PHA - eBravo tender

Name of Contract: Early Intervention Support Services for Families with Children aged between 0 to 18 years old 

Organisation Awarded:  Lot 1 - NIACRO £152,520

                                   Lot 2 - Action for Children Services Ltd £155,159

PHA - eBravo tender

Name of Contract: Family Group Conferencing Services for Families and Children between 0 and 18 years old (Framework)

Organisation Awarded: Barnardos

Contract Duration: 1 August 2015 - 30 April 2018 (with the option to extend the framework for two further periods of 12 months to 30 April 2020) 

PHA - eBravo tender

Name of Contract: Strengthening Families and Incredible Years Programmes for Families with Children between 0 and 18 years old (Framework)

Organisations Awarded: 

Strengthening Families Programmes

Lot 1 - ASCERT

Lot 2 - ASCERT

Lot 3 - ASCERT

Lot 4 - ASCERT

Lot 5 - Derry Healthy Cities

 

UK Prevention Research Partnership (UKPRP) Funding Call NOW OPEN

An alliance of UK Health Departments (including the Public Health Agency's R&D Division - HSC R&D), Research Councils and charities are pleased to announce a new funding call to address challenges in the primary prevention of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The UK Prevention Research Partnership (UKPRP) is an exciting £50m initiative focussed on improving population health, and reducing health inequalities, through the primary prevention of NCDs. It covers physical health as well as mental health and wellbeing in the UK.

PHA - eBravo tender

1. Name of Contract: Targeted Prevention for Young People and parent/carers

Organisations awarded:  Lot 1 ASCERT         - £  25,000

                                    Lot 2 YMCA             - £227,630

New framework for UK health and social care research launched

Transparency, public involvement, safety and proportionality must be at the centre of UK health research, a new position statement published today has demanded. Regulators and government departments who promote and protect the interests of patients across the four UK nations have set out the key principles in a new UK Policy Framework for Health and Social Care Research. The 19 principles of good practice in research are for those who manage and conduct health and social research in the UK.

PHA - eBravo tender

Name of Contract: Community Alcohol and Drugs Information Network Services

Organisations Awarded:   Lot 1: Belfast - FASA - £119,000

                                     Lot 2: South Eastern - ASCERT - £119,500

Home accident prevention video ‘Scarred for Life’ launched

The dangers associated with hot appliances, liquids and bath water are being highlighted in a video being launched today [Thursday 26 October] by the Public Health Agency (PHA), in association with local councils in Northern Ireland. The video is the latest in a series of awareness-raising activities to reduce the prevalence of accidents that occur in or around the home, and shows how quickly and easily burns and scalds can occur.