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DoH SPPG Interim Commissioning Lead for Early Years (SureStart & Childcare Partnerships). Dad x 3 & Liverpool FC devotee! Is Feidir Linn!
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Looking forward to being key note speaker at Southern Area Men's Health Group annual Men’s Health Seminar ‘Strong Foundations - Healthy Relationships Matter’. Focus on how healthy relationships start in early yrs & how Dads & main men in kid's lives make a life long difference

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Tá mé ag foghlaim go leor Gaeilge. Tá sé spraoi ach deacair!

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Day 2 of our early years event with DanWuori ....160 EY professionals celebrating their role as baby brain builders #ChildcarePartnership

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Delighted to be opening our DanWuori Early Years Policy Event in Stormont! #EarlyYearsMatters #ChildcarePartnership

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Highly recommend this brilliant book! Retelling the Huckleberry Finn story through the eyes of Jim

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Children facing a ‘happiness recession’ says laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce highlighting the ‘enormous disadvantage’ handed to children without access to books, and call on government to improve early-years literacy www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...

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Looking forward to our next jointly hosted #ChildcarePartnership event celebrating the power of the early years!

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The death of Facebook and Instagram...they will now become just as bad a X/Twitter www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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“Everyone in positions of influence should ask themselves the question: are you treating those fighting to save the planet more harshly than those fighting for inherited wealth? If so, why?” @josiah.writes.news bylinetimes.com/2024/12/12/t...

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Holly - Seamus Heaney

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When you've been lovely feeding your Xmas Cake since September but your 4 yr old is in charge of decorating and the theme is a gingerbread man/Paw Patrol in an Xmas forest theme! 🫣

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A Boss verses a Leader .

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Our fantastic Key note speakers Edel Quinn from Middletown Autism Centre & Rachel Wright from "Don't Call me Mum" at today's Childcare Partnership Conference: "All Different, All Equal- Developing Inclusive Practice for Children with Additional Needs" #ChildcarePartnership

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Delighted as Chair of Childcare Partnership to open today's CCP event on developing inclusive practice for children with additional needs Fascinating presentation from Edel Quinn,Middletown Autism Centre on importance of being neuro-affirming practitioner #ChildcarePartnership

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Top 20% of earners make up 60% of those to use shared parental leave......family friendly policies cannot solely be an option for the weathly! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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What is so great about Bluesky is seeing all of the people I like and admire. That I actually see their posts because my feed isn’t full of Elon amplified right-wing MAGA fascism.

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"And now you're gonna believe us!!" #YNWA

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Yet more evidence that “teaching to the test” doesn't work. In the early years we need to ensure the focus is on play, and as they get older reading for fun! Phonics screening check: why test taken by 6yrs in England isn’t needed theconversation.com/phonics-scre...

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Really looking forward to our next Childcare Partnership Conference! Please share! 🗓️3rd December 2024 ⏰9.30am- 3.30pm 🏢Malone House, Belfast Book Here : bit.ly/4fBq7Yc #InclusivePractice #ChildcarePartnership

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From Sure Start to youth centres, cutting children’s services is a false economy www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Trip to Waterstones with the 4yr old pup.... he has great taste in books!

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Come join our fantastic SPPG Early Years team supporting our Sure Start Developmental Programme for 2-3 Year olds as a Band 6 Programme Support Specialist!! #SureStartWorks jobs.hscni.net/Job/38090/sp...

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