Monday 20th October sees the start of Parenting Week and so, in this edition, we have included a wide range of support and opportunities for parents & carers, and encourage as many people to avail of these resources as possible.

As always, keep sharing ‘FYI’ with your families and colleagues and feel free to send us any flyers or information to share with close to 600 contacts who regularly receive this newsletter.

Locality Development Team, Southern Area