Young Carer : A child or young person under the age of 23, whose life is affected by providing significant care, assistance or support at home to a family member with an illness, mental health problem, drug/ alcohol addiction or disability. Many young carers are trying to juggle these responsibilities Read More
TinyLife started out in 1988 as NIMBA (Northern Ireland Mother & Baby Appeal), the only premature and vulnerable baby charity in Northern Ireland. The charity was established by healthcare professionals and concerned parents in the Belfast area in response to the growing number of babies requiring special or intensive care Read More
Migrant Centre NI (MCNI) is a registered Charity (no.105750) and a limited company (no.611585) with 6 Board members and 9 staff members. The organisation was initially established as The Belfast Migrant Centre and officially recognised as a charity in March 2012. In 2014, to reflect the work of the organisation Read More
Early Years Teams are specialist teams of social workers within Health and Social Care (HSC) Trusts who are responsible for the registration, inspection, monitoring and support of child minders and day care providers. Registration and inspection system By law, Social Services must operate a registration and inspection system for the Read More
The Newry & Mourne LAC Team provides a service to children and young people in a range of settings. Support is also provided to the parents and carers. The aims of the service are to provide safe and effective care Read More
Assesses housing need / homelessness Allocates housing (social) Administers Housing Benefit Administers Rate Relief Manages Supporting People Programme Provides improvement grant aid, including disabled faciliites grants. Housing advice & assistance. Find your nearest office Opening hours for your nearest office, including information about walk-ins and appointments, are available here: Find Read More
Foyle Hospice provides bereavement support to children and adults in the northern sector of the Western Health and Social Care Trust (WHSCT), who may be finding it difficult during their bereavement journey. Healing Hearts Children & Young Person’s Specialist Bereavement Support is available to any child or young person, aged Read More
Cancer Focus NI are here for local people and families during all stages of their cancer journey. We provide a wide range of complimentary individual and family therapeutic support services to thousands of individuals each year. Explore our one-to-one and group services below to discover which is right for you Read More
The role of Therapeutic Services (LAC) is to provide therapeutic support to families, children and young people who are looked after in either foster care, residential care or in kinship family homes. TSLAC also provides therapeutic support to professionals working with Looked After Children. As a ‘corporate parent’ the trust Read More
