{jcomments off}You are invited to apply for a place on a four day Training for Trainers Programme titled ‘Let's Talk About ... Safer Sex’.  This will take place on Thursday 1st May, Thursday 8th May, Thursday 15th May, and Friday 16th May 2014.  Each day will last from 10.00am to 4.30pm, and the training will take place in Dublin AIDS Alliance, 53 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1.  The primary aim of the programme is to train youth and community workers to deliver HIV, hepatitis, and sexual health education programmes to the groups in their care.  On completion of the training, each participant will also receive the newly published 'Let's Talk About ...  Safer Sex' training resource.  The cost of the training is €220, and the closing date for receipt of booking forms is Thursday 17th April 2014.  Further information is available at: www.dublinaidsalliance.ie  or  Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

{jcomments off}Together For You is an innovative new project led by Action Mental Health, in partnership with Aware Defeat Depression, CAUSE, Cruse, MindWise, Nexus NI, Praxis Care and Relate NI.  It is funded by the Big Lottery Fund to deliver mental health and wellbeing services to a range of people throughout Northern Ireland.  As part of this initiative, Relate NI provides free counselling to individuals and families with relationship issues in the areas of: partner / family; work; finance; alcohol / substance misuse.  Relate NI is particularly keen to support men with any of these issues.  For more information, Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or Tel: 028 9032 3454.

{jcomments off}Northern Ireland’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr Michael McBride, highlights some of the biggest public health issues facing Northern Ireland in his annual report.  Visit: www.nidirect.gov.uk/chief-medical-officers-annual-report  to download a copy.

{jcomments off}Have you seen the new YouTube video about Armagh Men's Shed yet?  If not, have a look at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rob07xCUAYA

{jcomments off}Lisa Kirwan, Barry Lambe and Paula Carroll from Waterford Institute of Technology have written an article in the International Journal of Health Promotion and Education (Volume 51, Issue 2, pages 108-120) titled: ‘An Investigation into the Partnership Process of Community Based Health Promotion for Men’.  This can be accessed at: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/UgCmkcrgQrPuWKcH4PXu/full

{jcomments off}The Community Development and Health Network (CDHN) has opened its latest round of funding for Building the Community-Pharmacy Partnership (BCPP).  BCPP is about communities and pharmacists working in partnership to identify and tackle local health needs using a community development approach.  The focus is on addressing health inequalities, and three levels of funding are available.  For more information on this scheme, visit: www.cdhn.org/pages/index.asp?title=Building_the_Community-Pharmacy_Partnership_latest_round_of_funding

{jcomments off}Researchers in the University of Ulster’s School of Communication are, currently, recruiting participants to take part in a PhD study investigating well-being variables and disordered eating attitudes and behaviours.  They are particularly interested in recruiting men from throughout Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.  The study is available as an online questionnaire (https://ulstersocialsciences.az1.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_1LczDoW0EGGbnYp) that takes 10-15 minutes to complete.  Participation is entirely voluntary and participants are free to withdraw at any point.  This study has been approved by the University of Ulster Research Ethics Committee (Ref: REC/13/0237).  If you have any queries, or would like further information about this study, please Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  or  Tel: 02890 366291.

{jcomments off}Based on data collected by the Northern Ireland Young Life and Times Survey - the longest running annual cross-sectional attitude survey among any of the UK or Ireland’s young people - this book is a resource for anyone interested in teenagers’ attitudes and viewpoints over the last decade.  Covering mental health, loneliness, play and leisure, sexual grooming and sexual exploitation, community relations, rights and democratic participation, and the positive contributions that 16 year olds make to society, it features contributions from academics and social policy makers who are all recognised experts in their fields.  This new publication is edited by Dirk Schubotz and Paula Devine, and has the International Standard Book Number (ISBN): 978-1-905541-92-8.