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Meeting every Thursday at 8.30pm. Someone else’s drinking can affect your life – be it a relative or friend, male or female.
Someone else’s uncontrolled, and uncontrollable, drinking can:
turn love to hate
bring you to the depths of despair affect you financially
lead to violent outbursts
make you doubt your own sanity
make you think that you are the problem.
Whatever your relationship to the drinker, whatever your story, Al-Anon can help.
Al-Anon Family Groups hold regular meetings where members share their own experience of living with alcoholism. Al-Anon does not offer advice or counselling, but members give each other understanding, strength and hope.
Helpline :- 028 9068 2368 for details.
Al-Anon Family Groups Meetings
Unless otherwise stated, Al-Anon meetings are held every week. Most meetings last for one and a half hours – variations are shown in the group’s notes. You are welcome to attend if you have been – or still are – affected by someone elses drinking.
Contacts are available for each meeting, if you wish to speak to someone prior to attending a meeting, please call
028 9068 2368 for details.
All meetings are by tradition, ‘closed’, that is, attended only by family and friends whose lives have been affected by the alcoholic’s behaviour. ‘Open’ meetings are offered by some groups who welcome professionals and others interested in learning how meetings can provide help and support to their clients. We ask visitors to respect the traditions of confidentiality and anonymity.
Informing Choices NI is a sexual and reproductive health charity. We champion informed choices around sex, sexuality and reproductive health and wellbeing through advocacy, counselling, education, information and training.
ADVOCACY – We campaign for free, safe, legal and local abortion services in Northern Ireland.
COUNSELLING – We offer non-directive pregnancy choices and post pregnancy counselling, information and support services.
EDUCATION – We deliver Relationship, Sexuality Education programmes for parents as well as individuals with a learning disability/difficulty.
INFORMATION – We provide a sexual health information service comprising of the provision of a sexual health helpline, free Contraception and STI leaflets and a biannual newsletter.
TRAINING – We can provide bespoke training on Relationships, Sexuality Education for professionals working with young people or individuals with a learning disability/difficulty.
This meeting is being held electronically on the day/time as detailed :-
Zoom Meeting ID: 876 266 1399/ Password: 892154
Meeting every Friday at 20.00
Someone else’s drinking can affect your life – be it a relative or friend, male or female.
Someone else’s uncontrolled, and uncontrollable, drinking can:
turn love to hate
bring you to the depths of despair affect you financially
lead to violent outbursts
make you doubt your own sanity
make you think that you are the problem.
Whatever your relationship to the drinker, whatever your story, Al-Anon can help.
Al-Anon Family Groups hold regular meetings where members share their own experience of living with alcoholism. Al-Anon does not offer advice or counselling, but members give each other understanding, strength and hope.
Helpline :- 028 9068 2368 for details.
Al-Anon Family Groups Meetings
Unless otherwise stated, Al-Anon meetings are held every week. Most meetings last for one and a half hours – variations are shown in the group’s notes. You are welcome to attend if you have been – or still are – affected by someone elses drinking.
Contacts are available for each meeting, if you wish to speak to someone prior to attending a meeting, please call
028 9068 2368 for details.
All meetings are by tradition, ‘closed’, that is, attended only by family and friends whose lives have been affected by the alcoholic’s behaviour. ‘Open’ meetings are offered by some groups who welcome professionals and others interested in learning how meetings can provide help and support to their clients. We ask visitors to respect the traditions of confidentiality and anonymity
Day Care facility for Adults with learning disabilities ages 19 +.
The Centre provides sport and recreation which includes keep fit, football, golf, netball, bowling, athletics, pool, darts, bingo, drama, quizzes, table tennis, walking, video and television entertainment, cinema and theatre visits.
Rehabilitation including physiotherapy, speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, podiatry, nutrition and dietetics, community nursing, aromatherapy, reflexology, personal care need programmes and self help/development.
Occupational/employment, Day Opportunities will offer appropriate work placements both supported and independent. This may take place both within the Centre and in the local community.
