The SEUPB have opened two funding calls today under the Building Positive Relations (Regional) objective of the PEACE IV Programme, as below:

Objective – 4.2 ‘Building Community Cohesion through Social Enterprise (Pilot project)

This call will develop capacity building to support increased cohesion within communities through the development of social entrepreneurship, enterprise and innovation.

• Full details of the call including the agreed outputs and selection criteria can be found here – Building Community Cohesion through Social Enterprise call.

Objective – 4.2 ‘Building PEACE through Emotional Resilience for Today and the Future’

This call will promote positive relations within communities through the development and delivery of emotional resilience activity.

• Full details of the call including the agreed outputs and selection criteria can be found here – Building Emotional Resilience call.

To apply for either call please use the ‘Registration function’ on the PEACE IV eMS

Both calls will close on 24 May 2019 at 5pm. The SEUPB will not accept applications received after this date.

A workshop for the calls will take place on 10 April 2019, at the Tullylagan Country House Hotel, Cookstown, County Tyrone.  To register email: events@seupb.eu.  The workshop will also be streamed on the SEUPB website www.seupb.eu

• The ‘Building Peace through Emotional Resilience’ workshop will take place from 10am to 1pm.
• The ‘Building Community Cohesion through Social Enterprise’ workshop will take place from 2pm to 5pm.

For further information on the above calls please contact Paul Boylan via email: Paul.Boylan@seupb.eu

Message in a Minute from the Western Digital Safeguarding Steering Group: Beyond Momo

The reaction to the Momo challenge reminds us to communicate with our children about anything that worries them, both offline and online.

In today’s fast-paced digital environment, it can be difficult to not be swept up by the unhelpful wave of “moral panic” particularly if reputable organisations, You Tubers and celebrities circulate warnings that are unfounded or not robustly ‘fact-checked’.

Although Momo has been widely discredited as a malicious hoax, children may still feel distress, so it’s important that their worries are acknowledged, explored and allayed. This can provide an opportunity to model critical thinking skills by starting a conversation with children about the presence and impact of misleading information and ‘fake news’.

Read the experts’ advice:

Parentzone and Internet Matters, which includes five tips to protect your child from viral challenges.

You may also wish to explore Full Fact, an independent fact checker website that covers a wide-range of reported topics including Momo.

The Play Matters TV campaign has gone live on UTV, ITV breakfast and daytime C4. https://youtu.be/ntG9ydppmYw

Please click here to view the schedule for the TV campaign.

Also, please click here to download ‘Top Tips for Parents’ booklet aimed at parents/carers of children aged 0-4 years as part of the Give Your Child a Helping Hand campaign. This lovely resource has some tips for parents on talking, listening, and playing with their child alongside guidance on encouraging positive behaviour, promoting emotional and physical well-being and using digital devices sensibly.

Please click the links to view press release and photo gallery from the Western Childcare Partnership Conference 2019 at http://www.hscboard.hscni.net/western-childcare-conference2019/ and http://www.hscboard.hscni.net/wcp2019-conference-photos/.

Please click here to view information on the Northern Childcare Partnership Conference.

This year’s Conference will focus on the Characteristics of High Quality Childhood Environments and will take place on Wednesday 27^th March in the Tullyglass Hotel, Ballymena.

Click here to download a booking form, the closing date for applications is 4pm on the 13th March 2019, book early to avoid disappointment as places are limited.

Please click here to view news article – Clare Devlin advises parents on how best to spend quality time with their children, while supporting their learning and development.

Child Brain Injury Trust are launching a CPD approved training programme, to all early years staff right across the UK. Working through this programme will result in your nursery or day care unit being recognised as “Head Injury Aware”.  While progressing through the course you will also learn about brain injury through serious illnesses like stroke, encephalitis and hydrocephalus to name a few.

Registration for this specialist training is open now for the next class that starts on the 1^st April 2019 – Please click here for more information.

Please click here for information on BookTrust’s Conference on 5^th March 2019, On the Same Page – Early book sharing across health, education and the arts.