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...
by Hannah Danson | 8 Aug 2018 | Children and young people, Health care and wellbeing |
Cornwall Council’s Strategy and Development team issues a policy briefing, weekly (usually), which contains a host of interesting links to government policy matters, consultations, news items and other points of interest. The most recent edition contain so much...
by Hannah Danson | 7 Aug 2018 | Children and young people, Health care and wellbeing |
A report was released by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Autism last week into the delays experienced by people awaiting diagnosis for autism. Under NHS guidelines, children or adults in England who are thought to be autistic are meant to be assessed within three...
by Hannah Danson | 1 Aug 2018 | Children and young people, Health care and wellbeing |
This week, 1-7 August, is World Breastfeeding Week, concerned with the protection, promotion and support of breastfeeding worldwide. The four aims of World Breastfeeding Week’s campaign this year are: INFORM people about the links between good nutrition, food...
by Hannah Danson | 16 Jul 2018 | Children and young people, Community support, Culture and recreation, Environment and nature, Equality and diversity, Funding and grants |
Funding for community schemes near landfill sites, for women’s rights and support, sports clubs, and youth social action Sita Cornwall Trust Deadline 27 July, for grants up to £35,000, for charitable organisations. Successful applicants will receive the full amount of...
by Hannah Danson | 13 Jul 2018 | Children and young people, Criminal justice / community safety |
A charity has come up with an innovative approach to helping girls who are being taken abroad against their will to be married. At a secondary school in inner-city Leeds, girls are being given a metal teaspoon, and encouraged to hide it in their underwear, to trigger...
by Hannah Danson | 10 Jul 2018 | Children and young people, Criminal justice / community safety |
Warnings have been issued over the weekend, following the death of a 15-year-old girl in Camborne after consuming an unknown substance. The drug was in the form of small blue pills marked ‘duplo’ like the lego toy. Three further teenagers were admitted to...
by Hannah Danson | 29 Jun 2018 | Children and young people, Funding and grants, Older people |
Funding for projects for older people, ex-military personnel, young people and urban and rural deprived areas. W G Edwards Foundation Grants between £1,000 and £3,000 for UK charities working with older people (defined as over 60, but some projects for over 50s will...
by Hannah Danson | 26 Jun 2018 | Children and young people, Public sector |
Cornwall Council has issued an update on the Make Integration Happen project, part of the ‘One Vision’ Partnership Plan for services to children, young people and their families in Cornwall and Isles of Scilly. Chapter five of the Plan talks about partners moving...
by Hannah Danson | 21 Jun 2018 | Children and young people, Health care and wellbeing, Public sector |
Cornwall Council, together with the NHS, have launched a Wellbeing and Autism Wheel, as part of their Autism Strategy. The wheel is a new hub for parents and carers, with practical support on how to help your child, the assessment and diagnosis process, and lots of...
by Hannah Danson | 15 Jun 2018 | Children and young people, Health care and wellbeing |
Livewire’s new Heart n’ Soul counselling service for youth mental health is now up and running. The project has been funded by Global Make Some Noise, and is for young people aged 13-21 (and up to 25 in some cases). The service provides counselling and support with...
by Hannah Danson | 14 Jun 2018 | Children and young people, Criminal justice / community safety |
Mari Eggins is the VSF representative on the Missing and Child Sexual Exploitation panel for Cornwall, and CEO of Carefree fostering. She would like to make sure that all VCSE workers in Cornwall are aware of the action that they should take, if they know or suspect...
by Hannah Danson | 12 Jun 2018 | Children and young people, Education and training |
Headstart Kernow are offering free training to people who work with 10-16 year olds, in the area of mental health. This has been provided with Big Lottery funding. The training is free, and can cover topics such as mental health wellbeing in young people self-harm...
by Hannah Danson | 1 Jun 2018 | Children and young people |
Literacy in children A report into early years support has shown that nearly half of 5 and 6-year-olds are at risk of under performing academically because they have a poor vocabulary. The Oxford University Press report also found that by the first year of secondary...
by Hannah Danson | 29 May 2018 | Children and young people, Health care and wellbeing |
Last week there was an announcement that London Mayor Sadiq Khan is consulting on a ban of junk food advertising across London’s transport network. This is part of a strategy to combat child obesity, and comes with other proposals in a draft London Food...
by Hannah Danson | 25 May 2018 | Children and young people, Culture and recreation, Development, Funding and grants, Housing and related services |
Further funding streams, all with open application periods – no deadlines! Ragdoll Foundation Funding is available to support not-for-profit organisations, especially arts organisations, in the UK that are working with children and young people using the arts...
by Hannah Danson | 23 May 2018 | Children and young people, Criminal justice / community safety |
IICSA, the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse has published in interim report, following their inquiry, which heard over a thousand victims and survivors of child sexual abuse tell their stories as part of the Truth Project. The recommendations of the panel...
by Hannah Danson | 23 May 2018 | Children and young people |
A Cornish charity that supports young parents has been named overall winner of the 2018 GSK IMPACT Awards at a ceremony held on Thursday, 17 May at the Science Museum in London. The charity was chosen from this year’s eight winning charities to receive the overall...
