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CONSULTATION ON PROPOSED UPDATE TO NUTRITIONAL STANDARDS FOR SCHOOL FOOD
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The Department of Education is seeking views on proposals to update the nutritional standards of food provided in grant-aided schools.
In 2007, the nutritional standards for School Lunches and Other Food and Drinks in Schools were developed in keeping with government guidance on healthy eating at that time. The consultation will run until Friday 27 March 2020 with changes due to be implemented September 2020. Read more and access the consultation.
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Southern Area Outcomes Group
A priority of the Southern Area Outcomes group is to develop an up to date needs assessment in relation to Newcomer Families access to services across the Southern Area to identify what is currently happening, issues, gaps and unmet need.
An online survey has just been launched and we would encourage any groups working with Newcomer Families within the Southern Trust Area to complete and submit the Survey through the link below.
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Western Area Outcomes Group
UNICEF Child Friendly Cities and Communities Project in Derry City and Strabane is a partnership between the Western Area Outcomes Group and the Derry City and Strabane District Council under the Action planning priority “Work Together to include the Voice of Children and Young People”
As Part of this project 2 Discovery events were held on Thursday evening 6 February and Friday 7 February in the Guildhall in Derry with fantastic engagement throughout both events.
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Ards & North Down and Down Locality Planning Groups
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In February 2020 Ards & North Down and Down locality planning groups hosted a joint planning meeting prior to compiling their 3 year action plan.
The HSC Leadership centre facilitated the event, where both groups had the opportunity to scope their strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. This exercise gave the groups a balanced critique of their performance to date.
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Carrickfergus Locality Planning Group:
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Carrickfergus Locality Planning Group held their annual Youth Fair in Oakfield Community Development Centre. Over 400 Year 10 pupils had an opportunity to engage with 16 exhibitors offering support, services or activities in their area.
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Southern Area Locality Planning Groups:
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January saw the first anniversary of our fortnightly e-Bulletin, FYI (For Your Information), which shares information on events, programmes, research and everything else related to improving outcomes for children and young people in the Southern Trust area.
We are keen to evaluate the impact of FYI with both those organisations/services who have advertised and those who receive FYI.
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All Locality Planning Groups:
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In response to requests for further information following screenings of the ‘Resilience’ documentary, we have produced a resource document to help raise awareness of existing information, research, multi-media information and links to work carried out with regards to Adverse Childhood Experiences, Resilience and Trauma Informed Practice.
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The Southern Area Hubs Steering Group met in January. They have begun to measure the outcomes from services they procure through their Outcomes Group funding using the outcomes star. To date this has shown good outcomes for families including improved well-being and improved parenting skills and relationships. There continues to be strong connections between these 3 Hubs and the range of Parenting Programmes delivered across the Southern Area.
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FAMILY GROUP CONFERENCE NI shared the results of a A SCOPING STUDY OF SELF-REFERRAL PROCESSES for Family Group Conferences which was conducted by Dr. Mandi MacDonald and Dr. Davy Hayes from QUB on the 21st January 2020. This was in keeping with the FGCNI vision that “ every citizen has the right to involvement in decision making that affects their family life and should be given the opportunity to exercise this right through family group conference and restorative practices”. One of the recommendations of the Scoping Study suggested “The FGC project should engage closely with other helping professionals and community based support organisations both to help advertise and direct families to the service, and to help mobilise the services families might need to effectively implement their plan". For further information contact Mena Wilson mena@fgcni.org
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The Parenting Network is a network of organisations, academics and practitioners involved in parenting support in Ireland and Northern Ireland. They were originally established through Atlantic Philanthropy funding and supported by the Centre for Effective Services.
On the 12th February they held a 1 day seminar on “Co-production- Realising Parental Participation in Children`s Services” chaired by Noelle Spring from the Katharine Howard Foundation and with a keynote presentation from Lucie Stephens Head of Co-production at the New Economics foundation. Also presenting were John Sharry the founder of Parents Plus, Helen Dunn from HSCB, Catherine O`Donohoe from TUSLA and Cahir Murray and Gary Nash from the Parenting NI Dads Project.
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Need to find a local family support service or childcare? Visit http://www.familysupportni.gov.uk new look website where you will find information on local services, registered childcare and financial support across Northern Ireland. This is an excellent resource for all.
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Nominations Now Open for the Diana Award
We are excited to invite you to shine a spotlight on an unsung hero by nominating a young person from your organisation. The Award is open to young people aged 9 – 25 who have been engaged in at least 12 months of activities, who are selflessly transforming the lives of others, often in the face of adversity. We know that there are many young people in Northern Ireland who fit this criteria and we believe that they deserve recognition on a global platform.
To learn more and nominate a young person Click Here
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New Toddler Mornings at High Rise
High Rise, Employers For Childcare’s new social enterprise indoor adventure centre in Lisburn, has launched its toddler mornings from January 2020. A great opportunity to get out with the little ones, while the older kids are at school.
More information on High Rise is available at www.highriseni.org
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StreetReach Project Carrickfergus and Larne - July 2020
‘StreetReach is a 5 day community outreach project with a festival feel in Carrickfergus, Larne and the coastal areas. Running from 1-5th July 2020, young people can sign up to join a team and work alongside Host Groups in the areas who are putting together great interactive community projects for the teams to engage.
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The SOFT (Supporting Our Families Together) Project Cookstown have a number of events planned for the next few months. Family Bonding Residentials at Share Village, Lisnaskea, Parents workshop and young people's workshop for children struggling to brush their teeth, and Easter at Belfast Zoo. Click here to view flyers and booking details.
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Clanrye Group and Meigh Pharmacy are holding a 6 week Mum and Baby Programme in Newry City Centre aimed at mums and their babies (up to 1 year) who are feeling lonely and would like some guidance, practical support.
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Parentline NI
Parents, carers, family members… Call Parentline NI for advice, support or guidance. Freephone 0808 8020 400
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Clanrye Group are holding a number of events - March 2020 REGENER8 for young people aged 16-25 in the Newry and South Armagh area and April 2020 Chronic Pain Support Programme. For more Information click here
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The Prince’s Trust NI are providing programmes for 18-30 year olds to gain experience in Security or Retail. For more Information click here
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THANK YOU SARAH
We were delighted to be able to host Sarah, from Lurgan College, on work experience during February with the CYPSP team where she assisted with needs analysis and was able to bring the voice of young people to some of our work. Also a huge thank you to Sarah for helping produce this e-zine.
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The CYPSP e-zines are published every other month and previous editions are available on the CYPSP website. To view previous editions please click the 'view archive' link below and go to Publications>Ezine/Newsletters.
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