Tower Hamlets Parent Support & Workshop Information
Dear Parents/Carers,
Below is some news and information from the Tower Hamlets Parent and Family support service.
Poplar Baths - Toddler Swimming Lessons
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Tower Hamlets Business Education Partnership Charity – Free Webinars:
Watch Tower Hamlets EBP career skills videos on Vimeo:
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Virtual workshops/webinars for schools / school partnerships:
- Digital safety
- Parenting
- Health & wellbeing
- Curriculum
- Information about Parent and Family Support Services can be found at www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/parentfamilysupport Or Services to Schools portalhttps://www.ths4s.co.uk/Services/183
th families matter autumn 2022 online.pdf
Council vaccine helpline
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Tel: 020 7364 6105
Email: hatecrime@towerhamlets.gov.uk
Spring Parenting Workshop Taster Series:
- An online series of tasters of popular courses delivered by the Parent and Family Support Service, including tips and strategies for parents and carers
- Please see the attached document or Eventbrite page for the list of sessions, topics, dates and times
- To book your place on a workshop and for more information on each session please click here on Eventbrite
- If you have any queries please get in touch by emailing parenting@towerhamlets.gov.uk or call 0207 364 6398
spring parenting workshops.pdf
Early REPAIR Course (ERC), new support for fathers in Tower Hamlets.
A collaboration between the Positive Change Service, Tower Hamlets Early Help Service and the Parenting Team, a new two-day brief intervention group work programme for fathers is coming up.
Early REPAIR aims to support fathers by raising awareness where there have been concerns regarding domestic abuse within their relationships. The group programme is interactive with a range of tools that encourage fathers to reflect upon their behaviour and think about how their abusive behaviour has impacted on their child/children.
Link work support will be given to partners of fathers who attend. Fathers who attend must be assessed as being LOWER risk.
Referrals are now being taken for the two-day course which runs on:
- Date: Tuesday 15th November and Tuesday 13th December 2022 (both days 10am to 4.30pm)
- Venue: Meath Gardens Children and Family Centre, 1 Smart Street, London E2 0SN
For more information, email: Parenting@towerhamlets.gov.uk
Safe Connections Suicide Prevention Helpline. Information for families and training/collaboration opportunities for staff. (Please see attached)
A reminder that Safe Connections Suicide Prevention Helpline is available to support anyone who needs someone to talk to.
Safe Connections provide a warm and safe space to talk, explore and work through suicidal thoughts and feelings, and help people find the right directions and support they need.
Call 0300 561 0115, or email safeconnections@mithn.org.uk and they will call back.
As well as the helpline, here are there are upcoming autumn/winter dates for Safe Connections’ suicide awareness and prevention training on the following dates.
- Tuesday 8th November - 2-4pm
- Tuesday 6th December - 3-5pm
These sessions are run by Mind in Hackney, but they are online and open to anyone and everyone in North East London.
For more information and to register visit: www.mindchwf.org.uk/our-services/suicide-awareness-and-prevention-training
Safe Connections are also keen connect and collaborate with colleagues and can attend team meetings to help raise awareness of their work.
Email: safeconnections@mithn.org.uk and david.halliday@mithn.org.uk
suicide prevention training poster autumn winter.pdf
Limehouse Project Weekly Advice Session:
- Limehouse Project is offering Information, Advice, and Support to residents of the Ocean Estate every Wednesday
- The Advice Services offers confidential and impartial one-to-one information, advice and support in English and Bengali on a range of topics such as Benefits Checks, Welfare Rights, Housing and Health
- Please Call 020 7538 0075 to book an advice appointment
weekly advice session at ocean estate lhp leaflet.pdf
Applying for a Nursery place – Get Ready 2023
Tower Hamlets Transition Support Service advocates early intervention to support children, young people and their families with information and advice at key points of transition to help manage change and make informed decisions about the next steps of their learning journey.
Starting nursery is an important moment both for children and their parents. It offers all sorts of new opportunities, but it also can cause anxiety and confusion, so it’s vital parents have as much information as possible in order to make an informed decision about their child’s future.
