Children and families

1141 support services available across this Council. View services available across Northern Ireland
Event
Informal Meetup Online / Virtual Training/Advice

Barnardo's NI

Do you want to learn more about fostering and adoption with us?
Dates:
22 November 202222 November 2022
Belfast
Event
Online / Virtual

Barnardo's NI

Interested in fostering and adoption with Barnardo's NI? Join us for this informal hour where we discuss both fostering and adoption and answer your questions
Dates:
17 January 202317 January 2023
Belfast
Event
Online / Virtual Training/Advice

Barnardo's NI

Join us for this insightful online discussion with foster carers who went on to adopt.
Dates:
11 April 202211 April 2022
Belfast
Fostering resilience through play
News

PlayBoard NI

Play is instrumental in supporting children and young people’s mental health and resilience.
Event
Online / Virtual

Barnardo's NI

Join us for a conversation with foster carers who foster teenagers.
Dates:
14 November 2023
Belfast
Event

Epilepsy Action Northern Ireland

Join our epilepsy awareness session for parents and guardians so that you can feel more confident about managing epilepsy within your family
Dates:
14 September 2022
Craigavon
Event
Outdoor Activity

Woodland Trust Northern Ireland

Join the Woodland Trust Northern Ireland to plant trees at Glas-na-Bradan Wood high in the Belfast Hills.
Dates:
24 February 2024 - 24 February 202509 March 2024
Newtownabbey
Event
Training/Advice

Dementia Friendly East Belfast

Dementia Friendly East Belfast is offering Free Interactive Dementia Training at the RADAR Centre on Wednesday 17th April at 2pm. The training takes participants to a range of settings to learn how small changes can make a big difference. Training is delivered by a range of agencies including Alzheimer's Society and Belfast Health and Social Care Trust.
Dates:
17 April 2019
Belfast
Event
Workshop

Advice NI

Do you live in the Armagh City, Banbridge & Craigavon Borough Council area or work with groups in the area? Would you like to know a bit more about how to manage your money during these difficult times?
Dates:
25 July 202301 August 202316 August 202317 August 202318 August 202303 October 202310 October 202317 October 2023
Event
Online / Virtual

Advice NI

Do you live in the Armagh City, Banbridge & Craigavon Borough Council area? Would you like to know a bit more about how to manage your money during these difficult times?
Dates:
16 August 202317 August 202318 August 2023
Event
Training/Advice Workshop

Advice NI

Do you live in the Armagh City, Banbridge & Craigavon Borough Council area or work with groups in the area? Would you like to know a bit more about how to manage your money during these difficult times?
Dates:
23 May 202324 May 2023
Event
Training/Advice Workshop

Advice NI

Do you live in the Armagh City, Banbridge & Craigavon Borough Council area or work with groups in the area? Would you like to know a bit more about how to manage your money during these difficult times?
Dates:
02 May 202302 May 202302 May 2023
Event
Seminar Training/Advice Workshop

Positive Life

Various Dates available
Dates:
14 June 202102 August 202113 September 2021
News

Consumer Council for Northern Ireland

As the school holidays approach and with the cost of living increasing for households in Northern Ireland, the Consumer Council is encouraging families, youth groups and other organisations to download its free Family Activities.
Event
Online / Virtual Training/Advice Workshop

Positive Life

On World AIDS Day, Tuesday December 1st, Positive Life will be hosting an online HIV Awareness session.
Dates:
01 December 2020
Belfast
Event
Informal Meetup Online / Virtual

Eden Project Communities

Working from home, juggling everyones needs, or are you feeling a bit disconnected?
Dates:
04 February 2021
BELFAST
Organisation
Other

Unit 5
58 Greystone Road
Antrim
BT41 1JZ
United Kingdom

Our vision… ‘No child or family experiences emotional distress, loss, or grief alone ‘ FME aims to achieve this vision through ensuring the provision of simple, powerful tools which supports the health & wellbeing of children, young people, their families, and community, through prevention, intervention, postvention and education. Powerful tools in the hands of change makers!
Event
Online / Virtual Seminar Training/Advice

Barnardo's NI

Ever thought about becoming a foster carer? Or a full time foster carer? Join a lively chat with experienced foster carers and the Barnardo's fostering team in these free online events.
Dates:
25 January 202128 January 2021
Belfast
Organisation
VCSE

Fuel Round

FuelRound

The Hub
6 St Colmans Park
Newry
BT34 2DX
United Kingdom

Supplier of discounted home heating oil.
Fun summer activities
News

PlayBoard NI

To kick off summer we've compiled a list of activities for children and young people to try, whether the sun shines or not!
Francesca Kelly, Aurora Counselling and Damian McAteer, Vice Chair of UCIT
News
An innovative community fund is helping address a gap in the provision of counselling services in Derry / Londonderry for young people, but more needs to be done according to a local charity, Aurora Counselling.
Participant at Artspace
News
Artspace has received a £30,000 loan from the Building Better Futures Fund to redevelop new facilities in Campsie industrial estate.
Dylan, Caoimhe, Dexter and Honey-Rae  from Chirpy Chicks Pre-School Playgroup with Peter Smyth and Erskine Holmes UCIT
News
A popular County Down playgroup that was on the verge of closure only three years ago has secured vital funding of £12,000 to help modernise its offering.
Event
Conference Training/Advice Workshop

Chartered Institute of Fundraising Northern Ireland

Join us on Thursday 10 November (9.00am - 1.00pm, including lunch). This is a great opportunity for fundraisers in Northern Ireland to connect and learn from peers across the local sector, with facilitated group discussion on the fundraising challenges and opportunities facing us all. The morning will centre around how we best use the capacity at our disposal, how we're employing digital solutions to support our work and how we collaborate and support across the sector. Register by Friday 4th November.
Dates:
10 November 2022
Lisburn
Event
Online / Virtual Outdoor Activity Training/Advice Workshop

Belfast Met

Futures Project is a personal development training programme for 16-24 year olds in Northern Ireland and we are looking for participants for our January intake!
Dates:
12 January - 28 May 2021
Belfast
Organisation
VCSE

128 Lecky Road
Derry
BT48 6NP
United Kingdom

The Gasyard Development Trust is registered charity set up to support residents through various mediums of personal and social development
Event
Online / Virtual

PlayBoard NI

Webinar for School Age Childcare practitioners on successful grant applications and what you need to include in your fundraising strategy.
Dates:
11 May 202211 May 2022
New halloween activities
News

Consumer Council for Northern Ireland

Are there any budding young artists in your house? Do you like drawing? How good are you at crossword puzzles?
Event
Conference Online / Virtual Seminar

The National Lottery Community Fund

The National Lottery Community Fund are reviewing their grant making and want to hear from community groups about what matters most to their communities.
Dates:
07 - 30 June 2022
Belfast
Hovis Live Good Local Challenge
News

Sonya Cassidy PR

Three local clubs in NI have made it to the final stages of the Hovis Live Good Local Challenge 2018. They are (1) Drama Queens from Derry-Londonderry; (2) Upperlands Cross Community Football Club from Maghera; and (3) Orchardville from Belfast.