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Place Description: Home Start offers support, friendship and practical help to parents with young children in local communities. Home Start offers a unique service, recruiting and training volunteers-who are usually parents themselves-to visit families at home who have at least one child under 5 to offer informal, friendly and confidential support. To help give children the best possible start in life, Home Start supports parents as they grow in confidence, strengthen their relationship with their children and widen their links with the local community. Ring 028 4461 5727 – Central Line for all local referrals

Place Description: 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 4 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. Drs Toal & Maguire : 028 6632 7190 Dr. Cathcart & Partners : 028 6632 2707 Lakeside Medical Practice : 028 6632 7192 Devenish Practice : 028 6632 5638

Place Description: The Youth Development programme is for children & young people aged 10-18 to take part in group activities and programmes held within React youth centre. The Youth Mentoring project provides one to one mentoring for young people aged 10-18, providing support with personal development. The Victims & Survivors Service provides a range of activities and therapies for people who have been affected by the troubles in Northern Ireland. Method of Access: Youth Mentoring – Family Support Hub only Youth Development – Self, School, GP, CAMHS

Place Description: The Macmillan Psychosocial Team is a partnership between Macmillan (funders) and MindWise (host organisation) to provide support for people affected by cancer who experience mental health issues. The service is available to anyone affected by cancer across Northern Ireland, patients, family members, carers, and others important to the person with a cancer diagnosis. The team will provide support with mental health and well-being, social and psychological support to individuals, family and/or their supporters. This service will focus on family recovery, (‘family’ will be defined by you to include those who are important to you) to have open and honest therapeutic conversations, using the Family Model, to aid recovery and provide a family support plan. The service is available Mon-Fri 9.00am – 5.00pm. The team is multi-disciplinary and led by social work and offers: Initial consultation to discuss your needs. Direct support for you individually. Support for you and your family (or those important to you). Honest, therapeutic conversations to aid recovery and create a family support plan. Signposting to other services when needed. Access to Lived Experience Support Groups and Local Peer Support Groups. Opportunities to join a Regional Lived Experience Group to influence service development. The Team accepts both professional and self-referrals using the following links: Email: macmillan@mindwisenv.org Visit our https://linktr.ee/MacmillanMindWise For further details see our Information Leaflet – Macmillan Psychosocial Service NI Leaflet and Social media links @MindWise Our partners provide a range of programmes and training both in person and online : AWARE NI CiNI – Macmillan Family Model Training https://www.mindwisenv.org Visit our website at: Macmillan Psychosocial Service | MindWise

Place Description: Londonderry YMCA supports the family in variety of ways. We provide programmes whereby young people can engage with peers and friends. This can give the family a break and parents are offered informal support and sign posted to other services. Contact : yw@ymca-ireland.net

Place Description: Home Safety Check Scheme The Home Safety Check Scheme provides help, advice and support to families wiith young children under the age of 5 to help prevent accidents at home. These accidents may include falls, burns, scalds, poison, fire, choking and strangulation. Vulnerable children over the specified age may also be eligible to benefit from the service. Where required, safety equipment can be provided. This may include stairgates, fireguards, cupboard locks and restraints, door jammers, edge protector, corner cushions, blind safety devices and carbon monoxide detectors. The scheme is means tested for the larger pieces of equipment such as stairgates and fireguards. This information is included on the referral form to help guide appropriate referrals.