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Portadown Gets Active – Easter 2022

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Portadown Gets Active went “Under The Sea” this Easter and a fortunate spell of great weather allowed plenty of outdoor activities for all involved!

Day 1 included a walk to Portadown People’s Park for some sports, with a great variety of fun and engaging games to start off the 3-day programme. (A huge shout out to Armagh City, Banbridge & Craigavon Borough Council Sports Development for providing their coaching expertise.)

Day 2 included a trip to Exploris Aquarium; a first visit for the majority of the participants, but certainly not the last!

Day 3 was Family Day, which always provides a great way for parents to meet the team of young volunteers and chat with partners and staff. A fantastic lunch was served after a visit from CYPSP, Parentline NI, NIACRO / Family Support Hub and Children in Northern Ireland (CiNI). And not forgetting the various games, challenges, riddles and lots of prizes in the form of sweet treats! This finale day is one of the highlights because it is organised by the programme’s Aspire leaders and all the games and activities are created and delivered by them.

Such a programme would not be possible without local corporate sponsor, ALMAC, who have supported the delivery of the Portadown Gets Active programme over the past 4 years.

A huge thanks also goes to all of the partners involved in the PGA programme (Oasis, CiNI, CYPSP, ABC Council, Family Support Hub, SHSCT and the PHA).

See more pictures of Easter Portadown Gets Active 2022 on Oasis’ Facebook page HERE.

 

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.

 

 

Summer is Coming!

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CYPSP have produced this resource to promote summer activities for children and young people throughout the Southern Area

This resource was produced to link in children and young people with summer activities and help reconnect with their friends, activities and services in the local area.

Please share it amongst parents, young people and colleagues with whom you work.

Download your copy HERE

 

CYPSP Summer Activities Directory 2021

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8th Annual Social Work and Social Care Research in Practice Conference

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The CYPSP Team were delighted to be chosen to share two presentations and three posters at the 8th Annual Social work and Social Care Research in Practice Conference on Wednesday 10th March 2021 on the Impact of Covid19 on Children and Young People, Our Journey through Disability Co-production and the new Translation Hub needs assessment/development.

Una Casey, Business Support Manager presented research on the impact of COVID-19 on families, children and young people and emotional mental health.  Also Darren Curtis, Locality Development officer, and Jim McDonnell, a parent presented on their excellent example of co-production work within the Newry Locality Planning Group on Our Journey through Disability.

CYPSP also submitted 3 posters to the conference demonstrating some of the broad work of the Partnership based on research, evidence, co-production and partnership. Huge congratulations to Una for winning 2nd prize on her poster relaying her research on the Impact of Covid-19 on families, Children and Young People.  Also well done to Michael Hill and Valerie Maxwell, CYPSP Information team, for designing and producing the posters and video which are available to download in PDF format below.  Just click on each poster:-  View Video at Translation-Hub-Video – Children and Young People’s Strategic Partnership (CYPSP) (hscni.net)