Please click here for information on an Early Years course being offered by Child Brain Injury Trust.

Please click here to download the CYPSP Family Support Hubs Newsletter for October 2019

Please click here for information from the Parent-Infant Foundation – 1001 Days: A special time requiring a special response by Sally Hogg.

We’re delighted to offer you the opportunity to avail of some resources as part of Parenting NI’s upcoming Parenting Week from 21^st – 25^th October 2019, which is being supported by the Northern Childcare Partnership, to highlight the important role parents play in children’s lives. This year the charity celebrate 40 years of supporting parents and 20 years of leading on Parenting Week. To mark the anniversaries, the theme for the week is Celebrating Parenting.

Please click on the links below to download resources which can be used with children, parents or both. The resources include fun activities for children and a PowerPoint which can be used with parents to share positive parenting messages and celebrate the amazing jobs they do every day as parents. Please tag us on your social media during Parenting Week to share your activities (@ParentingNI #ParentingWeek).

• Parenting Week 2019 Activity Book

• Celebrate Parents Balloons

• Parenting Week Card Activity

• Parenting Week Gift Certificate

• Family Scrapbook or Memory Box

• Conversation Starters

• Parenting Week Handout

• Parenting Week 2019 PowerPoint

Parenting NI will be evaluating the effectiveness of these resources following Parents week and therefore we would encourage you to make use of them. Your feedback will help shape future resources and enable the partnership and Parenting NI to continuing providing similar initiatives going forward.

The Public Health Agency, Sport NI and Outdoor Recreation NI are holding a conference on ‘The Power of Walking’ on 14th November 2019, please click here for more information.

Please click here to download information on Early Years Leadership and Governance Conference being held on 29th November 2019 in La Mon Hotel, Belfast.

Please click below to download flyers on the Skills Focus and InnovateUs programmes which the Belfast Met College currently deliver for the Department for the Economy.

• Skills Focus

• InnovateUs

Click here for an example Skills Focus programme which may be of interest to Childcare providers and local businesses may be eligible for.