June 2009

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June 2009

Only a dad with a tired face,
Coming home from the daily race,
Bringing little of gold or fame
To show how well he has played the game;
But glad in his heart that his own rejoice
To see him come and to hear his voice.

Only a dad with a brood of four,
One of ten million men or more
Plodding along in the daily strife,
Bearing the whips and the scorns of life,
With never a whimper of pain or hate,
For the sake of those who at home await.

Only a dad, neither rich nor proud,
Merely one of the surging crowd,
Toiling, striving from day to day,
Facing whatever may come his way,
Silent whenever the harsh condemn,
And bearing it all for the love of them.

Only a dad but he gives his all,
To smooth the way for his children small,
Doing with courage stern and grim
The deeds that his father did for him.
This is the line that for him I pen:
Only a dad, but the best of men.

Edgar A. Guest (1916)

Hello Everyone! 

The weather has finally warmed up and the countdown until the summer holidays has begun.  All of us have been making the most of the lovely weather with our families doing all the great things you can do in Brighton and Hove when the sun is shining. 

In between all the fun the Parents' Forum has been working on our latest event, coming up in a couple of weeks time to celebrate the fathers in our lives the day before Fathers Day.   We hope all you Dads out there have a wonderful weekend with your families.

This month we have a new blog and a new Consultation as well as all of your old favourites so sit back and enjoy our June E-Newsletter.

Latest News

12 days to go until our Latest Event!!!

Organising free events for parents and their families is one of our favourite things about the work we do in the Parents' Forum.  This one looks to be the biggest one yet and is our first specifically honouring Dad's.

Click here to find out the latest about our Men Behaving Dadly event on the 20th June.

Child Safety Week 2009

As parents we do our best to try and keep our children safe, but accidents do happen.  This week is about highlighting what can be done to make things safer for children.

Click here to find out more about Child Safety Week.

Have you told us yet, How are we Doing?

Tell us what you think of us and have a chance to win a £50 shopping voucher.

Click here to get started.

Community Engagement Framework

We at the Parents' Forum believe it is imperative that citizens and communities are given the chance to have their say and help shape services in Brighton and Hove as they know what would service them best.

To find out more about the new Community Engagement Framework that is now in place, click here.

What Fathers Said in the Shed

Want to see what was said in the Think Fathers Campaign Shed?

Click here to find out.

School Food on our parents' menu!

We have been asked to get involved with a new consultation concerning the whole issue of food in schools as well as school lunches.  As like the Parenting Support Strategy, the forum is being involved from Day One on this consultation. 

To find out how you can be involved, click here.

Working in Childcare Information Session

FIS (Family Information Service) is running an information session for people interested in training to provide At Home Childcare.

To find out how to book your place click here.

The Big Toddle Event in Brighton and Hove

Who says only adults can raise money for charity?

Click here to find out how your toddler can help raise money for Barnardo's.

Consultations

Reading, the Gift that keeps on Giving

We are asking you to comment on the new Brighton and Hove Reading Strategy and be in with a chance to win a £50 shopping voucher.

To get started, click here.

Blogs

Bad-Dad's wonders what is The Point of Fathers Day?

Not a Supermum's son will Sing a Song.

Wheeliemumma is very busy with her new grandchild and will post when she can.

And Last, but certainly not least, our new blog by our Development Worker Tasha.

She will be telling you what she has been up to during the month and what is going on nationally that affects families.  As you will see she is a very busy woman who is passionate about families and her job.

We have not as yet been able to come up with a good blog name for her so send us your suggestions to info@bhparentsforum.org.

Triple P Tip Sheet

This month's tip sheet gives you ideas of how to cope with a bored teenager during the summer holidays.

Making Good Use of the Summer Holidays will hopefully help.

Website of the Month

This month's website is one to help you save money.  The Love Food Hate Waste website has lots of ideas to help you stretch the food you have in your fridge so you throw out less food.  This site gives hints and recipes that are easy to do and helps put more money in your pocket.

To check out our other web links click here. 

Latest Discussion

Movie Ratings?  Do you let your child watch films that are rated higher than their age? Do you follow the ratings system when your children watch movies or play games?

Don't Forget....

The TAKEPART Sports Festival starts on June 27 with the Spectacular fun-filled TAKEPART Day at Preston Park.

Next Month

We don't need to tell you.  School Holidays starts!

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Thanks for reading!  See you again soon.

The Parents' Forum Team