To support families with the nursery application process the Transition Support Service are holding online advice sessions (through zoom) for parents/carers:
Day: Time:
- Tuesday 18th October 2022 10 am
- Friday 18th November 2022 1pm
- Monday 5th December 2022 6pm
- Thursday 12th January 2023 10am
- Tuesday 7th February 2023 10am
To book a place through Eventbrite: https://GR2023.eventbrite.co.uk
How to support your child with reading, free online session for parents, delivered by the Tower Hamlets Language Literacy and Communication Team. Please see attached and share with families.
This is a repeat of the session that Jenny Jones and Tracey Grant ran in Dyslexia Awareness Week. It is aimed at parents of children at primary school.
- Date: Thursday 24th November 2022
- Time: 10.30 - 11.30 a.m.
- Zoom link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81061990208?pwd=c0d1cDU0MEl6Ylc2c2tLSTRCdXF5QT09
- Meeting ID: 810 6199 0208
- Passcode: FByr65
Free Fitness Sessions and Breathing and Wellness Exercise Sessions for Somali Men and Women:
- Suitable for all ages and fitness levels
- Drop in sessions
- Facilitated by a professional trainer
- For more details please see the posters (one for men and one for women) attached
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- The Community Suicide Prevention Hub – Safe Connections - has gone live from the 10th of September
- The Suicide Prevention Helpline number is: 0300 561 0115 and currently operates Monday to Friday from 9.30am to 4.30pm
- This is a self-referral service that provides a warm and safe space to explore suicidal feelings, triggers, and the underlying causes. Callers will be supported to find and access other local services in the community, that can support to manage, or reduce suicidal feelings
safe connections information.pdf
Keeping Children Safe
th online safety leaflet parents .pdf
th online safety leaflet schools v8.pdf
Help towards the cost of children’s summer activities
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is reminding working families that they can use Tax-Free Childcare to help pay for their childcare costs over the summer.
Tax-Free Childcare – a childcare top-up of 20 per cent for working parents – can be used to help pay for accredited holiday clubs, childminders, or sports activities. It’s available for children aged up to 11, or 17 if the child has a disability. For every £8 deposited into an account, families will receive an additional £2 in government top-up.
Find out more >
Volunteer with Praxis
Praxis is a human rights charity, based in Bethnal Green that supports migrants in crisis or at-risk, ensuring that their basic human needs are met and that they are supported to overcome the barriers they face.
By volunteering with Praxis, you will be helping deliver much needed services.
The charity is looking for dedicated individuals to volunteer in a variety of interesting roles.
Learn more >
Family Fun Sheets!
Children learn best through ‘hands-on’ experiences. Since they are spending more leisure and learning time online, it’s important they have a break from ‘screen time’ and the chance to have fun, be creative and explore real life materials too. We have developed a series of family fun sheets which will be sent to all primary schools in the borough fortnightly.
The sheets are packed full of creative ideas that will support learning, play and wellbeing.
Keep an eye out for the resource in your school newsletter or you can request a family fun sheet by emailing the Parental Engagement Team.
Parent sessions to support children’s learning and wellbeing
Join one of our fun informative parental engagement sessions, meet other parents, share experiences, ask any questions, and pick up some handy tips from experienced practitioners to help you support your child’s learning and wellbeing.
Upcoming sessions include:
- Learning in the Early Years
- Mindfulness
- Reading at Key Stage 1/ Key Stage 2
- E-safety and Learning
- Healthy Families
- Maths at Key Stage 1
#EveryChildOnline: Tackling digital disadvantage in Tower Hamlets
One-in-four school children in Tower Hamlets (approx. 10,000 students) are digitally disadvantaged; unable to access online learning because they have no device of their own, no connection to the internet, or both.
Even with plans for children to go back to classroom learning in March, there’s a real danger that this disadvantage will translate in the long-term to an education and opportunity gap between children with access, and those without, in Tower Hamlets.
The council and its partners are looking to raise £1 million to make an immediate impact where it’s needed most before they begin the long-term work of ensuring every single school child in Tower Hamlets has both the kit and the connectivity to 'level up' the digital divide and help those in need access their online learning.
Did you know that Tower Hamlets offers other email newsletters to keep you up to date on a variety of topics?
Families Matter Magazine
th families matter spring 2021.pdf
Healthy Lives Newsletter
healthy lives update 20 01 2021.pdf
Families Matter Bitesize E-bulletin
Please click here for the latest edition of the Bitesize E Bulletin from Families Matter with information, news and helpful links to support your work with families.
Previous editions can be found at www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/familiesmatter
