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Reachdeck (Browsealoud) reading and translation support

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Helping everyone to feel included

Every person deserves an online experience that’s welcoming, we have therefore added ReachDeck (Browsealoud) to our website which adds text-to-speech, reading and translation support, helping to make our content easily accessible to those who have hidden disabilities, such as dyslexia or other reading difficulties; visual impairments; and translations for English Language Learners.

To launch the ReachDeck (Browsealoud) toolbar click on the icon at the top of the screen. All you do is hover your mouse over any text to hear it read aloud. From a touchscreen device you’ll have to click on the text to hear it.

 

The options available are listed below:

Starts reading the page out loud – switch between hover and click in the settings menu
Starts reading selected text or reads from the top of the page
Stops reading and clears highlights on the page
Provides written and spoken translations in multiple languages
Displays pictures related to text selected on the page
 Converts selected text into MP3
Blocks distractions on screen with a tinted mask
Enlarge Text as it is read out loud
Removes clutter from the screen, displaying only the main text
Show a simple help page that explains what ReachDeck toolbar does
Customise options to suit individual needs or preferences

 

Southern Area LPG FYI – 11th November 2021

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Welcome to the 71st edition of our information bulletin, ‘FYI’ (For Your Information).

FYI Issue 71 – 11 November 2021

(Note: FYI will download directly to your device.  Look out for the pop up box and click on open file when it appears)

‘FYI’ is distributed fortnightly to over 750 contacts across the Southern Area. This is a great number, however we are very keen to increase our readership and further connect this information with families. See Page 3 to learn how you can help us increase the readership and therefore increase the flow of information to families in the Southern Area.

Please also feel free to contact us with any ideas to increase our readership – The more creative the better!!

Joanne Patterson & Darren Curtis, Locality Development Team, Southern Area

Portadown Gets Active Halloween 2021 Programme

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An amazing few days was spent at this year’s Portadown Gets Active Halloween programme!

Thursday saw the children doing lots of team games, relay races and circuits as well as having delicious flatbreads and fruit salad for lunch.

Friday was Family Fun Day at Millennium Court, with activities led by Oasis’ incredible Aspire volunteers. We had flower planting with flowers from Forget-Me-Not Flower and Garden Shop, pizza from Garlic & Thyme Wood Fired Pizza, and stalls from Children in Northern Ireland (CiNI), CYPSP, NIACRO, Armagh City, Banbridge & Craigavon Borough Council, the Southern Health and Social Care Trust Public Health Agency.

Everyone got a stamp for taking part in the games, which meant PRIZES, and they got to take home fresh vegetable packs from Homegrown and even an apple or rhubarb crumble from Ebron’s Enterprise!

A huge thanks goes to the funders of the Portadown Gets Active programme, ALMAC Group, as well as all of the partners involved (Oasis, CiNI, CYPSP, ABC Council, Family Support Hub, SHSCT, PHA) for making this possible. Thanks must go, too, to Millennium Court for permitting the use of their venue for the PGA Halloween events this year.

See more pictures on Oasis’ Facebook page HERE.

 

 

Southern Area LPG FYI – 28th October 2021

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Welcome to the 70th edition of our information bulletin, ‘FYI’ (For Your Information).

FYI Issue 70 – 28 October 2021

(Note: FYI will download directly to your device.  Look out for the pop up box and click on open file when it appears)

In another bumper edition we have included forthcoming events across the Southern Trust region. Please feel free to share this with your colleagues, parents and young people and remember you can send any information to us for free for inclusion in the next FYI edition.

On Page 3 you will see a great updated Resource Pack from CYPSP which includes ideas for activities for children at Halloween which start on Page 68 of the pack.

See you in a fortnight!

Joanne Patterson & Darren Curtis, Locality Development Team, Southern Area

Southern Area LPG FYI – 14th October 2021

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Welcome to the 69th edition of our information bulletin, ‘FYI’ (For Your Information).

FYI Issue 69 – 14 October 2021

(Note: FYI will download directly to your device.  Look out for the pop up box and click on open file when it appears)

We want to ensure that the valuable information included in our fortnightly newsletter reaches the people who need it most and so, this autumn, we are asking all of our Locality Planning Group members to make a conscious effort to forward share ‘FYI’ with parents, carers and young people with whom they work, live or know.

Please e-mail, post on Facebook, tweet, print out and even just tell people about ‘FYI’ and point anyone interested in being added to the ‘FYI’ circulation list in our direction.

Thanks, in advance, for your support.