Dacorum & St Albans
Colourful Minds: Free Online Creative Therapy Course
Colourful Minds is a free Creative Therapy Course for adults in Dacorum (aged 18+) with mild to moderate mental health conditions, such as stress, anxiety and depression, starting on the 5th November 2021. The course is run by a qualified Art Therapist from Herts Inclusive Theatre and funded by Dacorum Borough Council. Application to the course is by referral only from a GP, health professional/agency or support agency/worker.
We are pleased to be able to offer this opportunity free of charge to anyone who may need support. Sessions are run weekly on Zoom and no previous art or creative experience is needed. Materials are also provided.
If you know anyone who may benefit from attending the course, please Please download this leaflet and contact kerry@hit-theatre.org.uk for more information.
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
Community Action Dacorum have some courses that may be of interest to some of your families. One of the courses is an employability course, the other a healthy eating one. They are both online, and currently free to anyone living in Hertfordshire. See attached flyers for more details.
Cook Well Eat Well: Enrol here: https://forms.gle/Hqf4WqNw6Y5Ukxzt6
Pathways to Employment: Enrol here: https://forms.gle/3Q2KTzZnwdCG3Gd28
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.
Sopwell Community Trust
Following our hugely popular summer football sessions we have organised a week of football games and training with FA trained coaches at Samuel Ryder Academy from 25th to 29th Oct 3pm to 5pm daily.
These sessions are open to boys and girls aged 8-12 years old of all abilities. Priority will be given to children who receive free school meals, universal credit, child tax credit, refugee families and/or fall under the pupil premium scheme. I must stress all applications will be considered and to date we have not turned a child away.
This is a part of our COVID recovery program to reduce social isolation and improve the mental and physical well-being of young people in St Albans.
The coaches are St Albans locals who have faced and overcome challenges in life through sports; they have put together a thoughtful and nurturing series of games and training.
Please note all volunteers are DBS checked.
More information is on the flyer below and booking form link is here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1uCBDtpZyAfA0X7KzciHO_5DT4fiDbVEHpjTjduIMqWM/edit
Watford, Three Rivers & Hertsmere
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
North Herts Council receives £100,000 to help community organisations affected by the COVID-19 pandemic
Find out more here: Health Protection Board Covid Fund | North Hertfordshire District Council (north-herts.gov.uk)