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📣 Could you join the Independent Monitoring Board at the adolescent Secure Care Home? There is an Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) attached to every prison, including the Isle of Man Prison and this provision includes the adolescent Secure Care Home. Board members act as Independent Custody Visitors (ICV), this involves a wide range of responsibilities. You will be responsible for monitoring visits to examine how people are treated; the conditions of the establishment and the range of activities available. You will listen and respond to comments raised by the young people and seek solutions to issues raised. This is a voluntary role but members of the Board are compensated for their time and reasonable expenses for attending meetings. Applications close on Friday 1 November. Find out more 👇 https://lnkd.in/ezGZ9h2Q

Two new Public Health leadership appointments have been announced in roles vital to support the Island Plan strategy for better health and wellbeing for all Isle of Man residents. Dr Matt Tyrer joined on Monday 30 September as Director of Public Health Isle of Man from Cheshire East Council in the UK, where he has been Director of Public Health for the last five years. Dr Tyrer is also an honorary lecturer in public health at Keele University. He will lead the team with a focus on long term population health for the Island. In November Dr Ross Keat joins the Island’s public health team as a Consultant in Public Health to take the lead in the development and delivery of Public Health healthcare and health protection. Dr Keat will also deputise for the new Director as required. A trained doctor with more than a decade of public health experience, at Cheshire East Council Dr Tyrer led an award-winning team through the COVID-19 pandemic, chaired Cheshire and Merseyside Public Health Collaborative, and developed Cheshire East Council as a public health training and development location. He said: ‘I want to bring my passion for improving health and wellbeing to this spectacular and unique island community. I firmly believe that we can do things now that will make things better for ourselves, our children and generations to come and I look forward to working to create a healthy and happy future for the Isle of Man.’ In his current role as Public Health Consultant with Knowsley Council in the UK, Dr Keat is the lead for health protection, overseeing vaccinations, screening, sexual health, tobacco cessation, social prescribing, and oral health. He said: ‘I am thrilled to be joining the Isle of Man’s public health team, building on the excellent work of colleagues on the Island before me.’ Dr Keat is a qualified dentist, has worked across public health portfolios since 2017, and he has worked as a core trainee in Maxillofacial Surgery. Dr Keat is a Fellow within the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, and of the Faculty of Public Health.

Around 1,400 young people will have the chance to dive into a world of career and lifelong learning opportunities at Employment and Skills 2024. 📅 Date: Thursday 7 November 📍 Location: Villa Marina, Douglas The event, hosted by the Department of Education, Sport, and Culture, will connect students with around 60 exhibitors from sectors like creative industries, finance, STEM, and uniformed services, helping them explore potential career paths and gain valuable advice for the future. It’s a fantastic opportunity for young people to learn directly from industry professionals, hear real-world insights, and understand how lifelong learning can open doors. Daphne Caine MHK, Minister for Education, Sport and Culture, said: “This event helps students at key transition points explore the many career pathways available in the Isle of Man. We encourage young people to make the most of this unique opportunity.” 💼 Adults interested in new career paths and parents wishing to accompany their secondary school-aged children are welcome between 2:30pm and 5pm. Find out more 👉 https://ow.ly/ARUZ50TTe1R 🎓 #EmploymentSkills2024

⚠️ Consultation is under way as part of a ‘Living Streets’ initiative to explore how to improve the general environment and accessibility within residential areas of Castletown. Isle of Man Department of Infrastructure Highway Services is asking for people’s views as part of the process, which aims to create streets and places that are easy to move around, are safe and community-based. 📝 Feedback can be provided through an online survey available until Tuesday 21 January on the Isle of Man Government consultation hub: https://lnkd.in/eGTbDiF2 Views are essential in drafting a design that will address the needs of the community. 🗨️ Areas contributors may wish to consider could include: • Reducing non-essential traffic using the area as a shortcut • Making some roads/streets one-way • Making it easier for people to walk, wheel and cycle • Slowing down traffic • Improving on-road parking 🧑🤝🧑Two drop-in sessions will be held next month to enable people to express their views in person. They will take place at Castletown Civic Centre on: Wednesday 13 November, between 10am and midday; and Thursday 21 November between 2pm and 4pm.

