Kia ora koutou,

Welcome to the final edition of the YCAP newsletter for 2015.

We have achieved a lot during this year. One of the things we are most pleased with, is that there are at least 33 community plans now in place around New Zealand that focus on, or include a youth justice component. This includes Social Sector Trial plans - many of which have been developed with input from the local Youth Offending Team or equivalent. This is a great improvement on last year and we are really impressed with the hard work and effort you have put into making this a reality.

Our YCAP strategic actions for 2013-2015 have been completed, and we are now developing the next iteration of the work programme. We fill you in on the details below.

The YCAP team wish you a fun-filled holiday season spending time with your family and friends. Relax and enjoy the summer weather and we look forward to working with you in 2016.

And a special message from New Zealand Police: 

Most of what we do is designed to help others, so let’s take time to focus on ourselves as practitioners. We have a number of demands placed on us throughout the year and will naturally be feeling tired. So the message is similar to those we spend the year helping:

• DRIVING: Pay attention to your manner of driving AT ALL TIMES over the summer break
• Share the driving or have regular breaks
• Watch your speed
• If you have been drinking consider not driving at all
• This year the road toll is already higher than last (311 vs 280 deaths). Please take all reasonable steps not to add to that statistic.

Here's what you will find in the newsletter this month:

• YCAP Refresh update
• Partnering with communities and YOTs
• Community spotlight: Counties West YCAP
• Consultation open on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
• Science Advisor appointed for the Justice sector
• Data allows Government to identify and protect at-risk youth
• What works? Demonstrate your effectiveness and keep improving your practice
• Rangatahi Courts receive the Australian Institute of Judicial Administration Award
• Changes to Ministry of Youth Development announced
• Timely review of whether integrated social services make a difference – from a NZ and international perspective
• New evaluation report on community-led 'It's not OK' campaigns
• Youth Fund 2016 recipients announced
• Celebrating remarkable young people in care

Click here to read more

Greetings,
 
With the weather warming up and the party season upon us it’s a good time to remind people not to drink alcohol if there’s any chance of pregnancy. As an organisation that supports the key message underpinning HPA’s alcohol and pregnancy work (‘Stop drinking alcohol if you could be pregnant, are pregnant or are trying to get pregnant. There is no known safe level of alcohol consumption during pregnancy’), we’re keen to update you on recent activities, including:
 
·         a new resource for health professionals
·         the Don’t know? Don’t drink summer campaign
·         upcoming consultation for the FASD Action Plan.
   
New resource for health professionals – attached
Primary health care teams have a significant influence on women’s decisions about alcohol use during pregnancy. Research tells us that women expect health professionals to give them advice about drinking alcohol during pregnancy but this doesn’t happen consistently. On the advice of our Sector Leaders’ Group HPA has developed a short resource to encourage health professionals to ask women about their alcohol use and advise them not to drink alcohol if they are pregnant or planning a pregnancy (resource attached).
 
The resource is being mailed out to nearly 6,000 primary health care providers around the country in January, including GPs, youth clinics, sexual health clinics, school health nurses and Well Child Tamariki Ora providers. The resource can also be ordered or downloaded from alcoholpregnancy.org.nz.
 
Don’t know? Don’t drinksummer campaign
The second wave of HPA’s alcohol and pregnancy campaign Don’t know? Don’t drink started 9 December and will run until June 2016. The online video and banners encouraging women to stop drinking alcohol if there is any chance they could be pregnant will be appearing in a range of digital environments, including Facebook feeds, TV on Demand and YouTube.

During the first wave of the campaign (June to September 2015), the online video was viewed on Facebook more than 151,000 times and generated a lot of discussion. During this second wave, the video will be run over a longer period of time, but will appear less often. This will be backed up by online banners, Facebook advertising and posts, and posters placed in bars and at festivals over summer. Subject experts and well-known New Zealanders will also support the campaign messages.
The target audience is young women aged 18-30 years who drink at medium to high levels. Research shows that this group has a busy social life and interacts with many types of media in the course of a typical day.
You can support the campaign by liking our Facebook page (click here to visit Don’t know? Don’t drink page). Printed resources for local promotion of Don’t know? Don’t drink campaign messages can be found at alcoholpregnancy.org.nz. This includes resources to support health professionals to talk with women about the risks of drinking while pregnant, posters to display in community settings frequented by young women (eg, student accommodation, hospitality venues and tertiary institutions) and evidence and research about alcohol and pregnancy.

