by Hannah Danson | 14 Jun 2019 | Children and young people, Community support, VSF news |
In the run-up to Small charity Week, Claire of Cornwall VSF has been interviewing some of the people who are key figures in the voluntary sector in Cornwall. We begin with Mari Eggins and Judith Hann. Mari Eggins Chief Executive, Carefree Cornwall CIC....
by Hannah Danson | 11 Jun 2019 | Children and young people |
(From the Sustain Food Poverty Campaign) Healthy Start vouchers help low-income pregnant women and parents buy fruit, vegetables, milk and infant formula. And yet last year 35% of eligible families in England and Wales missed out on this important benefit, a loss of...
by Hannah Danson | 10 Jun 2019 | Children and young people |
**UPDATE** Following the original post of this, on 28 May, five wonderful people have stepped forward to be the representatives for their area – huge thanks to them! Lisa Pedley, Project Support Co-ordinator, is looking for someone to represent the Caradon area,...
by Claire Watkins | 31 May 2019 | Children and young people, Community support, Culture and recreation, Health care and wellbeing |
A selection of the awareness-raising and celebration events taking place during June. Other occasions are available… The whole of June SANDS (Stillbirth and neonatal death charity) Awareness Month To raise awareness of the facts and impacts relating to neonatal...
by Hannah Danson | 28 May 2019 | Children and young people, Health care and wellbeing, Public sector |
Six Local Family Partnerships are being set up, to improve outcomes for children, young people and families across Cornwall. With one in each locality area, the Partnerships are comprised of multi-agency staff from education providers at all levels, early years,...
by Hannah Danson | 16 May 2019 | Children and young people, Community support, Funding and grants, Health care and wellbeing |
Funding from national sources for various types of project. Mental Health Bupa UK Foundation – Mental Health Funding Programme 2019 Grants are available to not-for-profit organisations in the UK for practical projects that tackle critical challenges in health and...
by Hannah Danson | 16 May 2019 | Children and young people, Funding and grants, Health care and wellbeing |
Update on new around schools and children’s health Applications open to beat Holiday Hunger this summer Cornwall Council’s Wellbeing and Public Health Team are seeking applications for the 2019 Filling the Holiday Gap grant scheme to provide free enrichment...
by Hannah Danson | 8 May 2019 | Children and young people, Criminal justice / community safety |
We have been asked to share the following letter regarding Cornwall’s response to Child Exploitation, from Mari Eggins, the VCSE rep on Cornwall’s Missing and Exploitation Group Dear Colleagues There will be a Quality Assurance and Scrutiny Panel in...
by Hannah Danson | 7 May 2019 | Children and young people, Culture and recreation, Health care and wellbeing |
The Wave Project have announced that they have been chosen for a BBC Children in Need funding award focused on children’s mental health. The three-year grant of £296,940 will go towards their Prescription Surf programme, which aims to develop a social prescribing...
by Hannah Danson | 1 May 2019 | Children and young people, Health care and wellbeing |
A quick round-up of children’s health stories in the news recently. Childhood obesity under-recognised Many health professionals and parents underestimate the degree to which children are overweight, according to a new study. This news comes alongside figures...
by Hannah Danson | 30 Apr 2019 | Children and young people, Environment and nature, Health care and wellbeing |
A quick round-up of some of the awareness occasions during May. If any of these are something that resonates with your organisation’s aims, then get involved online or by organising events, to help raise your profile. The whole of May Make May Purple/ Action on...
by Hannah Danson | 24 Apr 2019 | Children and young people |
There have been a couple of stories in the news recently around children’s welfare. Changes to the Divorce laws it has been announced that divorce laws are changing, to remove the necessity to ‘blame’ one party of the other, inorder to obtain...
by Hannah Danson | 17 Apr 2019 | Children and young people, Equality and diversity, Older people, Public sector |
**Deadline has been extended to 3 May Cornwall Council has asked us to seek your views on their efforts to improve the customer experience for vulnerable customers. They say: We are trying hard to improve customer experience and meet the commitments in our Customer...
by Hannah Danson | 4 Apr 2019 | Children and young people, Health care and wellbeing, Housing and related services |
A selection of education-related news stories recently. Home Educated children – consultation Following a significant rise in the numbers of children being home educated, and concerns around the safety of some of these children – and the robustness...
by Hannah Danson | 1 Apr 2019 | Children and young people, Health care and wellbeing |
A brief update on some health-related stories that have been in the news recently. Children’s Centres warning The Local Government Association has warned that underfunding will cause more Children’s Centres to close, with over 1,000 having closed in the last decade...
by Hannah Danson | 26 Mar 2019 | Children and young people, Employment and skills |
Ambitions is a new project, set up by Careers South West and ESF funded. Its aim is to get young people 15-24 years old who are not in education or employment, back on to the path to employment, with a programme that is individualised to them. There are several...
by Hannah Danson | 25 Mar 2019 | Children and young people, Health care and wellbeing |
Cornwall Sports Partnership (CSP) funded by Public Health Cornwall and working with the Youth Sport Trust (YST) launch Healthy Movers in Cornwall to encourage young people aged 3 to 5 to move more! The Healthy Movers programme will work with Early Years settings in...
by Hannah Danson | 19 Mar 2019 | Advice advocacy and legal, Children and young people, Health care and wellbeing |
Inspire Cornwall CIC, the social enterprise behind the original paper DadPad, has launched the DadPad app, a resource for new dads. Cornwall Council and NHS Kernow commissioned the Cornwall-specific version of the app, full of information about becoming a parent, as...
by Hannah Danson | 18 Mar 2019 | Children and young people |
The Government will be closing the National Adoption Register at the end of March, meaning that this national list of hard-to-place children will no longer be available to placement agencies. It is currently operated by children’s charity Coram, under the name...
by Hannah Danson | 18 Mar 2019 | Children and young people, Education and training, Health care and wellbeing |
Cornwall Council has announced that it will be building a special school in Bodmin, with 65 places for children aged 5-16. The school will become a centre of excellence for pupils who have Social Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) needs and education, health and care...