Did you know the Isle of Man has taken proactive steps to protect farm animals, including cattle and sheep, against the notifiable Bluetongue virus? 🐑 🐄 With BTV-3 cases rising in the UK, it's crucial to stay vigilant, even though the Isle of Man remains unaffected at this time. Farmers are encouraged to monitor their animals closely for clinical signs, including lameness, mouth lesions, and loss of appetite, and to report any concerns to DEFA immediately by calling 685844. Find out more 👉 https://ow.ly/HYIb50TRFGi

The Treasury Minister wants to start a national conversation to guarantee the long-term future and sustainability of the Manx National Insurance Fund. What is the Manx National Insurance Fund? The Fund is topped up each year by the amount that is left over after National Insurance (NI) contributions from working people have paid for the majority of benefits and state pensions. It has been in place since 1948, but since then life expectancy has increased and people are claiming their state pensions for longer. Over the coming years, forecasts show that there will no longer be a surplus available to pay into the Fund. Instead, the situation is set to reverse with money needing to be withdrawn from the Fund to make up a shortfall in NI contributions. Unless changes are made, the Manx National Insurance Fund - which currently stands at £1.07 billion - will be exhausted in just over 20 years’ time, by 2047/48. The Treasury is in the process of exploring the paths available to address the future funding issues and a document highlighting the situation and options available has been published on the Tynwald Register of Business ahead of the November sitting. Read it here: https://lnkd.in/e45kdurz The document aims to prompt discussions to both ensure the financial stability of the social security scheme as well as fairness across the generations. A further consideration is that the Isle of Man should have NI rates which remain competitive with other jurisdictions. Introducing the document, Treasury Minister Dr Alex Allinson MHK said in his foreword: ‘This sets out some of the options that Treasury has been considering to address the long-term funding issues that the Scheme is facing. ‘I believe we need a national conversation about how we preserve the long-term future of our state pension system both for the pensioners of today, and of tomorrow. ‘Over the coming months I will be engaging with Tynwald Members to develop a plan that will ensure the long-term sustainability of the current scheme. A further report will be provided prior to next year’s Budget.’ Delivering a National Insurance Review is a planned action within Our Island Plan under the theme ‘A strong and diverse economy’. Read the full news release: https://lnkd.in/e7MC7BEg

🦆🐥 Attention Bird Keepers 🐣🐓 With migratory birds on the move and colder temperatures approaching, the risk of #BirdFlu rises. Now's the time to protect your flock! Strengthen your #biosecurity measures to keep your birds safe this winter. #AvianInfluenza

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Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal returned to the Isle of Man on Thursday for a visit to Cathedral Isle of Man and the House of Manannan in Peel. The Princess Royal is patron of The Cathedral Church of Saint German Peel Development Appeal. At a Thanksgiving Service at the cathedral Her Royal Highness unveiled an engraved floor stone commemorating the £2 million reordering of the cathedral. The building now also functions as a community space and some of the appeal donors, project architects and engineers who have supported and worked on the restoration and rearrangement of the cathedral were presented to The Princess Royal. In the afternoon Her Royal Highness moved on to the House of Manannan, where Sea Cadets lined the entrance and flag-waving local schoolchildren were among spectators. The Princess Royal viewed the ‘All at Sea’ exhibition which celebrates the bicentennial year of the RNLI. It uncovers some of the tragic events in Manx waters which motivated Manx resident, Sir William Hillary, to establish the national maritime lifesaving institution the RNLI, 200 years ago. At the exhibition’s feature ‘The RNLI on the Isle of Man today’, operational managers for the Island’s RNLI stations briefed Her Royal Highness on the creation of the organisation. RNLI staff and representatives from the fishing and farming industries, from local businesses and from heritage, culture and community organisations were presented to her Her Royal Highness. There was music from ‘Mine’s a Shanty’ singers and the Mariners Choir. Her Royal Highness signed the House of Manannan visitors’ book and was presented with a posy by nine-year-old Aalish Williams.