Delivering Sláintecare Healthy Communities Webinar
In case you missed our recent Delivering Sláintecare Healthy Communities Webinar on Thursday 5 December or wish to watch it back, the full recording is available here. Extended footage has been added at the end of the webinar, which includes a presentation from one of our Sláintecare Healthy Communities Community Food and Nutrition Workers.
Please see links below to our various speakers:
· Fergal Fox, Stakeholder Engagement, Communications and Men’s Health Lead, HSE Health & Wellbeing
· Greg Straton, Assistant Principal Officer, Healthy Ireland, Department of Health
· Sláintecare Healthy Communities Cherry Orchard & Ballyfermot video
· Grainne Kent, HSE Sláintecare Healthy Communities Researcher
· Ann Marie Laffan, Sláintecare Healthy Communities Local Development Officer, Wexford County Council
· Ann Marie Crosse, Sláintecare Healthy Communities Co-Ordinator, Donegal & Cavan
· Alexandra Kelly, Social Prescribing & Wellbeing Co-Ordinator, Bray & North Wicklow Area Partnership
· Edward Murphy, Project Manager, Tobacco Free Ireland Programme, HSE Health & Wellbeing
· Healthy Food Made Easy Programme, Limerick video
· Áine Coleman, Community Food & Nutrition Worker, Dublin Northwest Partnership
You can download the HSE Sláintecare Healthy Communities 2023 Overview for further information on programme activity across the Sláintecare Healthy Communities areas in 2023.
Updated Aistear: the Early Childhood Curriculum Framework
Aistear: the Early Childhood Curriculum Framework for babies, toddlers and young children has been updated. The updated Framework has been developed to support early learning and development from birth up until the child starts primary school. The framework uses four interconnected themes to describe children’s learning and development: Wellbeing; Identify and Belonging; Communicating; and Exploring and Thinking.
Available to download here.
National Mental Health Research Strategy
The Department of Health, in collaboration with the Health Research Board, launched Ireland’s first National Mental Health Research Strategy. This ground breaking initiative marks a transformative step in Ireland’s commitment to enhancing mental health services and supports through research and evidence.
More information is available here.