Hello everyone,

2009 is coming to a close soon, but we have Christmas to look forward to first. 

As we at the Parents Forum wind down for a few weeks we would like to thank all of you for reading our e-newsletter every month.  We love what we do and we hope all of you have enjoyed reading it and has found it helpful.

From All of Us to all of You and Your Families,

Happy Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Latest News

When Two Chairs Meet

Our Chair Andrew has sat down for a chat with the Chair of the Youth Council, Priya Rogers to find out what it is all about and what makes her tick.

Starling Murmuration Show

If you have never caught the daily aerial show at the seafront in the winter, then you are missing an amazing sight!

VTalent

There is still time to apply to participate in this programs second year if you are under 25 and can commit for 44 weeks in 2010.

Drugs, Alcohol, and Teens

Most things are easier to talk to our children about, but drugs and alcohol are not always an easy subject to broach.

Two New Ways to Use Your Voice

We are big fans of easier ways to allow people to influence the decisions the council makes so we are pretty excited that they coming up with new ways to get more feedback from the residents of this city

Latest Triple P Courses

Here is the list of the first Triple P courses of 2010.

Have Your Say About........

Parents of Teenagers Event

We are in the beginning stages of planning an event for the parents of teenagers, but we need your help. 

Blogs

Join Bad-Dad on a trip to get his daughter the perfect gift as he finds out Is It Really More Blessed to Give Than to Receive?

This month there are Two Random Stories by Not a Supermum.

Wheeliemumma will post something soon. 

Our lovely Development Worker Tasha is really Looking Forward to a Christmas break.

Website of the Month

This month's website is One Place.  This national site allows you to find out about how the public services in your area are doing.

Discussion of the Month

This month someone asks Church this Christmas?

Did You Know?

That Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer the ninth reindeer, was invented in 1939, over 100 years after the other reindeer that pull Santa's sleigh.

Robert L. May, a copy writer for the American department store, Montgomery Ward, wrote the poem to help increase business for the store at Christmastime.  The character Rudolph however had been invented before the poem for May's daughter Barbara as a way to explain the true meaning of Christmas and why her mother was different from other mothers as she was dying of cancer.  When the executives of the store asked employees to come up with a new Christmas character to promote the store, May told them about Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer and the rest was history.

Join Us

Do you enjoy our monthly e-newsletter?  Would you like to see it bigger and better?  Not counting our bloggers, there are only a few people volunteering their time to write all the articles on the e-newsletter and to help with the regular maintenance needed on the website.  If you have a few hours to spare a month, we could use your help.

Writing and websites not your thing? 

Well, we could use help in the planning and staffing of events or in helping us continue our work serving the parents and families of Brighton and Hove.

We are a friendly group that believes that you can have fun and still help others!

If you are interested in helping us or would just like to hear more about the Brighton and Hove Parents' Forum, take the time to ring Tasha our Development Worker on 01273 294391 or Andrew our chair on 07758008628 or send us an email.

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See You Next Year!

The Parents' Forum Team