Therapeutic and sensory stimulation, these include activities such as gardening, arts and crafts, pottery, cookery, woodwork, painting, computing, furniture restoration, conservation work, music, dancing, cross community projects and social events.
Referral is made by doctors, nurses and social workers following assessment of need for daycare provision.
Transport, if required, will be arranged.
Each client will have an individual key worker who will be responsible.
Contact Michael Bacon: michael.bacon@northerntrust.hscni.net
or Peter Stanley: peter.stanley@northerntrust.hscni.net
We are dedicated to preventing suicide attempts by empowering individuals and communities through leadership, awareness and education and by identifying and collaborating with support networks to reduce stigma and help save lives.
Individuals are referred to us via their GP or have come to us themselves, sometimes in emergency situations. We carry out professional training on suicide prevention and coping with trolling, Bereavement support, Psychological Support Clinic, Men’s depression support group, Fishing projects and pony summer school.
We are more recently trying to raise awareness of cyber bullying amongst young people, aiming to give young people the knowledge and confidence to seek help and talk to an adult if they are every attacked online. We offer support to all age groups.
Suicide Prevention
Self Harm
Eating Disorders
Bereavement Anxiety
Our Mission
Yellow Ribbon Suicide Prevention is a cross community inclusive organisation contributing to the aims and objectives of the Government’s Protect Life Strategy NI. We are dedicated to the prevention of suicide attempts throughout the community by empowering individuals and communities through leadership, awareness, and education. This is carried out by collaborative partnerships with other mental health support groups including colleges universities and the wider business community.
Home-Start provides support to families at home helping parents to build better lives for their children. Volunteers who are parents themselves are recruited and trained to visit families who have difficulties and or problems related to child protection, mental health, disabilities, drug and alcohol misuse, isolation, multiple births, deprivation and domestic violence. Home-Start supports families across the four levels of need and believes that the earlier you intervene in a childs life the better their chances of growing up healthy and happy. Volunteers go into the family home to help parents and children feel less marginalised and families develop improved coping strategies. Home-Start support is flexible and tailor made as parents co-design their own support, identifying needs and are involved in assessing and reviewing their progress.
The following services are available in the Newry and Mourne Area :
Family Groups – Children have Toys, Fun and Activities. They do games music and rhymes. Parties and Outings are arranged. Healthy Refreshments are provided and children are encouraged to socialise.
Parents can make new friends, have a break from normal routine, share skills and ideas, learn new parenting skills and avail of friendly, confidential support from staff if they have any concerns.
Newry Group – Monday-Thursday mornings 10am to 12pm
Warrenpoint Family Group – Thursday mornings 10am to 12pm
Rapid Response Service is tailored to meet the individual needs of every family.
The Rapid Response worker will work closely with parents and offer friendly support to families. This short term, intensive, home based support promotes parenting skills and provides practical guidance to achieve positive change and development for families.
The Rapid Response worker is available to support parents in their home if they feel this would help them to gain confidence in establishing new techniques and routine.
The worker will carry out a planned piece of work with each family. This will invlove encouraging and supporting parents in a number of specific parenting tasks such as behaviour management, bedtime or mealtime routines, household management, budgeting, nutrition and bonding and attachment.
Parenting Project Worker – works closely with parents and offers friendly support to families. Referrals mus meet the criteria that there is at least one child under 5 yrs in the home. The short term intensive home-based support promotes parenting skills and provides practical guidance to achieve positive change and development for families.
Contact Home Start on 028 3026 6139
Home-Start provides support to families at home helping parents to build better lives for their children.
Volunteers who are parents themselves are recruited and trained to visit families who have difficulties and or problems related to child protection, mental health, disabilities, drug and alcohol misuse, isolation, multiple births, deprivation and domestic violence.
Home-Start supports families across the four levels of need and believes that the earlier you intervene in a childs life the better their chances of growing up healthy and happy. Volunteers go into the family home to help parents and children feel less marginalised and families develop improved coping strategies.
Home-Start support is flexible and tailor made as parents co-design their own support, identifying needs and are involved in assessing and reviewing their progress. Method of Access: GP, Health Visitor, Self, Social Worker, Family Support Hub.
