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Paediatric Dietitians are registered Dietitians who specialise in the nutritional care of infants, children and adolescents in both the hospital
Place Description: Paediatric Dietitians are registered Dietitians who specialise in the nutritional care of infants, children and adolescents in both the hospital and community settings.
We interpret the science of nutrition into practiced guidelines for disease management and health promotion.
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If you are a Parent/Carer or Professional and you wish to contact the Occupational Therapy Service in your local area,
Place Description: If you are a Parent/Carer or Professional and you wish to contact the Occupational Therapy Service in your local area, please use contact details listed above.
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Acute Paediatrics Services ‘Phone First’ is for patients (including children): who are unwell and considering travelling to Craigavon Area Hospital
Place Description: Acute Paediatrics Services
‘Phone First’ is for patients (including children): who are unwell and considering travelling to Craigavon Area Hospital or Daisy Hill Hospital Emergency Departments (ED);
or South Tyrone Hospital Minor Injuries Unit with an injury or illness which requires urgent treatment but is not immediately life threatening.
If you have an urgent problem (excluding serious illness or injury) and are considering travelling the ED or Minor Injuries Unit please ‘Phone First’ between 9am and 6pm Monday to Friday on: 0300 123 3 111 (Text Relay: 18001 0300 123 3 111)
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When you have pancreatic cancer, hope is hard. So we’re making sure you can have expert support to hold onto.
Place Description: When you have pancreatic cancer, hope is hard. So we’re making sure you can have expert support to hold onto.
Through our Support Line, specialist nurses are only a phone call or email away. They can talk about symptoms, treatment, or the difficult emotions that come with the disease. Whether you have a long list of questions or don’t know where to start, we’re here to help.
We also provide tailored emails and an informative website. We make sure everyone has the expert information they need.
Whenever hope is hard, we are there.
Support available:
• Specialist nurse Support Line – our friendly nurses are only a call away. They are specialists in pancreatic cancer and can talk for as long as you need.
• Expert information – our free information covers everything about pancreatic cancer to help you understand your diagnosis, ask questions, make decisions and live as well as you can.
• Tailored emails – if you or a loved one have just been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, our tailored emails can help you get the information and support you need.
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Online forum – the forum is a supportive online space where everyone affected by pancreatic cancer can be there for each other at any time.
• Real life stories – read other people’s experiences of pancreatic cancer to find out how they coped with their diagnosis and treatment and their tips on looking after themselves.
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PANDAS Foundation provides free, peer-to-peer perinatal mental health support for parents and families experiencing postnatal depression, anxiety, overwhelm, birth trauma,
Place Description: PANDAS Foundation provides free, peer-to-peer perinatal mental health support for parents and families experiencing postnatal depression, anxiety, overwhelm, birth trauma, loneliness and more. Our aim is to reduce isolation, improve emotional wellbeing, and help parents feel heard, understood, and supported through local community support groups.
Each group offers a safe, non-judgemental space for mums, dads, and partners to talk openly about the challenges of pregnancy, birth, and early parenthood, share experiences, and access practical and emotional support. We work to break stigma, promote early intervention, and ensure no parent feels alone in their journey. Our Belfast group is free, you don’t need to book and we welcome everyone. So whether you are feeling lonely, suffering with postpartum depression or just not feeling like yourself, you are welcome here.
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PAPYRUS is a national charity dedicated to the prevention of young suicide. We exist to reduce the number of young people
Place Description: PAPYRUS is a national charity dedicated to the prevention of young suicide. We exist to reduce the number of young people who take their own lives by shattering the stigma around suicide and equipping young people and their communities with the skills to recognise and respond to suicidal behaviour.
SUPPORT: We provide confidential support and advice to young people struggling with thoughts of suicide, and anyone worried about a young person through our helpline which is available 24 hours per day, 7 days per week:
For confidential, suicide prevention advice call Hopeline247 on 0800 068 4141 / 07860 039 967
or email pat@papyrus.uk.org
EQUIP: We engage communities and volunteers in suicide prevention projects and deliver training programmes to individuals and groups.
INFLUENCE: We aim to shape national social policy and make a contribution to the local and regional implementation of national suicide prevention strategies wherever we can. Our campaigning comes from our passion as individuals, parents, families and communities who have been touched personally by young suicide. We press for change using hard-hitting and dynamic campaigns as well as presenting evidence to those in power so that lessons can be learned and learning implemented to help save young lives.
