Bath: 24 things to do in Bath in 2024

 

From comedy, live music and family festivals to TV & film locations, sporting events and walking tours - Bath has lots to offer in 2024.

Click here for inspiration!

Families with children may also find events listed on the Bath & Wiltshire Parent website

Information provided by Colerne & Lyneham HIVE's

Updates to Early Years Provision

 

The Government is expanding early years and childcare government funding to working families from April 2024 which will enable working families of two year old children to access up to 15 hours of government funded early years education a week (based on 38 weeks). This will be expanded from September 2024 for working families of children after they have turned nine months and then from September 2025 this will be expanded to 30 hours. For more information and parents to check their eligibility visit: Childcare Choices | 30 Hours Childcare, Tax-Free Childcare and More | Help with Costs | GOV.UK

There will also be an expansion of wraparound childcare ​places in settings from September for families who need it with children from Reception Year to Year 6. This plan is aimed at families who need wraparound provision from 8 am – 6pm term time only should have access to it within their local community.

There is also government start up grant funding available currently to encourage people to become registered childminders. The website where applications can be made for the start up grant can be found here: Apply for a childminder start-up grant - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Togetherall - new year goal setting

Entering a new year may come with hope, happiness, and pressure to achieve goals or feeling like we need to be perfect.

As the new year starts, it’s easy for us to feel like we need to accomplish everything we didn’t get the chance to tackle last year. Sometimes we can put so much pressure on ourselves to improve every aspect of our lives, we can feel anxious, depressed, or overwhelmed.

There’s no problem with setting goals for yourself, but it is important to work towards our goals while being kind to ourselves.

Do you have areas of your life you want to work on this year? Try some of the following tips from the goal-setting guide in the Togetherall platform.

Richmond: Warm Welcome at Richmond Town Hall throughout Jan Feb

 Information provided by North HIVE Hub

Richmond: Coffee, Cake and Chat every first Weds of the month starting 3rd Jan

Our first Coffee, Cake and Chat sessions will be taking place this week!

Begin the year with a lovely and relaxed session over a brew, yummy cake, and conversations with friends new and old.

 Information provided by North HIVE Hub

Catterick: Coffee, Cake & Chat every first Thurs of the month starting 4th Jan

 Our first Coffee, Cake and Chat sessions will be taking place this week!

Begin the year with a lovely and relaxed session over a brew, yummy cake, and conversations with friends new and old.

 Information provided by North HIVE Hub

Stafford: SENDIASS Staffordshire family partnership

Staffordshire SEND Family Partnership - Information Advice and Support (SEND IASS) in Staffordshire is the service that supports on education, health and social care issues relating to a child's or young person's (0 - 25 years) special educational needs.

They can be contacted regarding issues such as exclusions, education health and care plans amongst many other issues, including providing support and training for parents and carer's.

You can also follow them on Facebook

Phone them 01785 356921 or Email:
sfps@staffordshire.gov.uk

Follow the link for their website

Web: www.staffs--iass.org/

Information provided by Stafford HIVE

Catterick: CTP - CIPD L5 Associate Diploma in People Management 11th March

An ideal course for Service leavers planning to work in Human Resources at the Supervisory or Management level. This CIPD-accredited course is highly regarded in both the public and private sectors and will help you further develop your professional HR knowledge.

Find out more https://bit.ly/CTPAssociate_DiplomaCall to book - 01252 954007

Information provided by North HIVE Hub

Lichfield: AWS CS Community Coffee & Play - starts 23 January

 Information provided by: Central HIVE Hub

Stafford: Staffordshire County Council new careers website is now live!

 Where you can make a difference!

Our new careers website is now live! It has a new design and a new ambassador programme that lets you hear directly from our employees about what it's like to work here.

The website, which is the best place to learn about all the jobs and opportunities we have on offer.

On the new website, you can:

➡ Explore our different departments and find out what we do
➡ Search for jobs that match your skills and interests
➡ Learn more about our benefits and career development opportunities
➡ Meet our ambassadors, real employees who talk about their experiences working here.

We're especially excited about our new ambassador programme. We asked colleagues to tell us their career stories, and we were blown away by their passion and dedication.

See link here

Information provided by Stafford HIVE