News Archive
Safety Net Assertiveness Programme Archived
Is your child aged between 8 and 13? Would you like them to learn how to be more confident? Would you like them to learn some skills to help to keep themselves safe from bullying and peer pressure? Would they like to meet other children and join in fun games and activities?
SNAP sessions teach valuable skills which can be used to help children deal with bullying and peer pressure and boost their self-esteem.
It's fun, it's free and we provide lunch!
For more information or to book a place on our SNAP group on 29th October at Whitehawk Youth Centre, call Den on 01273 696622 (Thursdays and Fridays) or email den.mccartney@safety-net.org.uk
Parents support sessions are also available.
Half Term Fun at the Royal Pavilion & Museums Archived
Come along to Brighton Museum & Art Gallery this Autumn half term to experience the wonderful Diwali celebrations. Have your hands hennaed, try out your dancing skills and listen to some wonderful music. You could meet some scary and fascinating mega beasts at the Booth Museum including the world's largest species of Tarantula! or visit Hove Museum to see the Picturing Stories exhibition and do some wonderful drawings with our resident artist.
Picturing Stories - 7 October 2010 to 1 March 2011
Hove Museum & Art Gallery
Picturing Stories is a family-friendly exhibition of narrative paintings from Brighton & Hove Museums' Fine Art collection that explores relationships between words and images. Using captivating oil paintings, this exhibition explores the variety of ways in which visual images can illustrate and inspire storytelling. Designed to appeal to families, Picturing Stories is the ideal way to introduce children of all ages to a paintings exhibition.
Diwali Celebrations - Sunday 24 October
Brighton Museum
Wear a sari, have your hands hennaed, try out your dancing skills and discover the story of Rama and Sita. These and many more activities will be taking place to celebrate Diwali. In conjunction with the Hindu Women's Group.
The Big Draw - Monday 25, Tuesday 26, Thursday 28 & Friday 29 October
Hove Museum
Come and be part of The Big Draw by telling stories through drawing. You don't have to be an expert at drawing, just come along and draw with our artist.
Mega Beasts - Wednesday 27 October
Booth Museum
Meet giant lizards and snakes as well as the world's largest species of Tarantula!
£5.50 per person, book in advance. All children must be accompanied by a paying adult.
How to book:
You can buy tickets by telephoning the Events Booking line on 03000 290902, or in person at the venue where the event takes place (except Brighton Museum events where tickets are sold at the Royal Pavilion shop).
Selected events are now available to book online at
http://www.bhparentsforum.org/
A £1.50 booking fee may apply to some events.
Tickets cannot be reserved without payment. Please book early as an event may be cancelled if too few tickets have been sold.
Please note:
At the Early Years and Families events all children must be accompanied by their parent or guardian. At the activities for children 8 years and over children will be under the supervision of a tutor.
National Alcohol Awareness Week Archived
City-wide alcohol awareness campaign to focus on children
A drive to identify the impact that alcohol has on children through personal experience, watching soaps and films or advertising launches this week.
Children will be invited to describe how alcohol affects their lives as part of a raft of initiatives during national Alcohol Awareness Week (18-22 October). This years' focus is on ‘alcohol and childhood'.
Brighton and Hove's Children and Young People's Services are rolling out a ‘postcard project', which encourages children and young people across the city to write down or draw what alcohol means to them, whether this be from personal experience, watching TV and films, or being exposed to advertising.
Adults who use alcohol services will also be asked for their feedback about how alcohol affects children and young people, or how it affected them as a young person, either through personal experience or being exposed to messages about alcohol as they were growing up.
CRI's (Alcohol) Brief Intervention Service will be present at various venues across the city, including Brighton's train station on Thursday 21st October from 11 am to 7 pm. Their stand will offer the public advice and support around alcohol, including making sense of ‘units', and promoting safer drinking. The team will be ‘showcasing' some of the feedback that will have been received on their stand, and offering the public an opportunity to have their say.
White Night 2010 Archived
White Night marks the end of British Summer Time on October 30th and aims to present the arts in new and collaborative ways with artistic links across Europe.
Brighton Carnival Association has collaborated with two other Brighton arts organisations, Same Sky and Copperdollar, to create an installation and performance piece in New Road, Brighton, for the event which is entitled 'Through the Veil - A Marriage celebration between life and death'.
The three organisations have involved local artists in building larger than life-size puppets to lead the marriage between ‘Maria de la Muerte’ and a ‘Man of the Living’. The two processions will be full of joy and music coming together in New Road to celebrate the old and new, life and death, embracing its audience in a theatrical delight .
From 8pm New Road will slowly come alive with sculptures, buntings and illuminations. Characters will be giving out wedding invitations in anticipation of the main event, which begins at 11.30pm.
Full details will be available on the White Night website from 1 October - www.whitenightnuitblanche.com and our events calendar.
