Western Outcomes Group launch UNICEF Project at Foyle Maritime Festival!

 

 

The Western Outcomes Group in partnership with Derry City and Strabane District Council officially launched their joint partnership Child Friendly Communities Project with UNICEF in July 2018. The event was attended by local young people as well as the Northern Ireland Children and Young People’s Commissioner Koulla Yiasouma and the UNICEF Ambassador, Paul Clark from UTV. The launch saw the beginning of a partnership that will ensure that Derry City and Strabane becomes the first region in Northern Ireland that is a child friendly community based on the UNICEF principals. 

To read more about this project click here

 

Contact Us

For more information about the UNICEF project click here to download a copy of the UNICEF presentation or alternatively contact Bronagh Donnelly, Western Area Locality Planning Officer, WHSCT by email at bronagh.donnelly@westerntrust.hscni.net

 

Invitation: Resilience Documentary Screening in the Western Outcomes Area

 

The Western Outcomes Group would like to invite practitioners and social partners to the Resilience Documentary Screening in the West. This is an opportunity to build a wider awareness of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and their impact on health and behaviour.

The screening will be followed by a group and panel discussion to explore the ACE agenda to build on the growing momentum within the committed workforce and networks supporting families across the Western Outcomes Area.

 

Click here to find out more about this event 

 

Screening Documentary Details

14 June 2018

10am-12pm

Lecture Theatre, South West Acute Hospital

(124 Irvinestown Rd, Enniskillen BT74 6DN)

 

NOTE: This is a FREE event.

 

How to Register:

Registration is essential.  Get in touch with Priscilla Magee, Fermanagh and Omagh Locality Planning Officer, WHSCT by:

Telephone: 078 80723076

Email: priscilla.magee@westerntrust.hscni.net

 

Building Resilient Communities in the Western Outcomes Area

Last month the Western Outcomes Group with partners hosted the Building Resilient Communities Conference to create an awareness of ACEs and their impact on childhood, share good practice nationally and locally and explore the mechanisms to create resilient communities in the western outcomes area.

 

A series of guest speakers supported the conference. The presentations can be accessed through the links below:

Kieran Downey, WHSCT – CYPSP Western Outcomes Group & Western LCG – click here

Nicola Doherty, WHSCT – The Very Beginning – click here

Karen Kirby, UU – The Hopeful Mind Project – click here

Ann McDuff, WHSCT – Pioneer Communities – click here

Carmel McPeake – CAWT MACE Project – click here

 

Contact Us:

For further information please contact Bronagh Donnelly, Locality Planning Officer in the Western Outcomes Area by email at bronagh.donnelly@hscni.net

 

ACES: Building Resilient Communities Conference in the Western Outcomes Area

 

The Western Outcomes Group with partners invite you along to their Adverse Childhood Experiences Conference: Building Resilient Communities. An increasing body of international research identifies the long-term harms that can result from chronic stress during childhood. This conference will generate awareness of ACEs and their impact and share best practice from a local and international perspective.

 

Conference Details:

Date: 2 March 2018

Time: 9.00am – 4.30pm

Venue: Silver Birches Hotel, Omagh

 

Click here to download the conference flyer

 

How to Register:

If you would like to attend the conference please confirm your place by emailing Bronagh Donnelly, Western HSC Trust by email at bronagh.donnelly@westerntrust.hscni.net by Friday 16 February 2018

Registration is essential.

 

Celebrating infant mental health week in the Western Outcomes Area

 

The Western Health and Social Care Trust with partners including Sure Start, Libraries NI, local play groups, Action for Children and many more have been promoting the five key messages of the regional Infant Mental Health Strategy in the Western Outcomes area. 

The five key messages of the Infant Mental Health Strategy are:

  1. No smoking or drinking alcohol during pregnancy
  2. Breastfeed your baby
  3. Read a story to your child everyday
  4. Give your child lots of love, affection and praise
  5. Have fun and play with your child

 

Kieran Downey, chair of the Western Outcomes Group and Director of Women and Children’s Services in Western HSC Trust has said ‘The evidence is overwhelming that children’s life experiences in early years directly impacts upon their mental, physical and emotional well-being in later years’.

 

Click here to read more about Infant Mental Health Week in the Western Outcomes Area

 

The Western Health and Social Care Trust in partnership with the Public Health Agency have produced a short guide providing detail of the five ways to support the development of your baby’s emotional health and well-being. Click here to read this guide