News Archive
Do you volunteer with children or young people? Archived
The Brighton & Hove Children and Young People's Trust is consulting on its draft People Development Strategy until 3 July 2009.
The strategy describes what all those who work or volunteer need to know and do to support children and young people safely and well in the city.
Please read the introductory notes and the draft strategy attached below and tell them what you think. At the end of the introductory notes there are a few questions - please either print off the sheets and return them to the address shown by 3 July 2009 or email us at info@bhparentsforum.org and we will pass on your responses.
Sorry for the tight deadlines with this one but we thought you would rather know about it and respond if you felt strongly about it.
First edition - keep safe newsletter Archived
Safety Net is an independent registered charity which aims to promote safety and wellbeing for children, young people and families, in the home, school and community. They have a practice base established over 10 years which includes a home visiting service for families with children aged 5 – 11 in the East Brighton area, a schools’ programme of work across Brighton and Hove to promote emotional wellbeing and bullying prevention, and community child safety events and activities. They have also developed a range of training programmes based on proven methods developed of working for the community, voluntary and statutory sectors.
Now they have produced a new KEEP SAFE NEWSLETTER to help keep parents and carers informed about ideas to keep children safe. Included in the First Edition is; parent survey results, information on low cost safety equipment, alcohol safety for children, bullying prevention groups and much more.
Please have a look at the newsletter attached below.
To find out more information about Safety Net check out their website www.safety-net.org.uk
A Time for Dads Group Archived
A group just for Dads is starting up and will be held at the Tarner Children’s Centre on the first Wednesday of the month from 7.30-9.30 pm.
Starting on Wednesday July 1st 2009.
All Dads are welcome: if you are a new Dad or have teenagers; if you are a single Dad, step– Dad, living with your partner or separated.
If you are interested and would like to know more call Paul Salvage on 07974024264.
Please see the poster attached below.This Months Triple P Tip Sheet Archived
This months tip sheet is Making Good Use of the School Holidays is for parents of teens.
Those of us that are parents of teens know they can keep you busy when they have school. But how do you manage the school holidays with a bored teenager?
12 Days To Go Until Our Latest Event! Archived
MEN BEHAVING DADLY
June 21st 11am - 3pm
Jubilee Square/Library
We are really excited about this event celebrating fatherhood and have been working really hard to bring together this fun-filled event for you and your families.
Below is the latest schedule of activities for the day.
|
Time |
Activity |
Venue |
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11 - 12.30 |
Michael - Museum workshop |
Children's Area, Library |
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11 - 12.30 |
Creative Writing |
Conference Room, Library |
|
11 - 12 |
Drumming Workshop |
Jubilee Square |
|
12 - 1 |
Circus Skills |
Jubilee Square |
|
1 -3 |
Workshop of the Imagination |
Activity Area, Library |
|
1 - 2 |
Graffiti Workshop |
Conference Room, Library |
|
2.15 - 3.15 |
Graffiti Workshop |
Conference Room, Library |
|
2 |
Sid - Storytime |
Children's Area, Library |
And, don't forget all the ‘Dad related' information stalls that will there.
We are co-sponsering this event with the CYPT's Parenting Team. To find out more about the Parenting Team or to find out about free Triple P courses in Brighton and Hove, click here.
Join the event on Facebook click here.
For more about the event click here.
Child Safety Week 2009 Archived
Child Accident Prevention Trust (CAPT) is an organisation here in the UK devoted to reducing the numbers of deaths and injuries in children and young people. Child Safety Week is their nationwide community education campaign.
Child Safety Week, June 22 - 28th 2009 is their nationwide community education campaign to highlight the dangers in everyday life to children and young people and how they can be prevented.
According to the CAPT website, over 2,000 children and young people are taken to hospital and around 6 of those die due to accidents. They believe that most of these accidents can be prevented by making small changes around the house and by teaching your children to be diligent to any hazards around them.
We have not heard about any specific events around Brighton for Child Safety Week, but we will update our events calendar with any we do hear about.
