Family Routes

26/10/2026

Families in Dungannon area, check out the events being hosted by Cathy Quinn from Solace in Sound.

🍂🎶 INTRODUCING SOUND & NATURE: A MONTHLY MUSIC & WELLBEING RESET! 🌿💛

✨ A little music, a little nature, and a fresh start to the month. ✨

Would you or someone you support enjoy a little time connecting through music, followed by the opportunity to enjoy the beautiful surroundings of Dungannon Park? 💚

Solace in Sound (NI) is delighted to introduce SOUND & NATURE: welcoming, inclusive music therapy sessions for non-speaking and non-verbal children and adults alike.

💛 Children and adults are equally welcome, along with their families, carers and support workers.

🎵 Through music, rhythm, interaction and shared experiences, we'll explore connection, communication and creativity in a relaxed, supportive and inclusive environment.

🌿 AND AFTER THE MUSIC, WHY NOT ENJOY A LITTLE NATURE?

Following our session, those who wish to are welcome to join us for a gentle walk around beautiful Dungannon Park, enjoying the fresh air, the autumn colours and a little time together in nature (weather permitting).

Sometimes, the loveliest way to start a new month is to slow down, connect and enjoy the moment. 🍂

📅 OUR NOVEMBER & DECEMBER SESSIONS

🍁 Monday 2 November 2026
❄️ Monday 7 December 2026

🕙 Time:10am–11am
📍 Venue: Fishing Lodge, Dungannon Park

💷 SESSION PRICES

✨ £15 for one session
✨ £25 for both sessions

Please note that payment is non-refundable, so please check your availability before booking.

Whether you come for the music, the connection, the fresh air or simply the chance to enjoy something a little different, we'd love to welcome you. 💛

These sessions are about creating opportunities for connection, expression, creativity and enjoyment in a welcoming space where everyone can participate in their own way.

🎶 Everyone is welcome. Every voice matters. 💚

📩 Interested in joining us? Get in touch to enquire or book your place!

📞 07821 220164
✉️ [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])

🍂🎵 Sound & Nature — connecting through music, reconnecting with nature.

23/10/2026

As Adoption Week draws to a close, we revisit a post from last year highlighting the TESSA service and how it can support Adoptive Families across NI.

With funding in place from the National Lottery until April 2029, TESSA are able to support a wide range of 1-1 and Family Therapeutic support options.

We will also be running a range of workshops, group programmes and wellbeing events to help families connect and engage in activities which help support them.

Together We Are Family

22/10/2026

Adoption Week - Day 4

Many of our families are impacted by FASD yet it is difficult to get a diagnosis and access the correct support.

FASD Ireland can help families navigate this journey and have better outcomes both at home and school.

Learn how to access FASD training in Ireland, choose learning that fits your role, and turn knowledge into compassionate, practical support, with confidence.

21/10/2026

As we travel through Adoption Week we’ve been moved by the stories families have shared about their Adoption journeys.

At the heart of each story is a young person surrounded by a family who love and care for them.

With more and more children needing a safe place to call home, we are so grateful to all the loving parents who have chosen to open their homes and hearts through Adoption.

https://adoptionroutes.co.uk/

20/10/2026

Day 2 of Adoption week 2026.

We have been fortunate to have the new Health Minister Robbie Butler join us for events in the past and it's encouraging to know that he is championing adoption!

Maybe his encouragement to 'Find out More' is something you'd consider this week. Either through your local trust or with ourselves here at Family Routes.

For those already adopting please also hear his and our encouragement that what you are doing and have done is providing adopted children and young people:

'Security, stability and a sense of belonging'.

Department of Health NI

Contact us on: T: 028 9073 6080
E: [email protected]

19/10/2026

💜 So many charities and organisations work tirelessly to support the adoption community.

For Day 1, we’re bringing some of these opportunities together by sharing online events for adopters, adoptees and professionals across Northern Ireland and the UK.

