Parents bring women’s football names home 90s revival see retro names soar Love Island contestants make their mark on the charts Small screen influences range from Derry Girls to kids’ TV Girls get their A game on BabyCentre has unveiled the top 100 baby boys’ and girls’ namesRead More →
Over 1.5 tonnes in food donations have been distributed across Northern Ireland since February 2022 as part of the Cinemagic Young Audiences Supporting Foodbanks Initiative. Rather than paying for ticket to gain entry to see new family movies, those attending Cinemagic foodbank film screenings were asked to donate essential foodRead More →
The Executive Office today (9 November) published figures for Northern Ireland for 2021/22 across four areas of wellbeing: Loneliness – measures the frequency with which people report feeling lonely. Self-Efficacy – a person’s belief about their capabilities to exercise influence over events that affect their lives Personal Wellbeing – measuresRead More →
A Newry teenager, who shielded for 15 months to protect her sister during the Covid pandemic, is launching a virtual Girlguiding for Brownies and Guides who cannot attend regular meetings. Kiera McQuaid,18, is determined to bring guiding into the homes of girls who are unable to access it otherwise. The student was inspired toRead More →
Over half (53%) of the approximate 10,000 children waiting for consultant led hospital treatment or procedure have now been waiting over one year, 611 children have been waiting over four years for this healthcare according to a report released by the Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People (NICCY). KoullaRead More →
Environment Minister Edwin Poots has visited several schools in Belfast which have benefited from his Schools Pollinator initiative. The School Pollinator Garden scheme launched in spring 2022 and is delivered on the ground by Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful and offering grants of between £3,000 and £12,000 to successful applicants. TheRead More →
Education Minister Michelle McIlveen has today announced that families of children entitled to free school meals will receive a school holiday food grant until March 2023. This means the food grant will be paid to all school children entitled to free school meals for Halloween, the Christmas holidays 2022 andRead More →
It has been revealed that the needs of children in Northern Ireland are not being met by the current welfare system. It has also been claimed that as the cost-of-living crisis worsens, more families will be pushed into deep poverty. Save the Children issued this warning through their research ‘It’sRead More →
This week is Dyslexia Awareness Week (4th– 10th October) and we have five pieces of advice on how to support children if they have learning disabilities. Research has revealed that while overseeing their children’s learning during lockdown, many parents spotted potential signs of a learning difficulty. Nearly half (47%) identified symptoms ofRead More →
Details have been released for the new transfer test, which is due to take place in 2023. The Schools Entrance Assessment Group (SEAG) was formed to set a single common post-primary transfer test, and it was announced in October 2021 that 56 grammar schools had signed up to join theRead More →
Northern Ireland teaching unions have voted to take “unprecedented” joint industrial action over pay. Members of the INTO, NAHT and NEU have voted to take co-ordinated action short of strike, with members of the UTU expected to follow. Teachers in the NASUWT union had previously begun industrial action short ofRead More →
New poll finds almost a fifth of parents surveyed are not confident they could spot the signs if their child was suffering abuse at a sports club. In Northern Ireland, the Irish Football Association (IFA) is backing NSPCC ‘Keeping Your Child Safe in Sport Week’ campaign which empowers parents to raise concernsRead More →