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At any point during your day, you might find it helpful to find some space and take a short breather. The following steps can be used to help you feel more settled and grounded and more able to make wise choices about how to move through the rest of your day. You can use this at any time, and with practice, may find it particularly useful when you are feeling stressed or overwhelmed for any reason. Ideally, find a quiet place where you will have five minutes undisturbed. If this is hard to find, you can do this within staff bathrooms or even while walking along a corridor.

News is everywhere. In the digital age, it is no longer possible to control the news that we are exposed to or shield children from upsetting information. What you can do is help to minimise the negative impact it has on your children. You can do this through open and honest conversations at home, such as the tips below:

Take 5 steps to well being during times of isolation

Being able to budget properly. Manage debts. Save for the future. Contribute to a pension. Absorb unexpected costs. Why it's important to your staff

What is Financial Wellbeing? Myths and Realities

Mental health - poor financial wellbeing is linked with higher levels of STRESS, anxiety and depression Sleep - 19% of employees report having lost sleep over their finances Concentration - 10% of employees reported finding it hard to concentrate or make decisions

What being financially healthy looks like

Having the knowledge to make informed financial decisions and understanding when and how to seek advice. Being free from financial stress and worry.

This resource has been produced by AWARE with the support of the Public Health Agency and complements AWARE’s Mood Matters Programme, although it may be used as a self-help resource. It can help your time during this period of uncertainty by giving you information on how to look after your mental health.

It will also help you recognise signs and symptoms of poor mental health and make you aware of sources of help.

Helping you manage your own health and wellbeing while looking after others.

What is naloxone?
Naloxone is a medicine that is used to
reverse the effects of opiate-type drugs
like heroin, for a short period of time.
Naloxone has been used for many years
in hospitals and by ambulance crews
as an ‘emergency rescue medicine’,
administered to people who appear to
have taken an opioid overdose.
When someone accidentally overdoses
on opioid drugs, their breathing can be
affected and this can lead to their death.
Naloxone can help restore the breathing
of the person who has overdosed, and
keep them alive until an ambulance
arrives.
Naloxone is injected into the muscles of
the outer arm or upper thigh.

Information For parents and carers.

Experts have advised that parents of all children aged 5 to 11 years should be offered the chance to have their child vaccinated. Vaccination is particularly important for children who have health conditions that put them at high risk from COVID-19, as the benefits are greater

At-risk children and young people receiving the COVID-19 vaccine