Centre for Effective Services

We're at the Annual Sir George Quigley Memorial Lecture in Armagh today, learning about progress in trade and tourism on the island of Ireland. Later we'll hear from the all island organisations set up under the Belfast Good Friday Agreement, 25 years on. It's exciting to be with other organisations like InterTradeIreland Safefood Tourism Ireland who share our vision of collaboration to create change, and to bring about positive outcomes for everyone who lives here. And Senator George Mitchell said hello.

Inspired by the commitment to Digital Mental Health, and by the progress that has been made this year. We University of Limerick were proud to partner with our colleagues in the Health Service Executive on this event to introduce the National Digital Mental Health Strategy. We were privileged to be joined by @HSE CEO Bernard Gloster, CTO and Deputy CEO Damien McCallion, Department of Health - Ireland colleagues Philip Dodd Siobhan Hargis, Faculty of Education and Health Sciences UL Huge congratulations to Paul Longmore and Derek Chambers who led out on strategy development. Sincere thanks to our speakers Pepijn van de Ven Donan Kelly, Chris Wright (keynote), MidWest ARIES Ian Power Ben Cloney Camille boostrom Ben Locke Treasa Fox Dr Carmen Kealy (BA (Hons), PhD) Maurice Farnan AnnMarie Morrissey Health Research Institute (HRI) Thanks to our Discussion Leads Dr. Cian Aherne Conor Kennedy PhD Ciarán Austin and our colleagues Brid Marrinan at Centre for Effective Services for facilitating the discussion. Wonderful to have had so many organisations represented and engaged in strategy discussion Stephanie Manahan Jeff Moore PhD Jigsaw - The National Centre for Youth Mental Health ISPCC MyMind SilverCloud® spunout HSE National Office for Suicide Prevention Health Research Board (HRB) A great example of collaboration for research-informed policy and policy-guided research.

Rebecca Wade is really knocking it out of the park this week! Congratulations Rebecca. No doubt your project management skills will come in very useful in your work with our partners!

Well done Dr Rebecca Wade! We like to share our CES talent where we can.

Our Work Package 5 team met today to discuss our Theory of Change. This Work Package focuses on Integrated Knowledge Translation Impact and Dissemination of the project research. A team from Project Collaborator Centre for Effective Services led the session, guiding us through our assumptions and evidence on sharing the research that we are doing will lead to positive outcomes and change for maternal and child health. Our team has a wide variety of backgrounds and perspectives so it was a great opportunity to bring these together. Follow us to find out more about the project as we progress! Health Research Board (HRB) Health Service Executive University College Cork Association of Lactation Consultants in Ireland (ALCI) La Leche League International Denis Naughten INFANT Research Centre Jennifer Hanratty Aoife Long Karl McGrath Dr Margaret Murphy Karen Matvienko-Sikar The Human Milk Foundation Helen Mulcahy Elaine Lehane Patricia Leahy-Warren Simon Cameron Darren Dahly PhD

Congratulations to our Project Colleague Jennifer Hanratty from Centre for Effective Services on becoming a ‘Communicating with the Public Scheme' mentee with Evidence Synthesis Ireland!! This will be a big benefit to the project as we will be conducting evidence synthesis on a range of topics related to breastfeeding. Health Research Board (HRB)

👏 We were delighted to have Jacob Young come along to our team meeting today to talk about his work using #network theory. Very insightful given our role in evaluating partnership approaches to tackling social issues. Thanks Jacob!

🌍 In this week's edition of Forward Focus, we explore Photovoice, an arts-based method empowering communities to share lived experiences through photography, sparking dialogue and influencing policy.

🏡 During this Homelessness Awareness Week #HAW24 in Northern Ireland, we want to highlight recommendations from our work with Campbell UK & Ireland, the Northern Ireland Housing Executive and Housing First Dublin City Council. In May 2021, CES hosted an event ‘Using Evidence to Tackle Homelessness’ to bring together researchers and practitioners who specialise in providing and incorporating evidence into policy and interventions to tackle homelessness. Together we identified three recommendations for the successful implementation of evidence-informed policy and practice to address #homelessness: 🔸 The relationship between healthcare and homelessness requires further resourcing and research 🔸 An enabling culture and context is required for successful implementations of interventions 🔸 Trust and empathy of service providers is vital for effective support and retention of homeless people accessing services You can read more about our partnership event here https://lnkd.in/e36VXYGE

Congratulations to NICVA, staff and volunteers for an excellent Summit today in the inspiring surroundings of W5. A wide range of contributors made for an excellent day of 'inspiring, connecting and strengthening' the VCSE sector in Northern Ireland. Alison Montgomery and I were delighted to have played a small part, delivering an Evaluating Impact session. Looking forward to the next Summit already!