Parenting Focus Podcast

Ep.38 SENAC podcast

SENAC or Special Educational Needs Advice Centre support parents of children with special educational needs. SENAC can explain the special needs system and give practical guidance on the steps to take when trying to get the right help in school for a child.

Website: www.senac.co.uk/advice

 

Parenting Week with MLA Robbie Butler

This Parenting Week, we’re sitting down with MLA Robbie Butler to discuss his journey as both a parent and a kinship carer. Robbie shares his personal experiences, the joys and challenges of family life, and his thoughts on how we can better support parents and carers in Northern Ireland. Whether you’re a parent, carer, or just interested in hearing a heartfelt and honest conversation, this episode is for you!

Tune in to hear Robbie’s inspiring story and join us in celebrating the diverse experiences of family life 🎧

#ParentingWeek #ForEveryFamily #ParentingPodcast

The importance and impact of fathers involvement - Surestart

For #menshealthweek our Senior Participation and Research Officer Emma met with Ciara Knox, Regional Speech and Language Coordinator for Surestart to discuss the importance and impact of fathers involvement in their child’s therapy and how parents are their child’s first teacher.

Ep. 37 Timely Careers (Return to work support for women)

Emma Hitchen (Senior Participation and Research Officer, Parenting Focus) talks to Laura Dowie (Timely Careers, Director) about what support is available to women returning to the workplace after a period of absence.

Ep 35. Single Parents Day 2024

The theme for Single Parent Day 2024 is ‘recognition’, which allows us to recognise single parents and all they do, as well as recognising the need for wider supports and structural change to improve the lives of single parent families 👩‍👧

 

This year Parenting NI collaborated with Single Parent charities, and found out what they are doing to support Single Parent Families across the UK 👉

 

 

Fife Gingerbread, Gingerbread, One Family Ireland, and One Parent Families Scotland

Ep. 34 Child.org

Children born in sub-Saharan Africa are 15 times more likely to die in childhood than children in Europe and North America and the earliest days of life are still the most dangerous for children born in Kenya and all over Africa.

Child.org work with pregnant women, new mums, communities and government to provide life-saving antenatal and postnatal health information, connect communities and services, and advocate for quality care so that mums and babies stay safe, alive and healthy.

QUB student placement Hannah talks to Child.org on the work that they do, and the similarities between this, and work carried out at Parenting NI.

Please note: This podcast was recorded virtually and therefore subject to low sound quality at parts, due to interruptions in transmission.

Ep. 33 The Importance of Grandparents

Former CEO of Parenting NI, Pip Jaffa, join us to discuss the importance of grandparents.

Ep. 32 A Conversation with Mark Williams (Father’s Mental Health)

Mark Williams is a mental health advocate, particularly passionate about the mental health of fathers and new parents. Founder of Fathers Reaching Out and International Fathers Mental Health Day, Mark campaigns tirelessly to raise awareness of the importance of paternal wellbeing. Highly sought as a motivational speaker, Mark is called upon to start conversations about perinatal mental health issues having now spoken at over 350 events.

Mark speaks to Parenting NI about the struggles of fathers perinatal mental health issues, and how to be an advocate for fathers.

Ep. 31 Parenting Week/Adoption Week 2023

Kate and Brian from Family Care Adoption Services join us to talk about the services they can provide for those looking to adopt and for those who have been adopted.

Website - https://familycareadoption.com/

Linktr.ee - linktr.ee/familycareadoption

Phone – 028 9069 1133

Email- email@familycareadoption.org

Information pack download: https://www.parentingni.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Information-Pack.pdf

Ep.30 DadsTalk the Podcast: Separation

In this episode the dads discuss the changes and challenges of going through a separation.