Referral By : Anyone concerned about a young person who is suicidal or thinking of self-harm.
For more information see
Papyrus Website
PAPYRUS Offices in Northern Ireland :
Office 14, Skeoge Industrial Estate, NW Business Complex, Beraghmore Road, Derry, BT48 8SE
Unit 23, 40 Montgomery Road, Belfast, BT6 9HL
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Parent Action is a not for profit organisation,seeking to promote and protect the human rights of children and young people
Place Description: Parent Action is a not for profit organisation,seeking to promote and protect the human rights of children and young people and adults with disabilities/longterm health conditions in their receipt of health, social care, education, short break and daycare, employment and training support, through the empowerment of their parents and peers as advocates.
Parent Action are/will :-
Seeking to promote the human rights of children, young people and adults with disabilities / long term health conditions through the empowerment of parents
Seeking to promote the human rights of children and young people with disabilities / long term health conditions and continuing care needs, through the empowerment of their parents as advocates.
Promote mutual support of parents by other parents in similar situations.
Actively promote and develop parent’s skills at speaking up for their and their children’s needs.
Develop advocacy services in partnership with parents, children and young people.
Develop and run small, local, parent discussion groups, and / or home visits to parents.
Support existing parent support groups to be more effective.
Set up new parent discussion groups locally and eventually regionally.
Develop action plans from parent discussions, then communicate these plans to service providers to make real changes and improvement happen
Ensure the voices of parents, children and young people are actively heard and acted upon by communities and health, social care and education service providers.
Please contact Orla as above for more information about how we can help.
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Parenting a child or young person can be hugely rewarding, however at times it can be challenging. Many carers can
Place Description: Parenting a child or young person can be hugely rewarding, however at times it can be challenging. Many carers can often feel like they are on their own with little or no support.
Parentline NI is here for you and offers an impartial, non-judgemental listening ear. For advice on something specific or general support and guidance, just give us a call. It’s completely FREE for anyone caring for or concerned about a child or young person.
Parentline Telephone No is: 0808 8020 400
Parentline NI is open from
9am to 9pm Monday to Thursday,
9-5pm Friday
9am to 1pm on Saturday.
Our Service is available through a range of different channels including telephone, face to face and online.
Call us for FREE on: 0808 8020 400
Chat online: start a webchat using the chat window (at
www.ci-ni.org.uk/parentline
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Email: parentline@ci-ni.org.uk
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ParentShield is a Great Child-Safe and Parent Friendly Mobile Network. Only children or people needing special facilities are allowed to
Place Description: ParentShield is a Great Child-Safe and Parent Friendly Mobile Network. Only children or people needing special facilities are allowed to use it.
Every feature of the Network is designed specifically for these users and feature include advanced monitoring and safeguarding tools and spending and usage controls.
Everything is accessible at
https://parentshield.co.uk
there is a small explainer video at
https://parentshield.co.uk/questions-2/
There are also lots of free guidesw on how to set up the free parental controls build into modern smartphones, social media controls etc here
https://parentshield.co.uk/blog/
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The PARITY Project operates under the support of Triangle Housing Association and focuses specifically on addressing the employment needs of
Place Description: The PARITY Project operates under the support of Triangle Housing Association and focuses specifically on addressing the employment needs of individuals with learning disabilities and/or autism and is delivered by the Triangle Progression to Employment Service.
The PARITY initiative is funded by the Gallaher Trust, which is an independent charity working to promote job creation and skills development and to provide support to disadvantaged adults in the wider Ballymena community. This project addresses both job creation and skills development criteria of the funder. Increasing activity levels in our enterprise service will secure contracts from the business community, allowing us to focus on our mission of employment skills development for adults with learning disability and/or autism. We will strengthen and increase interaction with local business, ring fence jobs for local people with disabilities and secure contracts with business.
Project Impact:
Our service aim is to bridge the gap between adults with learning disabilities and/or autism and employment. The enterprise facilities are part of a transition from day services or school where trainees gain the necessary soft employability skills of communication, self-esteem, motivation, confidence & teamwork. This aiding their progression on to our Supported Employment Service, which aims to secure paid employment within the local Ballymena community and surrounding area. This project will broaden the opportunities available to learn in our enterprise facilities by building relationships, securing contracts and developing supply chain roles. It will identify and secure job opportunities for our service users and educate the local business community.
Referral by self, school, social worker or Job Officer – NRC