In honour of Child Safety week we have brought together a few different sites dedicated to Child Safety.
| Child Safety from Direct Gov | http://childsafety.direct.gov.uk/index.html |
| General Child Saftey | http://www.safekids.co.uk/ |
| Road Safety | http://talesoftheroad.direct.gov.uk/ |
| Beach Safety | http://www.mcga.gov.uk/c4mca/seasmart-home.htm |
| Internet Safety | http://www.kidsmart.org.uk/ |
| Fire Safety | www.welephant.co.uk/ |
| CAPT safety documents | http://www.capt.org.uk/downloads/default.htm |
Have you told us yet How Are We Doing? Archived
We have received comments about lots of the aspects of the work we do .
Our Website
"Easy to navigate and full of information on everything you need."
"More support and advice for parents in the city who haven't much money"
Our E-Newsletter
"It's not too frequent and it's about local stuff."
"Sometimes I would like a bit more about what the article I'm going to click on is about, I think I have missed some important ones because I didn't know what they were about specifically."
Our Events
"I love them!"
"The event at Funplex was hugely oversubscribed and we had to wait a long time in the cold, unable to leave or the children would have been disappointed. I think hot drinks could have been provided and perhaps staggered timing."
We want to hear from you about what we are doing wrong as much as what we are doing right as we take our responsibilities to our fellow parents in our city very seriously.
So please visit our questionnaire, ‘How are we doing?' and tell us what you think. You may just win a £50 shopping voucher at the same time as you help us serve you better.
We will be closing this competition on June 19th at 12pm and will be contacting the winner by July 3rd.
Community Engagement Framework Archived
The 2020 Community Partnership has developed a Community Engagement Framework for the City. The Framework is the key reference for community engagement activity by the 2020 Community Partnership. It sets out the strategic aims and guiding principles for community engagement within Brighton & Hove and the priority actions that need to be taken to improve engagement activity.
The 2020 Community Partnership has developed the Framework in order to: -
- Improve the ways in which citizens and communities can influence and shape services
- Set a common standard for all engagement activity in the City that all partners are signed up to
- Provide more support to communities to resolve their own issues and possibly run services for themselves
- Improve co-ordination of activity in the City between different agencies and avoid duplication of activity, especially consultation
- Help create better quality services that better meet the needs of citizens and communities
- Supplement statutory duties on the Council, the Police and the Primary Care Trust to engage and involve people in the design, delivery and review of services
- Demonstrate that community engagement is not just a buzz word in Brighton & Hove and that there is collective ownership and recognition of its importance.
Attached below is a pdf version of the new Community Engagement Framework for Brighton and Hove, associated background information and a report on the consultation process.
Work is underway to begin implementation of the actions identified during the consultation, and to support the council and other organisations in the city to use the standards set out in the Framework when planning and delivering their own engagement work.
For more information about the Framework please contact:Stronger Communities Partnership
c/o Community & Voluntary Sector Forum
Phone (01273) 234000
Email info@cvsectorforum.or.guk
Brighton & Hove City Council Voluntary Sector Unit
Phone (01273) 296821
Email volsectunit@brighton-hove.gov.uk
2020 Community Partnership
Phone (01273) 291128
Reading, the Gift That Keeps on Giving. Archived
Those of you reading this may not be able to imagine what their life would be like if you could not read simple signs or important documents, but it has been estimated that there is still a large number of adults and young people in Brighton and Hove that are lacking in basic literacy skills.
This strategy aims to make Brighton & Hove a city where:
- Every child and young person can read
- Every adult can read
- Everyone enjoys reading and becomes a regular reader
- Everyone benefits from the advantages that the ability to read brings
- Everyone is supported so that any difficulties in learning to read are overcome.
So help the council support people to be able to know the joys of reading by completing our on-line survey.
We are happy to tell you that every person that completes our survey will go into a draw to win a £50 shopping voucher to either Tesco, Asda, or Sainsbury's.
What Fathers Said in the Shed Archived
Think Fathers Campaign ‘Shed Tour' made nine stops to various English Cities during weekends in April and May to record people's views about fatherhood. It was here on the Brighton Seafront the second weekend in May.
The resulting videos have now been posted by the Think Fathers campaign on their website. We enjoyed hearing all the Dad's, with different regional accents highlighting the areas they live in, saying pretty much the same things.
"Being a Father can sometimes be tough, but loving your children and playing an important role in their lives means a lot to them."
To view what fathers were saying you can look on the Think Fathers website or on YouTube.