FASD Action Plan
To help inform the FASD Action Plan, the Ministry of Health is due to release a discussion document for consultation in mid-December. This document outlines the evidence and key issues around FASD and proposes key principles, high level outcomes and action areas for a more effective response. 

The Ministry wants to test these with stakeholders to help drive the direction of the Action Plan and prioritise actions. Questions will be provided to help guide submissions but free and frank feedback is encouraged. Consultation will be open until the 26^th of February.
 
Contact Catherine McCullough for more information (Catherine_McCullough@moh.govt.nz) and keep an eye out for the release of the consultation document and submissions link.
  
For more information about HPA's alcohol and pregnancy work programme visit alcoholpregnancy.org.nz or contact Fiona Imlach (f.imlach@hpa.org.nz).
 
Best wishes for a safe and happy festive season.
 
Kind regards
Cath Edmondson
Manager, Alcohol and Pregnancy Programme
 
Health Promotion Agency (HPA)

Health Connections Training Workshop Schedule 2016

Event	Location	Date	Tickets
Auckland
Introduction to HEEADSSS	Onehunga, Auckland	25th January	https://introheeadsssakld.eventbrite.co.nz
What Comes After HEEADSSS	Onehunga, Auckland	24th March	https://introheeadsssakld.eventbrite.co.nz
Youth Health literacy	Onehunga, Auckland	1st April	http://yhlitauckland.eventbrite.co.nz
Introduction to HEARTS	Onehunga, Auckland	26th Feb	http://introheartsauckland.eventbrite.co.nz
Whangarei
Introduction to HEEADSSS	Whangarei	29th Feb	http://introheeadssswhangarei.eventbrite.co.nz
What Comes After HEEADSSS	Whangarei	18th April	http://wcaheeadssswhangarei.eventbrite.co.nz
Introduction to HEARTS	Whangarei	30th May	http://introheartswhangarei.eventbrite.co.nz
Youth Health literacy	Whangarei	13th June	http://yhlitwhangarei.eventbrite.co.nz

Introduction to HEEADSSS	Hamilton	14th March
What Comes After HEEADSSS	Hamilton	2nd May
Introduction to HEARTS	Hamilton	23rd May
Youth Health literacy	Hamilton	27th June

Please see attached the latest Court in the Art  - an e magazine for the youth justice community. 

CIA Issue 71.pdf

A Thought Leader Roundtable on Putting Youth at the Center of Efforts to Redesign Learning Opportunities   Free Conference Call and Discussion - (This is USA based) Dec. 10, 11 a.m. ET   Authentically involving young people in efforts to reimagine learning in school and afterschool can be transformative, but it's not easy to do.   In this upcoming free thought leadership conversation, join Karen Pittman as she talks with TJ Delahanty, manager of Out-of-School Time Initiatives at Metro United Way in Louisville, and Norman Harris, a young person from Memphis, Tenn. Both cities' efforts to rethink expanded learning opportunities in order to close equity gaps were featured in the recent America's Promise report, Expanded Learning, Expanded Opportunity: How Four Communities Are Working to Improve Education for Their Students. Learn about the impact of young people's involvement in the work, and how to more meaningfully involve students and other youth in efforts in your community.     Find out more and register now.

Kia ora FANNZ

Counting down shopping days means one thing – it’s summer and time for a break!  Before you sign off though, spare a thought for our kids with FASD and their families and caregivers at this time.  There is no break from FASD and this time of year can be challenging; changes in routines; difficulty finding carers to help; attending functions where people ‘don’t get FASD’ etc.  For a family living with FASD, such things can turn calm into calamity in a flash.  Lets reflect what they might need from us in the coming year! 

