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Belfast Come and Play Sessions

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Belfast City Council are providing outdoor play sessions over the months of May and June 2017 in Belfast for parents and their children who are under the age of four years. It’s a chance to have fun, make friends and enjoy    playing outdoors with your child.

Activities include physical play, art, dressing up, messy play and much more…

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For further information or to book a place contact Jenny at Belfast City Council:

Telephone: 028 9075 3897

Mobile: 079 2081 7120

Email: play@belfastcity.gov.uk

 

Belfast Autism Awareness Training

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Over 100 Belfast locality planning group’s members and family support hub staff recently participated in Autism Awareness training hosted by Autism NI and NIACRO.

In recent years high levels of referrals have been reported through the hubs for families affected by autism requiring family support. Frontline staff attended the training including health visitors. social workers and other practitioners.

Development of the next Children and Young People’s Strategy

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Our online survey seeking the views of children and young people closed on 17 June 2016 with over 300 responses received. Analysis of the responses has now begun and will inform the direction of travel as we continue to work on the development of the next Strategy. Thank you to all those who took part and to those who encouraged others to do the same, your input will be very useful.

We have continued to meet and consult with a wide range of stakeholders and are now in the process of analysing all the information we have received to date. The various issues raised in these meetings are being used to develop potential outcomes for the strategy and also the indicators which will allow us to measure how we are delivering on these outcomes and addressing these issues…Read more

Supporting resilient families and better opportunities for children

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Helping families develop resilience can improve the mental health and emotional well-being of children and young people.

This message was the focus of a recent Family Fun and Information event held on 23 May, which was organised by the South Belfast Children and Young People’s Strategic Partnership (CYPSP) Locality Planning Group, in partnership with Ballynafeigh Community Development Association at the Ormeau Park recently.

Families and young people from the south Belfast area attending were able to find out more about local services available to support young people and their families. Parents were also introduced to low cost ways of interacting and playing with their children, and had the opportunity to take part in the Ulster Wildlife Trust scavenger hunt and Doodlebugs Arts and Crafts.

Kelly Maxwell,South Belfast LPG chair said, “The event gave organisations and agencies an opportunity to promote themselves in the local community. Outcomes included better knowledge of local services available, parents learning the importance of playing together with their children and engagement with parents in the local area.”

The Locality Planning Group works to co-ordinate existing services for young people to make them more effective.   It also regularly reviews needs in the area to see that services meet the actual needs identified by young people and their families. Visit South Belfast LPG webpage ….