December 2008

Here we come a-wassailing
Among the leaves so green,
Here we come a-wand'ring
So fair to be seen.
Love and joy come to you,
And to you your wassail, too,
And God bless you, and send you
A Happy New Year,
And God send you a Happy New Year.

Christmas

"Wassail" is an old English word for a toast similar to "Good Health" and it is also the content of the glass or goblet which was usually spiced or mulled wine or ale.  So, we raise our cups to you and wish you Good Health and happiness in the coming year.   

Hello Everyone and Welcome to our December Newsletter!

We have been working very hard recently getting ready for some exciting changes to our website and hope you enjoy them.

Consultations

As part of the work we do at the Parents' forum we are now going to be doing some on-line consultations for the CYPT. We are very excited about how more parents will be able to easily get their views to the people that make decisions about services for our families. We have been asked to be involved with several new consultations in the New Year, and the best part is you can get more actively involved without leaving your home.

Our First On-line Consultation

Our first On-line Survey is concerning the proposed School Holidays for 2010 - 2011. Yes it is a few school years away, but as most of us have experienced some difficulty with the changes in School Holidays this year this is a great opportunity to have your say!

Click here and click on to get started.

As part of our preparation for on-line consultations we ran a contest to win 4 tickets to the Komedia Comedy Club 4 Kids. To have a chance to win you just had to fill out our Event Survey for our 3rd Annual Autumn Free Family Funday at the Funplex. We are happy to announce the winner.

Click here to find out more.

Children's Consultation from our last Event

Children on 29.10.08

We promised them and here they are. The results of the Children's Consultation have been posted. We loved the kids responses as they have such an interesting view of the world.

Click here to find out what they said.  

The CYPP Document Consultation

Unfortuntely with a document the size and importance of the Children and Young People's Plan sometimes it takes a little while to pull all of the information together. We are expecting the draft document any time now so please keep checking our new consultation section. It will be posted as soon as we receive it and we will be having a draw for one respondent to win a prize.

Meet Vanessa Brown

To find out what Andrew, the Brighton and Hove Parents' Forum Chair, and the Chair of the CYPT Board talked about when they met up recently click here.

The Importance of Fathers

Dad and baby

We were quite interested when we heard about a new campaign designed to encourage more consultations with Fathers on national and local levels.

Click here to find out more.   

Bullying

It is something we all have been touched by either directly or through our family. In honor of Anti-Bullying Week last month we have brought together some of the best websites we have found to help deal with this often soul destroying problem.

Click here to check them out.

Blogs

Bad Dad tells us about his discovery concerning the biggest lie his parents ever told him. Find out as he thinks Is it ever OK to lie to your children?

Trying to get into the Christmas Spirit? Not a Supermum lets you in on how she tries to make the world a little better, as well as herself a lot happier.

Web Link of the Month

This month it is the Relate for Parents website. We love this one and we know you will too.

Click here to find out more about this helpful site.

To check out our other web links click here.

Triple P Tip sheets

From now on every month we will be giving you a new Triple P tip-sheet to help make things easier for you as a parent. We hope you like these as we have found them quite useful when dealing with our own families.

Click here to get this month's tips-sheet.

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We would like to wish you and your familys' a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Thanks for reading!  See you again soon.

The Parents Forum Team