One of the biggest science events on the island of Ireland is returning to ICC Belfast (Waterfront Hall) on June 3 and 4, 2020. ESB Science Blast will bring Key Stage 2 pupils together from all over Northern Ireland to display their creative science investigations at a two-day extravaganza. ManagedRead More →
Primary schools across Northern Ireland yet to receive a visit from the NSPCC’s free ‘Speak out. Stay safe.’ Programme are being urged to sign-up as soon as possible. In 2018/19 the charity visited nearly 8,000 schools across the UK, from the Cornish coast to the North Antrim coast, and deliveredRead More →
Over 4,000 school children across the province took part in Northern Ireland’s ‘Daily Mile’. As part of Psychology Week, the event recorded the children and young people collectively taking part in The Daily Mile. Nursery, primary and post primary schools across Northern Ireland joined The Children’s Commissioner, Koulla Yiasouma andRead More →
safefood has turned to a big, friendly, furry monster to launch the latest phase of their Handwashing programme, which aims to help make learning about good handwashing habits fun for under 5s and help keep bacteria like E.coli from spreading. Person-to-person spread remains one of the most common transmission routes forRead More →
Local charity TinyLife is calling out for keen singers to join their first ever charity choir! The charity is looking for singers, male and female, to come together and form a choir and to help raise funds for their Family Support Services provided to families of premature and sick babiesRead More →
The summer holidays are over and it won’t be long until the nights start drawing in, and this can mean only one thing… Panto season is just around the corner! To celebrate the launch of this year’s spectacular Grand Opera House pantomime, Beauty and the Beast, the stars of theRead More →
Tourism NI today (15th August) unveiled an exciting new programme of food and drink experiences as part of ‘Taste the Island’ campaign. The special events, which will be held throughout September, October and November, are a celebration of Northern Ireland’s finest food and drink produce. ‘Taste the Island’ is aRead More →
A growing number of young people in Northern Ireland are turning to Childline with worries about exam results. In 2018/19, Childline’s bases at Foyle and Belfast in Northern Ireland delivered 153 counselling sessions with children and teenagers apprehensive about their grades – rising by more than 55 per cent sinceRead More →
Police in Northern Ireland are dealing with hundreds of sexual offences against young children, according to figures provided to the NSPCC. Figures received from the Police Service of Northern Ireland show that in 2018/19 almost a quarter (23%) – 472 – of all recorded sexual offences against u18s involved childrenRead More →
The home of Ulster Rugby, the Kingspan Stadium, has signed up to the Public Health Agency’s (PHA) Breastfeeding Welcome Here scheme, highlighting their commitment to supporting breastfeeding mums. The announcement comes during the celebrations for World Breastfeeding Week (1–7 August). Breastfeeding Welcome Here helps provide supportive environments and shows public supportRead More →
The Department for Communities today invited the public to get involved in this year’s European Heritage Open Days (EHOD) Weekend which takes place on Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 September 2019. History and culture will be brought to life and celebrated across Northern Ireland with over 340 properties taking part.Read More →
The NSPCC has urged parents to think carefully before leaving their children unsupervised during the school holidays, after seeing a 21 per cent rise in contacts across the UK about the issue last summer. As the summer holidays continue for pupils in Northern Ireland, the child protection charity has revealedRead More →