Local news

Updates from the local districts

Please use this page to promote any local events or webinars. Please send an email with the subject: FF News - Local News page with a link to your event and short description to familiesfirst.support@hertfordshire.gov.uk

East Herts & Broxbourne

• Services for Young People (SfYP) youth work projects enable young people to develop their personal and social skills and increase their confidence, self-esteem and resilience. Get details of SfYP projects and information, advice and support services in your area here:

SfYP East Herts Team projects

SfYP Broxbourne Team projects

• Open Day at Beaumont Centre the on 9 October in conjunction with the Healthy Hub
• Book your space – The GREAT BIG walk with CHEXS 2023 – Shenley tea rooms, Sat 30 Sep 2023 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM (tickettailor.com)
• Community Forum at Peace Cottage has been rescheduled to Wednesday 27 September at 10:30am.
• Hunsdon Community Information Cafe - find out more about services in rural areas. Tuesday 10th October, 9-1pm. Download the leaflet
• View the Waltham Cross Active Local Partner Newsletter for September
• Broxbourne Council has produced a simple Cost of Living guide for residents - Download the September23 Cost of Living Directory
• Broxbourne Council is running a Youth Sports Night every Friday night from 4 to 6 at the Laura Trott Leisure Centre in Cheshunt. For more information, contact community@broxbourne.gov.uk or call 01992 785555 ext 5745
• Active East Herts: The Sele Youth Project is running on Monday's 5.30pm to 7.30pm at the Hertford Wellbeing Hub (HWH) and the MUGA near the Sele Community Centre. For more info visit http://whatson.activeeastherts.org.uk/hertford-wellbeing-hub/
• Healthy Hub East Herts are running drop-in sessions across the district for residents to pop in for FREE help and advice about anything they would like support with. A full list of dates and venues is on our website.

• Applications are open for mental health grants. £40,000 has been set aside by Broxbourne Borough Council to spend on mental health and wellbeing projects to help offset the ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the cost of living crisis.  All expenditure is to be within the Borough of Broxbourne and to be spent / committed by 31 March 2023. 

  Applications are to be made by completing and submitting this application form to Judith Ingham Judith.Ingham@broxbourne.gov.uk by Sunday 24 September. All queries should also be directed to Judith.

St Albans & Dacorum

• Services for Young People (SfYP) youth work projects enable young people to develop their personal and social skills and increase their confidence, self-esteem and resilience. Get details of SfYP projects and information, advice and support services in your area here:

SfYP St Albans Team projects

SfYP Dacorum Team projects

• Intensive Family Support Team (IFST) St Albans & Dacorum invite you to a networking event 10:30am-13:00pm on the 28th September. More info here
• Dacorum recycling sculpture competition. This exciting competition is open to all youth and children’s groups/clubs, such as Brownies, Guides, Scouts, etc. View more details here: Schools and Youth Group Art Recycling Sculpture Competition Guide (dacorum.gov.uk)

North Herts & Stevenage

• Services for Young People (SfYP) youth work projects enable young people to develop their personal and social skills and increase their confidence, self-esteem and resilience. Get details of SfYP projects and information, advice and support services in your area here:
  • SfYP North Herts Team projects
  • SfYP Stevenage Team projects
    
    
•  LGBTQ plus group (View poster) – If you are part of the LGBTQ plus community in Hertfordshire and would like support with your #Wellbeing or are looking to connect with others, you can join our LGBTQ plus peer support group last Tuesday of every month 4-6pm in Stevenage.  Email admin@mindinmidherts.org.uk for more information.
• A new Community Hub in Stevenage Old Town is now open every Wednesday from 2pm to 4pm. The aim of the hub is to support anyone who is approaching the end of their life (within 12 months) and those caring for them – the time before someone dies is a difficult one – many people don’t want to acknowledge what’s happening and that can be so hard for those around them. Find our more here www.annerobsontrust.org.uk

• A Youth Showcase Event will take place in the very heart of Hitchin, at Market Place (the town square) on Saturday 30^th September 2023. It will be a celebration of all things Youth in Hitchin and the surrounding area.

Watford & Three Rivers

• Services for Young People (SfYP) youth work projects enable young people to develop their personal and social skills and increase their confidence, self-esteem and resilience. Get details of SfYP projects and information, advice and support services in your area here:

  • SfYP Watford Team projects

  • SfYP Three Rivers Team projects

• Sensory Tennis - free sensory tennis sessions with Get Set 4 Tennis. Suitable for adults with complex disabilities and sensory impairments Sensory Tennis

Welwyn Hatfield & Hertsmere

• Services for Young People (SfYP) youth work projects enable young people to develop their personal and social skills and increase their confidence, self-esteem and resilience. Get details of SfYP projects and information, advice and support services in your area here:

  • SfYP Welwyn Hatfield Team projects

  • SfYP Hertsmere Team projects