by Hannah Danson | 17 Apr 2019 | Children and young people, Equality and diversity, Older people, Public sector |
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 Service Promise. As part of this work,...
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 year olds 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 about becoming a...
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...
by Hannah Danson | 14 Mar 2019 | Children and young people, Health care and wellbeing |
The RecordMeNow app is designed for use by people who are dying, or losing their mental capacity, to record messages for their loved ones, especially for parents with young children. The app prompts with questions about the small mundane things about a person’s...
by Hannah Danson | 8 Mar 2019 | Children and young people, Community support, Environment and nature, Funding and grants |
Another collection of local and national funding opportunities, covering children and young people’s mental health, people in need in the Rame peninsula, charities working in deprived countries, restoration of historical buildings and helping young people...
by Hannah Danson | 4 Mar 2019 | Children and young people |
Cornwall Council’s Family Information Service operates as part of Support in Cornwall, providing information for a variety of groups – adults, families, young carers, youth and for professionals in various areas. They also have a section on the SEND local...
by Hannah Danson | 4 Mar 2019 | Children and young people, Equality and diversity, Health care and wellbeing |
Changes have been announced in the way that children are taught sex education at school, beginning next year. Various topics will be covered that haven’t been on the curriculum before, including FGM – Female Genital Mutilation the menstrual cycle,...
by Hannah Danson | 1 Mar 2019 | Children and young people, Criminal justice / community safety, Culture and recreation, Development, Environment and nature, Equality and diversity, Funding and grants, Health care and wellbeing |
Funding opportunities for – engaging people in ecology, encouraging young people in volunteering, tech for good, teaching swimming, or financial awareness to children, and peace, security, and sustainability. British Ecological Society – Outreach Grants...
by Hannah Danson | 28 Feb 2019 | Children and young people, Health care and wellbeing |
A report by the Nuffield Trust and the Association for Young People’s Health (AYPH) shows that young people aged between 10 and 24 in the UK now experience worse health and wellbeing outcomes than those in many other similar countries. The report looks at the results...
by Hannah Danson | 20 Feb 2019 | Children and young people, Health care and wellbeing |
A group of young food ambassadors aged 10 – 20 have travelled to Westminster to share their experiences of food insecurity with the House of Lords, as part of the Children’s Future Food Inquiry. The inquiry has set out to document the reality of food insecurity for...
by Hannah Danson | 13 Feb 2019 | Children and young people, Funding and grants |
More funding opportunities – closing soon, or without dates. Surviving Winter Fund The Surviving Winter Fund offers financial support to the people at the most risk in Cornwall, helping them to stay warm, active and healthy. Grants are made to charitable...
by Hannah Danson | 12 Feb 2019 | Children and young people |
England’s Children’s Commissioner Anne Longfield has recommended that a compulsory register be kept of children who are being home schooled. Her report shows that there are increasing numbers of children being educated in this way, and “no-one knows...
by Hannah Danson | 12 Feb 2019 | Children and young people |
(from a Press Release from RJ Working) Funding delivered by Co-op Foundation through Building Connections Fund Youth strand RJ Working in Cornwall will help to make school outdoor spaces more accessible for young people over the next three months after being awarded...
by Hannah Danson | 8 Feb 2019 | Children and young people, Health care and wellbeing |
The Woman’s Centre would like to introduce to the work of the YEW (Young Empowered Women) Project. Their aim is to help young women and girls, aged 11-18 years old, who have experienced or are vulnerable to the experience of sexual or domestic violence. Though...
by Hannah Danson | 7 Feb 2019 | Children and young people |
Treverbyn Hall’s school holidays Activity Passport programme is open for applications, for around 30 young people from the Stenalees area. The youngsters, aged 10-14, will be able to access a fantastic range of activities during the school holidays with the...