There’s something valuable in connecting, learning and supporting one another. 💛

Adoption UK
📅Early Permanence: experiences, benefits and challenges |Tuesday 20th October | 12 - 1pm

📅Contact after adoption: how relationships and family time are evolving | Wednesday 21st October | 12 - 1pm

📅FASD: Understanding, supporting & strengthening adoptive families | Wednesday 21st October | 7.30 - 8.30pm

https://www.adoptionuk.org/pages/events/category/national-adoption-week-2026

PAC-UK

Tuesday 20 October - Working Therapeutically with Adopted Adults
Exploring the experiences and therapeutic needs of adopted adults, including separation, attachment, reunion and accessing adoption records.
🔗: Register: https://bit.ly/46Ey0d9
3️⃣: Wednesday 21 October - Annalisa Toccara-Jones: Media Narratives, Loss and Adoptee Sense-Making in the UK
Exploring adoption across social media and public discourse, and how adult adoptees make sense of their experiences.
🔗: Register: https://bit.ly/4yWYXF1
4️⃣: Thursday 22 October - Birth Parents Stepping Out of the Shadows: Who We Are and How We Are Represented
A conversation with birth parents about lived experience, identity and representation within the adoption system.
🔗: Register: https://bit.ly/4Awq8bj
5️⃣: Friday 23 October - Listen Up! How Teenage and Young Adult Adoptees Are Informing Adoption Practice
Hear from young people involved in Adopt a Change about sharing lived experience and helping to shape adoption practice.
🔗: Register: https://bit.ly/4hMrasc

Adoption UK Charity Family Action PAC-UK

18/10/2026

For families living in the Belfast or Southern Trust areas ………

Are you a parent or carer resident in the Belfast Trust area who is experiencing child-to-parent violence?

The Walking on Eggshells Non-Violence Resistance Programme is suitable for parents or carers experiencing patterns of behaviour which can impact safety and wellbeing at home 🏠

There are both daytime and evening options available through 8-week online programmes 💻

The daytime version commences on Wednesday 21st October between 10am and 12pm 🌤️

The evening programme commences on Thursday 22nd October from 6pm to 8pm 🌙

👉 Contact 028 90401290 or email [email protected] to make a referral or secure a place on the programme, or scan the QR code on the graphic.

14/10/2026

Upcoming Course Alert ‼️

We have 3 places available on our upcoming Love & Rage parents course.

Designed to help parents unpick and understand the behaviour they may be experiencing at home and look at ways to support a change.

For full information please click the link below ⬇️

https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/GUqVx4ruxA

Check out the link for

10/10/2026

Some excellent online workshops coming up soon with Adoption Uk

🍃 This World Mental Health Day, take time to build your understanding and confidence as an adoptive parent or carer. Our PATH Autumn Series offers expert-led support in small online groups on some of the issues that can have the biggest impact on wellbeing and family life.

🗨️"Very well led and well presented. I enjoyed meeting and talking to other members of the group, who were all very friendly and being able to share thoughts and concerns in a confidential setting." - Feedback from a course participant

All sessions are 2 hours and cost £25 (£20 for AUK members)

📅21st October | 10am - 12pm | Supporting families experiencing child to parent violence

📅2nd November | 10am - 12pm | Impact of early experiences on brain development

📅19th November | 10am - 12pm | Anxiety vs neurodiversity

📅30th November | 10am - 12pm | Magic senses - proprioception

👉Book your place here: https://ow.ly/ZFlV50ZUOTb

02/10/2026

A great project being run by some of our fantastic sessions staff.

Super opportunity for young people to connect in a supportive environment.

What's in a T:BUC camp for your young person?

Are you thinking about sending your young person to our exciting T:BUC programme????

Here's what they'll get out of it.

It's a lot of fun, with games, food and plenty of laughs.

They'll meet other young people from different schools and backgrounds, and lots of people go home with brand new friends.

They'll find out they've more in common than they thought, and together they'll do something that makes a real difference in our Markethill community.

The good news, if you needed any more that is.. its totally free
its open to those aged 11–15

They can come along on thier own or bring a friend.

Places are limited, so get in touch today