Love this - inspiring future sky-high adventurers! 🌈 ✈️

Good luck to everyone taking part in tonight’s International Play Association- Northern Ireland Quiz! 🤞

We look forward to welcoming you to our annual Early Years Conference at South West College, always a great day, link below to book in 🤩 #SWC

Need help finding #Childcare ? Find details of all Registered Childcare Providers and information about Financial Support For Working Parents on FamilySupportNI.gov.uk bit.ly/3YrrLVd

Minister Eamon Ryan and Minister Roderic O’Gorman TD have convened the National Youth Assembly on Climate 2024, to hear from young people about climate change.

Dept. Environment, Climate and Communications
Comhairle na nÓg

Press Release here: bit.ly/3Uey6Ts

Check out the latest Edition of Southern Trust Area FYI for up coming training courses, family events, parenting programmes and much more!
Download your copy 👉 cypsp.hscni.net/download/414/s…

Investment in affordable #childcare can play a key role in supporting parents especially women into work & helping them stay there - 88% of parents had to change their work arrangements due to the cost of childcare in the last #nichildcaresurvey

Young people are getting unhappier – a lack of childhood freedom and independence may be partly to blame theconversation.com/young-people-a… via The Conversation

The next #OutdoorClassroomDay is on 23 May. For info & to register go to outdoorclassroomday.org.uk 🌳

As part of our work in the area of participation in decision making for babies, toddlers, and children, Hub na nÓg are delighted to launch two new resources commissioned by Hub na nÓg and the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration, and Youth (DCEDIY).

Firstly,…

Ulster University Community Youth Work are recruiting for their Postgraduate Diploma in Community Youth Work.

Love seeing these Play Briefing sheets still being circulated. What a legacy for the wonderful Play Matters project PlayBoard NI Education NI Department of Health #playmatters #feelingproud

Love this! PlayBoard NI

THE POWER OF PLAY – Building a Creative Britain

Our report on Play, full of fantastic evidence based recommendations to policy makers. Please Read, Share and Shout from the roof tops
change.org/p/prioritise-c…. 

View the full report at childrensalliance.org.uk/wp-content/upl…
#powerofplay

FamilySupportNI.gov.uk is an online directory of various #FamilySupport services for N Ireland including support for :
👉Bereavement
👉Cancer
👉Carers
👉Disability
👉Domestic/Sexual Abuse
👉Drug/Alcohol Misuse
👉Eating Disorders
👉Parenting
bit.ly/3tE4qEc

Our latest info sheet, by Emeritus Professor Fraser Brown, explores the consequences of play deprivation on children's wellbeing, and shows the positive effects of using a playwork approach to overcome them.

Take a look 👉 play.wales/publications_c…

A generation adrift: Why young people are less happy and what we can do about it dlvr.it/T5GGGN

Characteristics of cities that would support the mental health of young people – a study dlvr.it/T4dMr6

Stay tuned to National Childhood Network for more on Childhood Services Week, 13-17 May 👇

Want to keep up to date with our project on ‘Shaping the Future of Youth Work in Northern Ireland’ ❓

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