East Herts, Broxbourne & Welwyn
Update from Broxbourne, East Herts & Welwyn Hatfield early help services:-
Services for Young People
You can view the details of the Services for Young People projects, services and opportunities for young people, which will commence in January 2022 by downloading these leaflets:-
SfYP - Broxbourne
SfYP - East Herts
SfYP - Welwyn Hatfield
Full services can be viewed at- Services for Young People
A further project they will be delivering this term is the project for Young Parents and Young Parents to be. Projects will be taking place across Hertfordshire. In our area this will be delivered each Thursday 2-4pm, at our Waltham Cross Young People’s Centre Stanhope Road, Waltham Cross, EN8 7DJ
The Job Smart team can help you improve your chances of securing a job by giving FREE support! Find out more here: Job Smart employability programme.
CHEXS offers an award winning 30 week bespoke programme designed, tested and implemented to support children and young people's common mental-health concerns as well as their overall wellbeing.
The charity was founded by our CEO Pete Maiden 10 years ago following a career in the Navy, you can read more about this on our History of CHEXS.
CHEXS works by using a two stream approach, our Children an Young People team follow a structured programme of age-appropriate activities for learning and coaching outside of the classroom, which enables them to improve their wellbeing, succeed and build confidence.
All work is based upon protective behaviours, coaching and promoting positive mental health.
Our Family Support Team works in tandem with our Children and Young People team, offering inclusive parenting workshop groups sharing a wealth of experience, advice and guidance in a relaxed environment, coupled with our one to one support sessions for parents. Our team are on hand to help and regularly refer a child or parent into one another. Email admin@chexs.co.uk to self-refer to our team.
By working with this unique whole family approach, CHEXS helps parents build strong, positive relationships and trust with their child. In turn, the young people are coached and mentored through a variety of innovative projects designed to build self-esteem, teamwork, problem-solving and tangible skills. The projects instill a sense of purpose, meaning and aspirations for the future.
Our focus on resilience equips young people to face everyday challenges and achieve their potential for a better future.
**** EXCITING NEWS ****
- CHEXS has recently won a NATIONAL award from the Children & Young People Now Awards 2021 for their coveted 'Charity of the year' award. This is amazing recognition for the team who have worked tirelessly over the last year helping and supporting families during the most difficult of times.
- We have also won a Hertfordshire Inspire award from Hertfordshire Chamber of Commerce for their 'Business of the year award' and we were also given a 'highly Commended' for our people development.
If you feel we would be able to offer you support please get in contact with us on 07970 498 966 or you can visit our website at WWW.CHEXS.CO.UK or follow us on Facebook @CHEXS
The HABS Family Support Team provides a high-quality service for children, young people and their families in Wormley, Broxbourne, Turnford, Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Watford. We are an organisation that works with school-aged children to address social and health issues that are barriers to learning; we play a significant role in the lives of many young people and their families.
We provide support for children and families at risk of breakdown, offering practical and emotional support, helping with a range of issues including bereavement, separation, bullying, domestic abuse, drug or alcohol use, additional educational needs, housing, debt and challenging behaviour.
If you feel we would be able to offer you or your family support please get in contact with us on 01992303331 (opt 5) or you can visit our website www.habsfamily.co.uk or follow us on Facebook @HABScommunity
***EXCITING NEWS***
The HABS family support team are pleased to welcome Warren Dell Primary school and Churchfield CE Academy to the partnership.
HABS are also now the proud managers of the Hertford, Ware Villages School Partnership.
Our Core Offer:
We offer advice and support to children, young people, and their families on a range of issues and concerns including:
Mental health, Emotional Wellbeing, Separation and divorce, Mediation, Bereavement and loss, Young carers, Housing and eviction, Debt management, Domestic abuse, Transition, Benefits advice and support, Confidence and Self esteem, Parenting support and advice
We also have an excellent working relationship with local teams, enabling us to signpost to many local activities, support groups, parenting programmes, and information services in our local community.
If you feel we would be able to offer you or your family support please get in contact with Hayley or Karen on 07745 374901 / 07545 501825 or you can visit the HABS website with a dedicated section for HWVSP www.habsfamily.co.uk or follow us on Facebook @HABScommunity
Herts Mind Network
The Community Support Service (CSS) is a mental health outreach service run by Herts Mind Network and in partnership with local councils. CSS currently operates in Watford, Three Rivers, Hertsmere and Broxbourne.
The service is for adults age 18 plus and delivers one to one holistic , practical and emotional support with a range of issues. These include coping strategies and developing emotional resilience. Support with housing, benefits and debt. Support around drug and alcohol abuse and supporting parents who may be on a child protection, child in need plan or family support plan. Mental health should be the primary need.
For any referral enquiries please contact css@hertsmindnetwork.org
Frontline
Is a user-friendly web-based referral system for local community health and wellbeing services. Organisations can refer/signpost to other providers via the up-to-date library of local services. All referrals are encrypted, consent driven and referrers can 'track' any referral they make. Currently, Frontline covers both East Herts and Broxbourne.
Citizens Advice East Herts - Service Update
As an advice service our focus is on making sure people are able to access the support they need in a way that works for them and we've found many people like being able to access us remotely. As lockdown restrictions lift we won't be going back to a 'drop in' service from our offices which only worked for a minority. Instead we'll operate our service across multiple channels, helping people by phone, email, webchat, video and online. We'll continue to offer home visits and in person appointments in community locations to those who need them. This short video (1.5 minutes) explains more. For more details on our services and how to access them please visit https://citizensadviceeastherts.org.uk.
