{jcomments off}The Community Development and Health Network (CDHN) has opened up a new round of funding through their Building the Community-Pharmacy Partnership (BCPP) programme.  They are seeking new community-pharmacy partnerships throughout Northern Ireland, and will continue to support partnerships previously involved in the programme.  The BCPP programme promotes and supports local communities to work in partnership with community pharmacists to address local health and social wellbeing needs using a community development approach.  For more details, visit: www.cdhn.org/pages/index.asp?title=Building_the_Community-Pharmacy_Partnership

{jcomments off}The Southern Area Men’s Health Steering Group invites you to their Annual Men's Health Seminar for 2015.  This will take place on Friday 27th March 2015, from 9.30am - 1.30pm, in Ranfurly Arts and Visitors Centre, Dungannon, Co. Tyrone.  The theme for this year's event is: 'Safe Spaces and Places for Men'.  There are a small number of free places still available.  Register your interest with Frances Haughey by emailing: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

{jcomments off}Dads Direct is inviting researchers to tender for the preparation a Briefing Paper on ‘The Importance of Dads’.  This piece of work is funded by Awards for All within the Big Lottery Fund.  This Briefing Paper will evidence available research on the important role of fathers in the lives of their children, and how the involvement of fathers in a child’s life can improve the outcomes for children.  Full details of the tender are available at: www.mhfi.org/dadsdirect.pdf  The closing date for submissions is Noon on Wednesday 11th February 2015.

 

{jcomments off}Are you a man aged 50+ in the Belfast area, who is interested in hearing about the opportunities to set up a men’s group / Men's Shed or how to become more active in your community? ...  The benefits include making new friends, learning new skills, social opportunities, and better physical and mental health.  Hear how other men aged 50+ have already done this locally.  There will be information and advice on: the benefits of setting up a men’s group; who can help and advise you on setting up a group (including sources of funding); volunteering opportunities for men aged 50+; other ways to stay active.  There will be four events taking place throughout Belfast in February and March 2015.  See www.mhfi.org/men50plus.pdf for more details of the dates, times and venues.  The first gathering will take place on Monday 2nd February 2015, at 10.30am, in Mountpottinger Presbyterian Church, Castlereagh Street, Belfast.  Lunch and refreshments will be provided.

{jcomments off}YouthAction Northern Ireland’s Young Men and Violence Peer Research Groups in South Armagh and East Belfast are developing a study which focuses on young men and violence.  They are seeking as many young men aged 14 - 25 years as possible to complete their short, anonymous, online survey at: www.surveymonkey.com/s/PLZGFYX

{jcomments off}A PhD scholarship is now available at Queen’s University Belfast's School of Nursing to study teenage men and unintended pregnancy.  Teenage pregnancy rates in the USA and the UK remain the highest in the developed world, and the reduction of unintended pregnancy is resolutely on the international policy agenda.  Within this policy drive to reduce unintended pregnancies, global organisations - such as the World Health Organisation - recognise that young men’s involvement in decisions in relation to preventing and dealing with unintended pregnancies has been neglected in the research literature and is rarely considered in clinical practice.  We know very little about how young men experience and participate in decision-making in relation to an unintended pregnancy from their own perspectives.  Full details of this PhD scholarship can be found at: www.qub.ac.uk/schools/SchoolofNursingandMidwifery/Research/PostgraduateResearch/ProspectiveStudents   The closing date for applications is Monday 16th February 2015. 

{jcomments off}Electric Ireland’s Powering Kindness Week is back, and will run from Saturday 17th - Friday 23rd January 2015.  During Powering Kindness Week, every time you do something kind or appreciate when someone is kind to you, you could help to raise valuable funds for the Marie Keating Foundation.  All funds raised will go towards their 'Comfort Fund' which gives small grants to individuals and families that are struggling financially due to a cancer diagnosis.  To find out about how you can simply and easily help the Marie Keating Foundation to achieve this goal visit: www.mhfi.org/PoweringKindness2015.pdf

{jcomments off}On the 11th of November 2014, the Joint Committee on Vaccinations and Immunisations (JCVI) recommended that the HPV vaccination programme should be extended to men who have sex with men (MSM) aged 16-40 via a genitourinary medicine clinic or HIV clinic.  The Men’s Health Forum in Ireland (MHFI) welcomes this as a move in the right direction, but does not feel that it is a sufficient response.  While it might be of some help to the individuals who do receive the vaccine, it is not an effective solution for all men or, indeed, for all MSM.  MHFI's submission to JCVI can be accessed at: www.mhfi.org/JCVIconsultation.pdf