Parentalk NE Lincs

Ever since the appointment of Diane Briggs as Parentalk’s Volunteer Regional Rep, there’s always been quite a lot going on with Parentalk in
NE Lincs. But a funding award from the Parenting Fund in 2004 meant
that Parentalk's presence in this area has been growing significantly.

And now Parentalk is proud to announce that we have been successful in our application to the Parenting Fund this year.  This means our work can continue in NE Lincs plus in 3 new regions – Southwark, Norfolk and Peterborough – to deliver our new Parentalk Transitions Programme.

This funding means that our NE Lincs staff are able to offer increased help and support to parents living in the area, with a particular emphasis on parents of children with special educational needs and parents of children with disabilities.

Why NE Lincs?

NE Lincs ranks amongst the 20% most deprived local authority districts and lone parent households make up 27% of families.  In addition six children are suspended every day and permanent exclusions have reached record levels.  Teenage pregnancy rates are the second highest in the country.

Achievements

• Parentalk has contributed to the development of the Children and Young People’s Plan for North East Lincolnshire and participates with the local Parenting Forum.  We deliver preventative parenting intervention programmes.  We work with the extended schools manager and have excellent links with the Primary Care Trust.
• We have appointed two Parents Workers who specialise in two different areas – Schools and Children with Special Educational Needs and Parents of Children with Disabilies. 
• We have worked extensively with statutory and voluntary family and support agencies and have been active in the development of the NE Lincs Children’s & Young People’s Plan.  Parentalk NE Lincs has established excellent relationship with local health visitors, midwives and organisations supporting children with special needs.
• We have two members of staff on the management board for Home-Start NE Lincs.
• We have written a training pack to train Parentalk facilitators who wish to deliver the Parentalk Course themselves.
• We held a Parentalk event at the Town Hall in partnership with NE Lincs Early Years Partnership for Parents of Children in the Early Years.
• Parentalk NE Lincs Regional Team has delivered:
  • 18 eight-week parenting courses
  • 2 events working in partnership with health centres, midwives, community groups and schools
  • 4 parenting courses for children with special needs
  • 2 parenting courses for parents of teenagers
  • 3 Sure Start courses
  • 1 Primary School course
  • 2 parenting courses for fathers
  • 39 trained parenting facilitators

Details of our courses and events:

Free £10 Shopping Voucher for attending all sessions of 8 week courses

All our courses are for Mums, Dads & Carers who want to give their children the best possible start. These courses are informal and video based.

• Time out for you
• Talk to other parents/Carers
• Increase your confidence
• Get top tips & strategies

General Courses starting soon:

• Bursar Primary School, Cleethorpes starting Wednesday January 30th from 9.15am - 11.15am
• New Waltham Primary School, Peakes Lane starting Thursday 7th February from 1.00pm – 3.00pm

For Mums, Dads & Carers of Children with Special Needs and Disabilities:

• Immingham Oasis Academy starting Wednesday 23rd January 8.50am - 10.50am
• Family Services Centre, Diana Princess of Wales Hospital starting Wednesday 30th January 6.30pm – 8.30pm

For Dads & Step Dads - 4 Action packed Saturday sessions with your children:

• Cleethorpes Children’s Centre Machray Place starting 23rd February from 9.30am -11.30am

Come along the first week as a taster session and bring a friend too!

Transition Courses (Coming Soon!):

These are called “Moving up” and are for Mums, Dads & Carers of children moving to Secondary School to be held in 4 Secondary Schools in N.E. Lincs after Easter.

All courses are FREE and some crèche facilities are available.

For more details or booking forms e-mail diane@parentalk.co.uk or tel 01472 501220.

Coffee morning drop-ins for parents/carers of children with special needs and disabilities:

Set up in conjunction with Cleethorpes Children’s Centre – (Sunflowers group) to be held at Old Clee Children’s centre, Colin Ave.

A Parentalk and Face2face representative will be present.

• 21st April 2008
• 28th April 2008 - Face2Face organising a speaker
• 12th May 2008
• 19th May 2008 - Face2Face organising a speaker
• 2nd June 2008
• 30th June 2008