The Big Draw 2010 Archived
October 2010 is Big Draw month in twenty countries and on five continents. Launched in 2000, this annual initiative has grown from 180 events in the UK to over 1500 worldwide. The Campaign aims to use drawing to connect visitors with museum and gallery collections, urban and rural spaces - and the wider community - in new and enjoyable ways.
Every Big Draw season offers unlimited scope for those who love to draw and those who think they can't. Big Draw Day is Saturday 9 October, but events start at the end of September and continue until early November.
Events in Brighton and Hove include:
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Brighton Museum - Tuesdays 5-26 October from 10am-12pm. Free drop in and draw workshops for 2-5 year olds.
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Booth Museum - Fridays 8-29 October from 10am-12pm. Free drop in and draw workshops for 2–5 year olds.
For full details of the Big Draw please see -www.campaignfordrawing.org/bigdraw/index.aspx
Men With Housing Issues Archived
Are you, or do you know, a man with housing issues?
Do you have an interest in housing issues in Brighton and Hove?
The Men’s Network want to understand more about the unique problems that men face in the world of housing and explore how we make housing work for men and boys in the future. In their first gathering since the summer break they are going to look at gaps in housing support for men and boys and discuss some of the key issues:·
that the majority of homeless people are men·
that there is a lack of housing for male victims of domestic violence
that separated fathers who have their children stay with them have no housing support (see below info about the Housing For Fathers Project that will be unveiled)
Come and join professionals, experts and interested individuals in exploring these important issues.
Wednesday 29th September (7:45pm-9.30pm), at The Conference Room, South Wing, Community Base, 13 Queen’s Road, Brighton, BN1 3XG.
One of the ways that The Men’s Network aims to help men and boys fulfill their greatest potential is by seeking out gaps in local services and working to find solutions. At this gathering they will be unveiling the early planning stages of Housing For Fathers (HFF) a pioneering and radical social housing project. HFF aims to provide high quality, affordable housing for separated fathers and their children, as well as providing 'in house' services and support. HFF's mission is to raise awareness of the housing issues that separated fathers face. HFF intends to establish the first ever housing project for men of this kind in Brighton and Hove, with a view to eventually duplicating it on a local, national and international basis.
Interested? Why not put this date in your diary and reserve your free place today by calling or emailing:
Sean Walser: seanwalser@hotmail.com 07747 750 919
Ben Dew: themensnetwork@hotmail.com 07824 612 899
The gathering takes place Wednesday 29th September 2010 from 7:45pm - 9:30pm at Conference Room, South Wing, Community Base, 13 Queen’s Road, Brighton, BN1 3XG
New ‘Buggies and Babies’ Healthwalks Unveiled Archived
Parents are being urged to take up exercise with a new ‘buggies and babies’ Healthwalk in Brighton and Hove. The new walk which is buggy friendly provides a great opportunity to meet new people, socialise and enjoy walking in the city.
Parents interested in the walk can meet at the Pavilion Café located in the centre of Preston Park on Thursday’s at 10.30am for a one-mile walk around the park. The first walk will start on October 7th. Fifteen Healthwalks a week take place across the city, many of which are also suitable for buggies and other parents with babies in slings/carriers.
The walks range from under a mile - which takes between 20-30 minutes - to four miles - which average one and half to two hours walking time. Each walk is free, led by trained Volunteer Walk Leaders, and aims to incorporate cafes and toilets although sometimes this is not possible.
Getting out and active in the fresh air is a great way to reduce stress and increase energy levels which is good for all new parents. For more information see - http://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/index.cfm?request=c1115507
School Support Champion of the Year Archived
Vote now for School Support Champion of the Year
Voting is now open for the first of 13 Public Service Award categories.
School Support Champion is an award for individuals who work in a supporting role at any school (infant, junior, primary, secondary, sixth form and special schools) across the city. This could be a teaching assistant, school caretaker, admin staff, midday supervisor, parent support supervisor, lab & IT technician - in fact anyone who is working in a supporting role for children and young people. It doesn't however include teachers and head teachers, they should be nominated for the city’s ‘Public Servant’ award category.
There are four nominees to choose from and you can read information and watch short videos about each of them on the Brighton & Hove City Council website now.
The award ceremony will take place on 15 November and will be hosted by the internationally renowned British sport star, Sally Gunnell OBE.
Check out the other 13 categories online now and hurry if you want to submit a nomination, the deadline is the 20 September.
Get voting and nominating now!
Best of Brighton - Art Competition Archived
Art competition for children and young people 3-19 years. Bring along a painting or drawing (A4 size) of your favourite Brighton or Hove building to your local library.
Winning entries will be awarded prizes and will be used for our new special edition library cards. Collect a form from your local library and hand it in with your competition entry to a member of staff.
Closing date: Sunday 12 September
Exhibition and prize-giving event will be held at Jubilee Children's Library on Saturday 18 September at 2pm.
For further information please contact 01273 296977.