Tthe Citizens Advice East Herts are running a short survey to help them find out about local community needs post pandemic, what people know about our service and how they would wish to access it, if needed. Please share with your communities
CVS for Broxbourne & East Herts latest e-bulletin can be viewed here
Hertford Wellbeing Hub
The Hertford Wellbeing Hub is a new community use building in the heart of the Sele Farm Estate.
We have developed a physical activity programme from the Hub but would love to add some new and different sessions in the new year.
Find out more by downloading the hub leaflet.
Dacorum & St Albans
Update from Dacorum and St Albans early help services:-
Dacorum Healthy Hub
The Healthy Hub have a very useful newsletter - sign up to get your copy here:- Healthly Hub Sign Up - Dacorum Borough Council
Workshops for young people this autumn – last year Dacorum District Council planned to run a Beatboxing Project for young people that had to be cancelled due to COVID. We are now looking at running a few workshops with the same artists this autumn, who run a very successful Beatboxing Academy in South London. The workshops may not be Beatboxing (the nature of this is not particularly COVID-safe due to the spitting involved!), however possibly rapping or music/performance related. If you have a group of young people who may benefit from these workshops and working with these brilliant South London artists, please get in touch. We are also looking to deliver these as pilot workshops for a possible larger project at a later date, in consultation with the young people taking part: Email annie.smith@dacorum.gov.uk
DSPL 8 run a number of courses for parents, carers and professionals. Click here to see a list of the current available courses, together with details of how to sign up.
Herts Mind Network
- Herts Mind Network are continuing to provide essential mental health support in Hertfordshire by adapting our services to best protect our clients, carers, volunteers and staff. Our Wellbeing Centres are open and staff teams are also providing support through phone, Skype and online provision. Please get in touch with us on 02037 273600 if you would like more information about our service provision or visit our websites (www.hertsmindnetwork.org and www.hertsmindnetworkcyp.org).
- Please note the Spot the Signs & Emotional Wellbeing project can also offer bespoke sessions that may have a cost to them. If the sessions on our Training & Workshops don’t meet your audiences need, get in touch and we can have a chat about how we can potentially meet the need you’ve identified in a particular school or area for example.
- The ‘Young people’s online hangout for YP aged 15+’ is currently no longer running as it was felt this met a need for young people who were unable to connect f2f during the lockdowns. Should a need for this service re-emerge, it’s likely we will reinstate this.
Family Centre Service
You can view the Family Support Service leaflet for professionals here
Dacorum Borough Council
Please see the below exciting opportunity working closely with our partners Watford FC Trust again to bring weight management courses to Dacorum.
As you will see that there are x3 targeted programmes running in January next year. I have also attached the flyers for promotion. The x3 areas targeted are below:
- 1 BAME targeted Shape Up Course for Asian Men (25 places available)
- (Hemel Hempstead School – Tuesdays, 7.30 to 9pm – Starting 4th January)
- 1 Learning Disability Shape Up Course (12 places available)
- (Hemel Leisure Centre – Tuesdays, 12.30 to 2pm – Starting 4th January)
- 1 Physical Disability Shape Up Course (10 places available)
- (Hemel Leisure Centre – 2-3.30pm – Starting 4th January)
Bookings link can be found here:
TOGETHER | shape-up (shapeupherts.com)
Watford, Three Rivers & Hertsmere
Update from Watford early help services:-
Caring Dads (HACRO)
Caring Dads actively taking referrals for the next Caring Dads courses in Watford. The course start date – January / February 22 – depending on the number of successful referrals. For more info please contact Caring Dads - HACRO email: caringdads@hacro.org.uk and referral form can be found here
We are also taking referrals for Dedicated Dads - the 6 x 1 hour virtual 1:1 course. This is not a replacement for Caring Dads but, for some dads, is the only way they can engage. There is currently a 2 month waiting list.
Youth Link
Youth Link aims to work with various sectors in our local community to create connections to relevant and safe provisions for Children and Young People.
Find out more in these downloadable leaflets:-
Youth Link Information Sheet - CYP
Youth Link Information Sheet - Partners
North Herts & Stevenage
Update from North Herts/Stevenage early help services:-
Offer support for people with Drugs & Alcohol issues. 4 hubs – Stevenage & North Herts, Watford, Hatfield and Hertford. Also have co-located teams that work across the county e.g. Young People’s team, Hidden Harm (young people effected by parental substance misuse), Criminal Justice team (working in prisons), Family Safeguarding team. Back to face-to-face working with clients via groups and one-to-ones in the Hub. For referrals Click here>
Mind in Mid Herts are offering a mix of virtual and face-to-face support. They offer one to one support, social support & friendship groups and active groups, including – Wellbeing group, Art group, Women’s group, football, Walk & Talk. They have recently started Young People’s Counselling and a Befriending service.
Trauma Insight Training will be rolled out from Monday 6th December. Two sessions will take place every month via the Safeguarding Children Partnership (lunch & learn events), this is supported by funding from the Police and Crime Commissioner to the Home Office domestic abuse perpetrator fund. Funding has also been used to sustain and extend For Baby’s Sake services across Hertfordshire.
The Stevenage Citizens Advice recently shared some data for Stevenage at the Families First Partnership Group and this presentation can be viewed here.
Please submit any updates to familiesfirst.support@hertfordshire.gov.uk