by Hannah Danson | 28 Nov 2018 | Children and young people, Health care and wellbeing |
article from the Safer Cornwall newsletter The Self Harm prevention programme ‘Mind and Body’, delivered by Addaction Young Peoples’ team, YZUP, has won the Innovation in CYPMH at the National Positive Practice in Mental Health Awards . Winning this award will give...
by Hannah Danson | 22 Nov 2018 | Children and young people, Health care and wellbeing |
Bude Hi 5 Talk Time Cafe is seeking volunteers on Tuesdays in Term Time, from 10.30-12.30. The cafe is for families with pre-school children with additional needs. For more information, email hi-5talktimecafe@hotmail.com or see their Facebook page. North and...
by Hannah Danson | 13 Nov 2018 | Children and young people, Equality and diversity |
It is Anti Bullying Week this week, from 12-16 November, organised by the Any Bullying Alliance. The theme this year is ‘Choose Respect’. You can get involved in the activities of the week and support it online with #antibullyingweek and #abw2018. Money...
by Hannah Danson | 6 Nov 2018 | Children and young people, Community support |
Yesterday saw the launch of the Cornwall Christmas Box scheme for 2018, inviting members of the public to collect ‘Christmas dinner in a box’ for a family of 4-6. The boxes can be dropped off at Collection Points across Cornwall (there were 30 at time of...
by Hannah Danson | 5 Nov 2018 | Children and young people, Criminal justice / community safety |
RJ Working, the Cornwall-based restorative justice CIC has sent out their November newsletter, with lots of positive stories about RJ, including RJ in schools. Multi-agency training is available for adults who work with young people across the health and education...
by Hannah Danson | 30 Oct 2018 | Children and young people, Criminal justice / community safety |
We have been asked to share a survey with you relating to gang- and weapon-related violence, on behalf of the Missing and Exploitation Group. The purpose of the survey is to assess local intelligence about the prevalence of gang culture and/or weapon crimes in...
by Hannah Danson | 30 Oct 2018 | Children and young people, Education and training, Employment and skills |
CSW has been given £3.8m of ESF funding to support over 3,000 unemployed and inactive young people (aged 15-24), to explore skills and career aspirations. This project, to be known as Ambitions, will enhance the existing careers service in Cornwall and the Isles of...
by Hannah Danson | 26 Oct 2018 | Children and young people, Criminal justice / community safety |
Charity Operation Encompass has been awarded £163,000 to support children who attend school following a domestic abuse incident. Operation Encompass is a system which ensures the police contact a school before the next school day when one of their pupils has been...
by Hannah Danson | 22 Oct 2018 | Children and young people, Public sector |
Working together to improve outcomes for children, young people and families in your area Further to our earlier news item, we have been informed of rearranged dates for Cornwall Council’s Making Integration Happen workshops, regarding co-designing...
by Hannah Danson | 12 Oct 2018 | Children and young people, Health care and wellbeing |
The Prime Minister has appointed the first ever Suicides Minister, on world Mental Health Awareness Day, as part of a series of measures to reduce the numbers of people who are taking their own lives in the UK. Jackie Doyle-Price was the Health Minister before her...
by Hannah Danson | 4 Oct 2018 | Children and young people, Equality and diversity |
Marks and Spencer has launched an easy-dressing range of children’s clothes, to accommodate the special clothing requirements of disabled children. Innovations include: extra space for casts pockets or portholes for feeding tubes super-soft materials hidden care...
by Hannah Danson | 28 Sep 2018 | Children and young people, Community support, Environment and nature, Funding and grants, Health care and wellbeing, Public sector |
Funding opportunities that are closing soon – health and wellbeing, financial literacy skills or the environment, working with disadvantaged communities, long-term stability in offender rehabilitation, projects connected with the railways, and hard-to-reach...
by Hannah Danson | 19 Sep 2018 | Children and young people |
New guidance is being issued this autumn regarding the actions to take around parental alienation. This is the name given to the turning of a child against a parent by the other parent during a divorce. It does not have a precise definition, and can be seen along a...
by Hannah Danson | 14 Sep 2018 | Children and young people, Health care and wellbeing |
A couple of food-related enquiries or consultations are taking place at the moment, as flagged up by the Food Poverty Group. Children’s Future Food Inquiry Do you know children who struggle to access enough food or nutritious diets? Then share your stories with...
by Hannah Danson | 11 Sep 2018 | Children and young people, Public sector |
Working together to improve outcomes for children, young people and families in your area Cornwall Council would like to invite interested organisations to a workshop about how everyone can work together to build on our existing ways of working to co-design...
by Hannah Danson | 6 Sep 2018 | Advice advocacy and legal, Children and young people |
Young people who are just turning 16 are among the first to gain control of the Child Trust Funds set up in their names by the government in 2005. Every child born between 1 September 2002 and 2 January 2011 (when the government cancelled the scheme) was eligible for...
by Hannah Danson | 28 Aug 2018 | Children and young people, Health care and wellbeing |
Recent news round-up covering health and food. Children with Type 2 diabetes A rise in type 2 diabetes in young people has been recorded, with more than 75% of those diagnosed also being obese. Type 2 diabetes is caused when the body cannot produce enough insulin to...
by Hannah Danson | 16 Aug 2018 | Children and young people, Culture and recreation, Education and training, Funding and grants |
Funding for small local groups to become sustainable, for increasing participation in rowing for children and disabled people, for disabled, sick or life-limited children, and for small groups overcoming barriers to participation in physical activities. Heart of...
by Hannah Danson | 10 Aug 2018 | Children and young people, Education and training, Employment and skills |
The following press release has been issued by the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Growth Programme, on behalf of CSW. Cornwall 15-24 year olds Not in Employment, Education or Training urged to take advantage of £1.1 million to develop skills and progress onto a range of...
by Hannah Danson | 9 Aug 2018 | Children and young people, Health care and wellbeing |
The Government’s plan to tackle childhood obesity took another step forward at the end of June, with the publication of ‘Chapter 2’. The report opens: Childhood obesity is one of the biggest health problems this country faces. Nearly a quarter of...
