PUBLISHED: 13:00 07 July 2018 Liam Jones Locking Parklands - Radio Wing Community Centre - Family fun day. Archant A fun day has been held in Locking Parklands to help families find out about childcare funding. The free event, held at the Radio Wing Community Centre, was organised by North Somerset Council’s early years and childcare service. It gave parents and carers the chance to get information on types of funded childcare available for three and four-year-olds, with many working families in England eligible for 30 hours. Youngsters were also entertained with activities including a magician, a forest school taster session, crafts and messy play. While children were kept busy their parents got to chat with experts from the council’s family information service, early years and funding finance teams, as well as representatives from Job Centre Plus and Home Start. To find out more about the 30-hour funded childcare, call the council’s early years team on 01275 … [Read more...] about Families find out about childcare support at fun day
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Tasty treat for volunteers who help parenting and family support services
VOLUNTEERS who help provide local parenting and family support services were the guests of honour at an afternoon tea celebrating their hard work. A hearty thank you joined tea and cake on the menu as staff of the Bromsgrove and Redditch Parenting and Family Support Service paid tribute to all their volunteers, at the Holly Trees Centre in Redditch during Volunteers Week. They welcomed volunteers from breastfeeding group Breast Buddies, parental group Peer Supporters, and the Stay and Play activity sessions in a celebration of their work and achievements. Volunteer co-ordinator Ali Wakeman said: “Our volunteers help us provide vital services in the community and we wanted to thank them all for their dedication and to recognise their contribution to the Parenting and Family Support Service. “Our organisation is enhanced by their valuable work.” There are three major kinds of voluntary work across the Parenting and Family Support Service, which is a shared service … [Read more...] about Tasty treat for volunteers who help parenting and family support services
NHS failing to provide family-centred services, new fathers’ survey shows
News by Reporter June 11, 2018, 9:20 am FacebookTwitterLinkedInWhatsAppEmail Sign up to our Daily newsletter Fathers say NHS Scotland is failing to provide the “family-centred” services required by its own rules, a survey has claimed. The poll by Fathers Network Scotland and the Fatherhood Institute showed large numbers of new dads felt ignored before, during and after delivery. The Who’s The Bloke In The Room? report published on Monday by the Fatherhood Institute was funded by the Nuffield Foundation and details how expectant fathers are key influences on infant health and well-being. Of the dads polled in an accompanying survey How Was It For You?, 65% of those questioned (61% in Scotland) said antenatal healthcare professionals had rarely or never discussed fathers’ roles. Half of those questioned (56% UK; 50% Scotland) had rarely or never been addressed by name. Samantha Pringle, director of Fathers Network Scotland, said: “All … [Read more...] about NHS failing to provide family-centred services, new fathers’ survey shows
Only half of UK councils provide good website information on childcare, SOCITM review finds
“Top performers made all relevant information easily findable from whatever point in the customer journey, integrating council web pages with relevant pages of their directory and well-placed links to relevant third party sources”, SOCITM said. “Where councils performed badly, this was usually due to lack of attention to the customer journey from Google and then between council web pages and directory services,” it explained. “Some of these journeys had surely not been subject to much testing, as one wrong turn would lead to dead ends or a confusing array of options on how to proceed.” While 79 per cent of councils passed the ‘essential question’ of being able to find information about childcare providers on an interactive map or a postcode look-up, fewer had links to Care Inspectorate or Ofsted reports, information about costs and tax breaks for childcare, and only two thirds had a clear link to the childcare section of the site from the … [Read more...] about Only half of UK councils provide good website information on childcare, SOCITM review finds
Café owner speaks out over claims she ‘told noisy’ family to leave’
The owner of a city centre café has spoken out over allegations she told a family to leave because their children were making too much noise. Adam Hardy, and his wife Caroline, posted the allegations on Facebook yesterday, about their visit to Blue Water Café in Princes Dock Street. In it, he said: “Horrified to be asked to leave the café by obnoxious owner and our three-year-old with special needs was jabbering too loud.” His Facebook post has since had more than 1,000 shares after it was put up yesterday afternoon, with members of the public having their say on what happened. The dad-of-three has since told the Mail: “I went to order and everything was normal and the two young staff were nice and friendly. I went back to the table and our daughter, who is three, was jabbering a little and our six-year-old son was asking me what he was going to have to eat. “The server, who I believe to be the owner, served someone on another table and our … [Read more...] about Café owner speaks out over claims she ‘told noisy’ family to leave’