Our early years work in Northern Ireland

Our early years work in Northern Ireland is funded by the Public Health Agency (PHA), and focuses on two strands:

  • supporting the Infant Mental Health agenda in Northern Ireland
  • promoting and supporting the delivery of the Incredible Years parenting programmes with fidelity, as well as supporting other parenting programmes.

We also support the sharing of good practice through our popular monthly Lunchtime Learning webinars held on the last Wednesday of each month – click here to view previous webinars.

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Contact us

For more information on our work in Northern Ireland, please contact our Early Years Programme Manager NI, Claire Phillips at [email protected]

If you deliver or manage Incredible Years programmes across NI, you can access our calendar of support programmes for 2025/26 by contacting our Early Years Project Co-ordinator NI, Seren McKeever [email protected]

You can also sign up to any of our events via our Eventbrite page – follow NCB to stay updated!

  • Infant Mental Health

    We are pleased to provide ongoing support to the PHA for the development and implementation of the infant mental health framework across the region.

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  • Lunchtime Learning Webinars

    Our recorded series of infant mental health ‘Lunchtime Learning’ webinars, hosted by the National Children’s Bureau on behalf of the Public Health Agency.

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  • Parent programmes Hub

    A one-stop shop providing information for implementors, facilitators, researchers, commissioners and accredited mentors of evidence-based parent programmes.

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