We also run accredited baby programmes, mainly (though not exclusively) for first time parents. In addition to these we have a music and movement programme for older children which runs several times from September through to June.
To meet our referral criteria there must be a child under 5 in the family
Health Visitors are registered Nurses with an additional qualification in child health/development and family health.
Health visiting is a proactive, universal service that provides a platform from which to reach out to individuals and vulnerable groups, considering their different dynamics and needs, and reducing inequalities in health.
Your Health Visiting team can offer a family centred service from pregnancy until your child goes to school. We can offer advice and support on matters such as:
Play, stimulation and child development
Nutrition
Breastfeeding
Weaning
Healthy eating 1-5 years
Sleeping
Immunisations
Keeping your child safe
Toileting
When will I see my Health Visitor?
Our aim is to provide you with the help you need at the right time. Contacts will vary depending on your family’s needs. You will be visited at home and/or places (e.g. health centres) most suited to your needs. The usual contacts offered by the Health Visitor are:
An antenatal visit after 28 weeks
A new birth visit between 10 and 14 days
6 to 8 weeks
14 to 16 weeks
6 to 9 months (Health Visitor or Child Health Assistant)
After your child’s first and second birthday’s 3+ year review in nursery school
How can I contact the Health Visiting Team?
Every GP practice has a named Health Visitor.
Your Health Visitor will provide you with their contact details which they will write in your Parent Child Held Record (Red book)
. If this information is not available, please contact your GP who will provide you with up to date contact information.
Roe Valley Residents Association (RVRA) exists to offer opportunities that aim to improve the quality of life for residents living within the Limavady Neighbourhood Renewal Area. As an organisation, we deliver this ensuring our core values of Respect, Inclusiveness, Integrity, Compassion, Person-Centred and Equality are integrated into the services and activities we offer.
Roe Valley Residents Association seek to address the inequalities that residents face under the themes of Education, Economic, Environmental, Health and Social activities are offered to the ever-increasing numbers of residents availing of the community centre facilities. Such activities provided across 2 facilities, the Community House and the Youth & Community Hub and include educational programmes such as Essential Skills (Numeracy, Literacy and IT) and skills-based courses: including weekly craft classes, youth clubs, drugs and alcohol programmes, environmental workshops, gardening projects, citizenship programmes, good relations programmes, physical activity and programmes aimed at addressing suicide and mental health problems.
On a weekly basis, we operate the following for children and young people
Homework Support (Primary School Age)
Kids Klub (P1-P7)
Drop-in (P5-P6; P7-2nd year; 3rdyear+)
Structured Programmes which covers a number of thematic areas
Diversionary Workshops
Summer Schemes
Summer Camps
Good Relations Programmes
Intergenerational Projects
On a weekly basis, we provide the following for adults:
Craft Clubs • Guys N Dolls (over 50’s social group)
Educational classes
Christmas Savings Club
Luncheon Club
Good Relations Projects
Barnardo’s NOVA Trauma Support Service provides therapeutic support to children, young people and parents.
The service is delivered with funding and support from the ‘Victims and Survivors Service’ on behalf of ‘The Executive Office’ and is available for families who have been affected by the N.I Conflict/’Troubles’. This could be a trans-generational impact when a previous trauma has impacted a family’s older generation which can have ripple effects on the younger generation coping with a more recent trauma.
Many people are living with on-going trauma reactions including fear and anxiety, nightmares, panic attacks, flashbacks, depressive feelings and loss of belief in a ‘safe world’. We can help to increase a sense of safety, overcome the fear that is associated with traumatic memories, reduce/eliminate trauma reactions and help to increase a sense of safety and re-connection with family, friends and community.
We are a professionally qualified team that has been providing therapeutic trauma support to children, young people and parents for over 20 years. Self-referrals are accepted. We also accept referrals from teachers, social workers, GP’s, health visitors and other professionals or from community and voluntary groups.
If you are unsure if we are the most appropriate service for you please contact us to discuss. We welcome all enquiries and, if are unable to provide support for you, we may be able to signpost you to the most appropriate service that will best meet your needs.