Dr Ian Bownes obituary Saddened to hear of the passing of Dr Ian Bownes , Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist whom I worked alongside as I started out in my sw forensic / psychiatric career-⁦Western Trust⁩ theguardian.com/society/2025/a…

Delighted to have been asked to speak at ⁦Soroptimist International⁩ Inspiring Women conference ⁦Hilton Hotels⁩ on Ending Violence Against Women and Girls with ⁦White Ribbon NI⁩ & ⁦Haileigh Ashton Lamont⁩-thanks to Jillian Patchett Boyce for the invite ⁦Gareth McGibbon⁩

The inspiring Sheila Smyth speaking ⁦Soroptimist International⁩ international North - South conference about addiction and recovery. Importance of challenging what people think alcoholism looks like , what recovery journey means and the origins of childhood trauma / adult abuse

Absolutely astounding action by The Camogie Association rather than proactively support what players feel is right for them in order to play their sport - to postpone the final instead is regressive- I support these elite female athletes to have the right to have their voice respected

A heartfelt thank you to Haileigh, Tahnee, and Marcella for sharing your powerful messages to end violence against women and girls. Your courage and advocacy are deeply inspiring. #soroptimist #sigbi #soroptimistniroi #InspiringWomen2025 Marcella Leonard #whiteribbon #changemakers

And finally we have arrived - opening day of ⁦NOTA⁩ conference in Belfast - launching the poster of the review of AIM with 800 practitioners globally as to how they find applying the models to their practice - overwhelmingly positive feedback ⁦THE AIM PROJECT⁩

And we are off for day 2 ⁦NOTA⁩ conference in Belfast opened by ⁦Gareth McGibbon⁩ introducing ⁦Stephanie O'Keefe⁩ from Cuan and Parveen Ali discussing domestic and sexual violence

Risk assessing in sport and wider voluntary sector challenges and its role in prevention - really engaging workshop with Marcella Leonard and Paul Stephenson at NOTA Conference

Thankyou ⁩ ⁦Paul Stephenson⁩ for the joint workshop today ⁦NOTA⁩ conference-we spoke about safeguarding in sport and the role of risk assessment to effectively identify risk persons not just investigating incidents ⁦SafeSportInternational⁩ ⁦Gareth McGibbon⁩

Millions more affected by domestic abuse - new survey - BBC News these stats do not surprise but whether they make any difference to the continued delay in effective action by ⁦Justice NI⁩ ⁦Department of Health⁩ ⁦ bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

So proud of this series! We couldn’t have made it without Prof Jane Monckton Smith OBE who shared her groundbreaking work with us, and the amazing Amybeth who presented it with such care 🫶 Huge thanks also to Kelly Andrews Women's Aid NI and Marcella Leonard BBC Radio Ulster

Sarah McGlinchey Prof Jane Monckton Smith OBE Amybeth Kelly Andrews Marcella Leonard Great podcast. I really enjoyed it. Well deserved

Many congrats Sarah McGlinchey on your award and bringing the reality of femicide to the public awareness 👏👏

Michelle welcomed Marcella Leonard to the PBNI stall at the recent NOTA conference. Michelle & Collette took the opportunity to speak to many #PublicProtection professionals attending. Read about Probation's work around public protection pbni.org.uk/public-protect…

Sarah Montgomery: Murder victim was a 'kind and wonderful mother' - BBC News-Deepest sympathy to Sarah’s family-lack of real commitment by ⁦Justice NI⁩ & ⁦Department of Health⁩ re DV is reality in NI-no vision to make the changes ⁦Gareth McGibbon⁩ bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Children accessing 'vile porn' on social media, warns safeguarding chief - BBC News Impt issues raised by Bernie McNally Chair ⁦Safeguarding Board for Northern Ireland⁩ part of her discussion to NI committee on how technology increases risk in abuse committees.parliament.uk/event/24678/fo… bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Congratulations Colin Reid your vision for SW in education has been in part realised but as you say it needs investment to be truly embedded. Good luck and best wishes for the next chapter which I look forward to hearing about 👏👏

Marcella Leonard Every day a school day in education and every I day I realised how little I really knew Education plays a key role in protecting children and much still to be done to help social workers, teachers and other professionals in education with this task Paul Givan

As Chair and on behalf of the NI Safeguarding Sport Strategic Group we wish to extend our deepest condolences to the Rutledge and Whyte families for their loss. We also extend our thoughts to all the sports clubs Vanessa,James and Sara were members of. Ulster GAA Paul Stephenson

Catfishing victim urges young people to 'tell someone about abuse' My input highlights the reality of catfishing but also wider agencies needing to stop seeing technology abuse as ‘no contact’ and not as harmful ⁦Gareth McGibbon⁩ ⁦Dr Jennifer Allotey⁩ bbc.com/news/articles/…