Pictured (l-r) are David Babington, Chief Executive, Action Mental Health; Junior Minister Declan Kearney, NI Executive; Interim Mental Health Champion for Northern Ireland Professor Siobhan O’Neill; Gina McIntyre, Chief Executive, SEUPB; Carol Scullion, Project Manager, OUR Generation, Action Mental Health; and Rosaline Keenan, Senior Manager Service Reform (Progressing Mental [...]
Date: 14 October 2020 Time: 10:30am – 11:30am Platform: Zoom Employers For Childcare's Family Benefits Advice Service in partnership with PlayBoard NI is delivering an online information session for childcare providers, to present an overview of the financial support available to parents who are paying for registered childcare. [...]
OUR Generation Launches The OUR Generation project is a Peace IV funded project that provides a unique opportunity for communities, north and south of the Border, to work together to halt the intergenerational impact of trauma and to build emotional resilience and peace [...]
Date: 7 October 2020 Time: 10:30am - 11:30am Platform: Zoom Having come through several long months of closure, school age childcare providers are now facing a new set of challenges as they work hard to re-establish their businesses in the community. Many are finding that lower numbers of children [...]
PlayBoard NI will be joining the Department for Communities for a webinar on Thursday 17 September, 12:30 – 2:00pm to discuss the development of a new sports strategy for Northern Ireland. PlayBoard’s focus will on the important role play has in establishing activity patterns that continue throughout life within [...]
Things to consider in a School Age Childcare setting Date: Tuesday 11 August Time: 11:30am – 12:30pm Platform: Zoom Are you planning to reopen your childcare setting in August? If so, your local HSCT Early Years Team will require you to develop a Risk Assessment which includes details on [...]
Today (5 August), across Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK, children and young people, their families, and their communities, are Making a Big Noise for Playday, the national day for play. Recognising the importance of children’s play and supporting children to play in carefree ways, on Playday [...]
The countdown to Playday 2020 is on! In the run up to Playday on 5 August, PlayBoard is counting down our top three play props. These are everyday items or loose parts that we can all find at home or in the garden which can be used in lots of different [...]
Playday is the national day for play in the UK, celebrated this year on Wednesday 5 August. The theme for 2020 is Everyday Freedoms Everyday Adventures. Big Playday events aren’t being held this year. So, we need your help to celebrate Playday in your community. We are calling on families, [...]
Date: 10 July Time: 11:15am – 12:15pm Platform: Zoom As the Childcare Sector begins to emerge from the impact of lockdown, in order to maintain safe play spaces for our children certain restrictions have been put in place. Normally, busy Summer Schemes are underway with the frenzy of activities [...]
