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In Ireland today, almost 20 months on from when Covid-19 first came to our shores, we are now potentially more health conscious as a nation than ever before. Conversely during this most difficult time we have become more unhealthy; treating ourselves to more unhealthy food, drinking more alcohol, have had our previous active healthy habits curtailed and have gained more weight. Our awareness campaign from 2019 – which was postponed due to Covid-19 – has been renewed for this campaign.

This campaign encourages us all to set a healthier routine over coming months and amidst the Covid journey, and to avail of simple easy steps to keep up or to create a new healthy habit, whether that is eating better, getting more physically active, or learning how to take care of our mental wellbeing.

The creative and images used talks to a situation most of us recognise – we have a comfortable relationship with our couches and can find it difficult to find the motivation to get off them – not knowing how to or where to start.  It will connect with the general population to build awareness, signpost people to the trusted sources and help them make better choices, to live healthier and to get off the couch.

Over the duration, we will give advice on how to either start and help to stick to a healthy habit. These will include broad yet simple behaviour tips for habit forming and can also be adapted to be used across our three themes of looking after our mental health, eating well and being physically active. The campaign is a follow-on to the recent partnership with Sport Ireland and the ‘Let’s Get Back’ campaign.

The campaign will feature advertising across the month of November on national TV and radio and include a radio partnership with Off the Ball on Newstalk, and on the Music and Youth radio lunchtime shows.  All messaging will be supported by digital and social advertising.

The link below is a summary of the campaign and here is the link to the website with support information on https://www.gov.ie/en/campaigns/8928d-healthy-ireland/?referrer=http://www.gov.ie/letsgetset/ and the 60-sec TV advert https://youtu.be/BYSSYASn9qk. 

Healthy Ireland – Lets Get Set – Leaflet

 

 

Please click on the link below for information about a brand-new Jigsaw workshop, Rallying Around Young People, taking place on Wednesday the 10th of November from 10:30am to 11:45am via Zoom. This workshop is for adults working or volunteering with young people who would like to learn more about supporting young people’s mental health.

Anyone who has participated in our One Good Adult workshop may be familiar with our RALLY approach. This workshop explores that approach further so that adults can be more confident in knowing how to support the mental health and wellbeing of the young people they work with. Participants do not need to have completed our One Good Adult workshop in order to attend.

Spaces are limited so anyone wishing to attend is advised to register as soon as possible HERE.

JIGSAW RALLY Poster

It’s that time of year again, time to get cosy, sit, relax and read all about some of what is happening in Trim Family Resource Centre (FRC) this Autumn and Winter.

Please click on the Newsletter link below to find out what we do and what you can do too.

Autumn-Winter-2021

Click on the link below for more information and to find out how to register. Places are still available.

Kells Family Resource Centre I Am Baba

I AM BABA is a theatre adventure for babies created by internationally renowned theatre director Anna Newell (www.annanewell.co.uk) and composer David Goodall. Their shows for early years have been seen on five continents, off-Broadway and in every single Sure Start in Belfast.

I AM BABA – a magical adventure of song, lights and textures for babies aged 0-12 months. It’s a show about identity, agency and personhood. For babies.

I AM BABA is full of gorgeous live harmony singing and playful objects – jellyfish-like scarves dance and tiny lights fly in this intimate immersive performance which happens inside a specially designed tent that holds just 6 babies – each with their adult guest.

I AM BABA was the International Early Childhood Arts Commission funded by the 4 Dublin Local Authorities in 2017 through Arts Council Ireland’s Invitation to Collaboration Fund. The 2020 national tour was funded by the Arts Council and CYPSCs across Ireland. The 2021 Kells People’s Resource Centre I AM BABA is funded by Meath CYPSC.

Meath Partnership are very excited about their next event called Meath Partnership’s ‘Healthy Lives – Healthy Communities Day’ on the 22^nd of September. The morning session will focus on how to foster health literacy through family learning, with a key-note from prof. Esther Prins. In the afternoon, we will have Annie Lavin joining us to talk about relationships.

Please find below and attached all information and we’ll hope to see you there!

Meath Partnerships ‘Healthy Lives – Healthy Communities’ Day:

·        Date: 22^nd of September, 2021

·        Where: Zoom

Part 1: Fostering Healthy Communities through Family Learning

Project: Health@Home

Key note speaker: Prof. Esther Prins – US Professor of Adult Education. Dr. Prins holds a Ph.D. in Adult Education from Cornell. Her research employs critical and sociocultural theories to examine adult and family literacy, adult basic education, rural adult education, and participatory approaches to education, community development, and research. In particular, her scholarship explores the “wider benefits” of adult education and how adult education reproduces and/or mitigates inequities rooted in race/ethnicity, class, gender, and immigration status.

Time: 10 – 12.30pm

Register: https://healthathome.eventbrite.ie

 

Part 2: Only Healthy Love with The Relationship Coach

Project: Healthy Ireland

Key note speaker: Annie Lavin

Time: 2pm – 4pm

Register: https://only-healthy-love.eventbrite.ie