January 10, 2025

January 9, 2025

Cheltenham: New centre for under-fives with special needs set to open in Cheltenham

 

Following the successful pilot of an Early Years Special Educational Needs centre in Coney Hill, Gloucester, the council has awarded Dingley’s Promise a three-year contract to provide support until 2028, which includes a new centre in Cheltenham.

Dingley's Promise is a national charity that provides nursery provision, holiday playschemes and family support for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). The children they work with have a wide range of additional needs including cognitive delay, autism, physical disabilities, genetic conditions, and life-limiting conditions.

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Information provided by Lyneham HIVE

Weeton: LCC Family Hub - Triple P - Positive Parenting Programme


Please note:  The 'Children's Centre' on Weeton Camp has been renamed to the 'Neighbourhood Centre'

Information provided by Preston & Weeton HIVE

Weeton: LCC Family Hub Infant Massage

Please note:  The 'Children's Centre' has been renamed to the 'Neighbourhood Centre'

Information provided by Preston & Weeton HIVE

North of England: Step Together project "Step to Get Her"



Step Together have launched a new project “Step To Get Her”, providing Peer Support to Females who are going through, or have previously been Medically Discharged from (tri) service. They are very pleased to introduce you to Adele Marshall who is the Lived Experience Facilitator covering the North UK project. Adele is also an Army Veteran and a local resident.

Adele is facilitating Peer Support covering the North of the UK, along with Dana (RAF Veteran) covering the South. Support will be both face to face and online covering all areas of the UK, the format will develop from the needs of the clients.

We are now taking referrals and engaging with people. Referrals can be made here: https://step-together.org.uk/armed-forces-community-programme.

Information provided by North HIVE Hub

Hereford: Family and friends of young minds Ledbury


 

Information provided by Wales HIVE Hub

Wiltshire: Skills bootcamps

 

Are you looking for a new career, or retuning to work in 2025?

Skills Bootcamps offer free training and a job interview at the end of the course!

Courses are available in four sectors:
  • Early years
  • Leadership and management
  • Digital
  • Sustainability and carbon

Courses are free for anyone aged 19+ and have lived in the UK for more than three years and a resident of either Wiltshire or Swindon.

For more information, email skillsbootcamps@wiltshire.gov.uk.

Grantham: Wellbeing Lincs - 4 signs of a frozen pipe


Advice from Wellbeing Lincs www.wellbeinglincs.org drops in temperature can cause pipes in our homes to freeze or burst. Check out the guidance here:

Information provided by Grantham HIVE


Wiltshire: The updated MyWilts app has now been launched

 

The MyWilts app is the quickest way for you to report issues to Wiltshire Council, including highways defects, weather emergencies, fly-tipping and overgrown vegetation.

If you have automatic updates turned off, simply visit the App Store for Apple devices or the Google Store for Android devices to initiate the update.

You can continue to use your previous details to login and report issues. Cases raised in the previous version of the app can still be viewed.

The update improves the user experience and provides some new functionality, with the facility to deploy further improvements and new features in the future.

If you do not have a smartphone that can support the app or do not wish to use your phone, the MyWilts online reporting webpage is still available.