Public Health Agency - 001

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Name of contract: Relationship and Sexuality Education in the Community across Northern Ireland

Organisations awarded: This contract has been awarded to following four organisations who will deliver programmes throughout Northern Ireland:

Brook NI

Love for Life

ACET (Northern Ireland) Ltd

Rainbow Health Ltd

Public Health Agency - 003

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Name of contract: Services to support the mental and emotional wellbeing needs of Lesbian and Bisexual Women, Gay and Bisexual Men and Transgender individuals and their families across Northern Ireland

Organisations awarded: This contract has been awarded to the following two organisations who will deliver programmes throughout Northern Ireland:

Rainbow Health Ltd:  Lot 1 ­ Lesbian and Bisexual Women

Phase 2 Parent/Carer Questionnaire: Review of Allied Health Professions’ (AHP) support for children/young people with a statement of special educational needs

We want to know what you think about the AHP services for your child.

We will also seek views of AHPs and teachers who work with your children and we will use them all to inform our decisions.

This phase of the review is focusing on current AHP services for children/young people with a statement of special educational needs enrolled in mainstream schools and learning support centres/units attached to a mainstream school.

‘Coughing’ bus shelters to raise awareness of lung cancer

Northern Ireland’s first ‘coughing’ bus shelters, created as part of an innovative Public Health Agency (PHA) campaign to raise awareness of the key signs of lung cancer, have started appearing on the streets of Belfast and Derry/ Londonderry. The coughing shelters form part of the latest phase of the PHA’s ‘Be Cancer Aware’ campaign and are specially built to cough intermittently when people are waiting for a bus.

Recovery newsletter

The Recovery newsletter is dedicated to bringing you news andinformation about mental health recovery work in Northern Ireland

The Recovery newsletter is dedicated to bringing you news and information about mental health recovery work in Northern Ireland.

Dementia Awareness Week 2015: ‘Do something new’

‘Do something new’ and open up about memory problems is the message from health and social care professionals during Dementia Awareness Week 2015 (17-24 May). The Public Health Agency (PHA) and Health and Social Care Board (HSCB) are working jointly with the Alzheimer’s Society, Dementia NI and local Health and Social Care Trusts to promote a culture which ensures people with dementia are supported to live with dignity and without stigma. To enable this, everyone needs to talk openly with those closest to them about dementia; you could even pledge to become a ‘Dementia Friend’.

Walk to school for better health

This week is Walk to School Week and the Public Health Agency (PHA) is encouraging parents in Northern Ireland to do the school run on foot and start to feel the benefits for both them and their children. Colette Brolly, the PHA lead on physical activity, said: “The great thing about walking is that it is simple and easy to do. It’s something that can be built in to your everyday routine and there’s no better way to get started than walking to school with your kids.
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