Please click on the link below for the 8th edition of the Louth Child and Family Support Network (CFSN) Newsletter, which provides details of Local Service Delivery During Covid 19. Please note that the information is up to date as of 22nd May, 2020.
Edition 8 Louth Child and Family Support Network Service delivery update 22.05.2020
Let’s Play Ireland is a whole of Government campaign led by the Department of Children and Youth Affairs to promote the importance of play and to provide play resources for families during this time.
The aim of the initiative is to highlight the importance of play for children, particularly in the challenging time and to provide information and resources for families to support their children’s play. The campaign will run throughout May and June in conjunction with the overall Government campaign on Wellbeing. Every Wednesday new resources will feature on the website across a range of themes including; Early Years, Playful Families, Storytelling; Playful Learning, Active Play, Creative Play and Play to Support Well Being.
This week (19th May, 2020) new resources on Let’s Play Outdoors feature on the website;
https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/49d91a-lets-play-outdoors/
In 2017, Navan School Completion Programme (NSCP) staff team with the support of Meath CYPSC, LMETB and Meath Springboard Family Support Services developed a workbook called;
“Mind the Gap” Transition Steps from Primary to Post Primary
The main aim of the workbook and its associated video is to assist young people successfully transfer from primary to secondary school. It encompasses exercises to help pupils negotiate second level time tables, teacher expectations, new environments and the journey from established social groups into new social relations.
In light of school closures due to COVID 19 restrictions and in response to the needs of 6th Class pupils during this time, the Mind The Gap Steering Committee have taken the generous decision to make the successful Workbook available online as a pdf. Please click on the link below to access the Mind The Gap Workbook.
Navan School Completion Programme MindtheGap Workbook
Hard copies of the Mind the Gap Workbook are available and can be ordered through [email protected]. The workbooks are very reasonably priced at €2 each to facilitate mass distribution. The Mind the Gap Steering Committee note from their experience that children absorb the learning best when completing hard copy material.
The online video resource that accompanies the workbook can be accessed by clicking on the following link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5eQVbZBs3I
Please click on the link below for the 7th edition of the Meath Child and Family Support Network (CFSN) Newsletter, which provides details of Local Service Delivery During Covid 19. Please note that the information is up to date as of 18th May, 2020.
Meath Child and Family Support Network Service delivery update, 7th Edition
Please click on the link below to access the Covid 19 Newsletter for Drugs and Alcohol Services from the Drugs Policy & Social Inclusion Unit in the Department of Health.
Please click on the link below for the 7th edition of the Louth Child and Family Support Network (CFSN) Newsletter, which provides details of Local Service Delivery During Covid 19. Please note that the information is up to date as of 15th May, 2020.
Edition 7 Louth Child and Family Support Network Service delivery update 15.05.2020
On 14th May, 2020, Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Katherine Zappone launched the BeLonG To new online training: ‘Creating LGBTI+ Inclusive Schools and Youth Services’. This exciting new online training programme includes videos, exercises and quizzes to equip education and youth service professionals to become better at listening to, understanding, responding to and supporting LGBTI+ young people – ensuring that you become part of a positive story in their lives.
Who is it for? The training is for those working directly with young people in education or youth work settings such as teachers, youth workers, guidance counsellors and youth club leaders.
How long is the training? This is a 3-hour online training programme. You can complete the course in one go or over a series of weeks – whatever works best for you.
Getting started is easy:
1. Visit http://www.traininghub.ie
2. Select the course: Creating LGBT+ inclusive Schools and Youth Services with BeLonG To.
3. Click the button ‘Create new account’
Let’s Play Ireland is a whole of Government campaign led by the Department of Children and Youth Affairs to promote the importance of play and to provide play resources for families during this time.
The aim of the initiative is to highlight the importance of play for children, particularly in the challenging time and to provide information and resources for families to support their children’s play. The campaign will run throughout May and June in conjunction with the overall Government campaign on Wellbeing. Every Wednesday new resources will feature on the website across a range of themes including; Early Years, Playful Families, Storytelling; Playful Learning, Active Play, Creative Play and Play to Support Well Being.
This week (13th May, 2020) new resources on Let’s Play Creatively feature on the website;
https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/f8ea1e-lets-play-creatively/
Please click on the attached flyer that was developed as part of an initiative by some of Meath County Council’s Community Response Forum members to ‘KEEP MEATH TALKING’. Loneliness was highlighted as a key priority for all ages so they pulled this together after speaking with colleagues in Kildare.
Stress is a normal reaction to the rapidly changing and uncertain times we are all living in at the moment. If you are feeling a bit more stressed than usual and would like to learn some great ways, free-of-charge, to deal with common problems like anxiety, depression, panicky feelings, poor sleep and poor wellbeing then come along to our classes.
‘Stress Control’ is a six-session cognitive-behavioural therapy class used extensively in community-settings by the NHS (UK) and HSE (Ireland) and across the world. You can find out more here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjUJQqRfZgE
As you can’t come to a regular Stress Control class due to the current circumstances, Stress Control will come to you by live streaming two sessions a week on YouTube. Each session will repeat four times starting on Monday 11th May. The following are the dates and times:
