Stafford: Sandon Road Preschool Playgroup spaces available all year round (subject to availability)

 

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Defence Transition Services (DTS): Civilian Housing Brief Dates 2025

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To register for a brief: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/information-and-guidance-on-civilian-housing#civilian-housing-briefs

For more information on getting additional support when leaving the armed forces: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/getting-additional-support-when-leaving-the-armed-forces​​​

Blackpool: & The Fylde College - Adult Courses Exhibition Truck

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Gloucestershire: Support for Carers and an upcoming event for Carers Rights Day - Thu 21 Nov

Gloucestershire Carers Hub supports unpaid Carers throughout the county of Gloucestershire.

Carers may be supporting someone with physical or emotional needs, and this could be due to an addiction, ill health, frailty or mental health issues.

Activities for Carers this month include online sessions as well as face-to-face groups in the community and an opportunity to meet local representatives and professionals on Carers Rights Day in Cheltenham on Thursday 21st November.

Please click here to view the schedule online

To find out more about the Gloucestershire Carers Hub, click here

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Wiltshire: New drop-in's from SENDIASS, the statutory SEND Information, Advice and Support Service for Wiltshire

Wiltshire SENDIASS are thrilled to be introducing drop in sessions for families! Join them in November at the following venues:

• Warminster Library- starting 11th November, Noon-2pm
• Trowbridge County Hall- starting 18th November, 11:30am-1:30pm
• Chippenham Library- starting 26th November, 11:00am-1:00pm
• Salisbury Library- starting 7th November, 10:30am-12:30pm

Further sessions will run as per the poster attached.

Please click here to find out more about Wiltshire SENDIASS

Information provided by Colerne & Lyneham HIVEs

Wiltshire: Struggling with high energy prices and the cost of living? Warm and Safe Wiltshire may be able to help!

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To visit the website, please click here

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Stafford: Staffordshire smart alert - How you can help to protect women and girls from violence and intimidation

How you can help to protect women and girls from violence and intimidation by understanding common perpetrator behaviours.

We’re relaunching our Don’t Choose to Abuse campaign today with two new videos aimed at perpetrators of violence and intimidation against women and girls.

For many, the emotional and physical abuse suffered at the hands of perpetrators can have lasting effects. The two videos show how this suffering can affect victims in their everyday life, and are designed to shine a spotlight on the common behaviours displayed by perpetrators to encourage them to change their behaviours.

There is help and support available to those that recognise that they are displaying unhealthy and abusive behaviour within their relationship and are willing to change. If you are worried about your behaviour, or the behaviour of a friend or family member towards women and girls, please reach out to protect women and girls from abuse.

Although this campaign is aimed at offenders, we want to reiterate that protecting and supporting victims is a priority for us. Support services are available for both victims and perpetrators and we will take all reports seriously.

Back in September, we arrested 61 people during a week-long intensification period as part of our commitment to tackling VAIWG. Part of this enforcement saw specialist officers contact more than 45 victims of domestic abuse alongside partner agencies to offer advice and support. We want to continue protecting women and girls by giving them safe routes to report and get vital support.

You can watch the new videos and find out more about our campaign by visiting our website: https://www.staffordshire.police.uk/police-forces/staffordshire-police/areas/staffordshire-police/campaigns/campaigns/dont-choose-to-abuse/

Contact details for victim or perpetrator support:

New Era, the domestic abuse service operating across Staffordshire, offers support to victims, as well as those displaying perpetrator behaviours who want help to change. Call 01785 904770 to speak to someone now.

Information provided by Stafford HIVE

Wiltshire: Support and resources for parents in Bath & NE Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire

 

Bath & North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire (BSW) Maternity & Neonatal Voices Partnership is a group of volunteer parents and birth workers, midwives, doctors and commissioners.

There are multiple resources on their website and the group aim to make the maternity and postnatal journey better for all parents & parents-to-be.

Utilising the Padlet platform, they hold information on the following:

• Mental health support
• NICU and Special Care Baby Units
• Postnatal support
• Info for Dads, partners and non-birthing parents
• Infant feeding
• Baby and Toddler groups

Please click here for further information

Information provided by Colerne & Lyneham HIVEs

Fife: DYW Opportunities in Fife

Have you visited DYW's opportunities web page? 

DYW Fife regularly posts jobs, courses and training programmes from partners so Fife's young people can access all the latest opportunities in one place.

Miss it, miss out: DYW Opportunities page

Stafford: Staffordshire smart alert - Winter Fuel Payment "Phishing" Scam

Winter Fuel Payment "Phishing" Scam

We have been made aware of the start of criminal activity using both text messages and emails to try and steal bank details by playing on elderly people's concerns about the Winter Fuel Payment.

What is “Phishing”?

Phishing is a cybercrime in which a target or targets are contacted by email, telephone or text message by someone posing as a legitimate institution to lure individuals into providing sensitive data such as personally identifiable information, banking and credit card details, and passwords.

The information is then used to access important accounts and can result in identity theft and financial loss.

Clicking unknown links puts your information at risk - don't let the cyber-criminals get your information.

An example of a text is shown below -



For more information please click on the link for ‘Age UK ‘ which contains some useful advice on how to recognise this type of text and how to protect yourself from becoming a victim - https://www.ageuk.org.uk/birmingham/about-us/news/articles/2024/winter-payment-phishing/

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