Some of these issues will be the focus of the first important FASD workshop announcement attached this coming Feb 2016 - FASD: Moving Forward Workshops with International Guests speakers from Canada, Dr Jaqueline Pei, Associate Professor of Psychology and Ms Tracy Mastrangelo Coordinator of the ‘WRaP’ project in Alberta.  There will be four workshops, Whangarei on 16^th, Rotorua on 18^th, Nelson on 23^rd and Christchurch on 25^tt Feb.  At such a minimal cost to attend! 

Also attached is an opportunity to attend the 3^rd Positive Path International Conference in January which includes Professor Elizabeth Elliott from Australia speaking on FASD.  Earlybird registration rates for this conference end on 12 Dec.

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) workshops.pdf

Positive Path Int 26-27 Jan Conference Programme and Registration Form.pdf

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Australian 4 Corners Documentary on FASD

http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/stories/2015/11/02/4341366.htm

The Australian documentary TV show “Four Corners” aired an in-depth program on families living with FASD titled “Hidden Harm.” The show description reads: “In this confronting story, we take you into the lives of three everyday Australian families grappling with the consequences of drinking in pregnancy.  The children face a devastating range of problems, from behavioral issues to learning difficulties… Best projections indicate it could affect more than half a million Australians.”
- ABC TV, Australia.

Beer industry adverts to target women

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11548578

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Ngā mihi nui

Christine Rogan

Health Promotion Advisor and FASD Project Coordinator

 

Level 1, 27 Gillies Ave, Newmarket, Auckland

*: P.O. Box 99407, Newmarket, Auckland 1149

(: (09) 520 7037(09) 520 7037 (09) 520 7037(09) 520 7037 I christine@ahw.org.nz

:: www.ahw.org.nz  www.fan.org.nz

Online training on the basics of the Privacy Act and the Health Information Privacy Code. This training is a great way to educate doctors on the their rights and obligations when it comes to personal information.
 
It’s online, so people can dip in and out when it suits them, and it’s free. It’s a great way to stay on top of legal privacy obligations. You can sign up for the various education modules at www.privacy.org.nz/e-learning.
 
Attached are a couple of PDFs of some cards we recently had designed. 

OPC eLearning card 1.pdf

OPC eLearning card 2.pdf 

If you have any questions, please contact:  
Sam Grover
Communications Adviser
 
Office of the Privacy Commissioner Te Mana Matapono Matatapu
PO Box 10094, The Terrace, Wellington 6011
Level 8, 109-111 Featherston St, Wellington, New Zealand
P +64 4 494 7081+64 4 494 7081 +64 4 494 7081+64 4 494 7081
M +64 21 959 050+64 21 959 050 +64 21 959 050+64 21 959 050
E  sam.grover@privacy.org.nz
www.privacy.org.nz

Live Auckland, Love Auckland, Give Auckland Season’s Greetings to all our donors, friends, supporters, and ACF Whanau. As 2015 draws to a close we can reflect on a year of growth and change at Auckland Communities Foundation.  Our family of donors and the funds under our management have increased significantly, as people understand what we do and how we can help people to more effectively help others. ACF’s endowment funds are becoming popular as they are an appealing way of giving both now and long into the future. We’ve been looking at how philanthropy contributes to making cities great, what drives individual philanthropy and the issues which philanthropists are concentrating on both here and internationally.  The results of our research will be released over the coming year and the aim is that this will serve to inform and inspire Aucklanders to give in support of community development. Read the full article here.

For more information on grants or community projects click here

"Facing Virtual Reality"

Digital Media-Impact on Practice

Managing professional and personal safety in a changing world

Please find attached a flyer advertising the NZNO Medico Legal Seminar to be held at Waipuna Hotel & Conference Centre, Mt Wellington, Auckland on Wednesday 10 February 2016.  Registration and programme on line  www.nzno.org.nz.  Numbers are limited.

Click here to open flyer

READYNEWS

News & resources from the Forum and the field about collaborative work to get young people ready by 21.

In This Issue: 

• Forum Happenings 
  
• Adolescent Health 
  
• National Meeting 
  
• Collective Impact