0-25 VCS Forum Newsletter - 14th March 2023
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0-25 VCS Forum - General Meeting - Tuesday 18th April - 10am - hold the date for this online event by booking your place now: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e...
DorPIP are pleased to invite you to our next Steering Group meeting at Upton Country Park on Tuesday 25th April 2023. Your experiences and expertise are vital to help us to continue to deliver our award-winning service to families in Dorset, so that families can flourish, together. The meeting will be held 13:30-14:30, with arrival time starting at 13:00 so we have a little time to chat and get to know one another. Tea, coffee and biscuits will be provided. This is a fabulous opportunity for parents with lived experience and professionals to come together to help shape our service to meet the needs of our community now, and for the future. If you have not attended a steering group meeting before and would like some more information, please let me know and I can send you the terms of reference. summer@dorpip.org.uk
SWRAC would like to invite you to the first celebration event for Supported Internships – 27th March 12-4pm - Supported Internships have now been given a nationally recognised day to highlight the benefits to employers in supporting a young person with SEND and the confidence and skills it gives the young people who take part. We are planning an event at Merley House starting at noon to showcase what a Supported Internship is and how you can assist SEND young people in your workplace. We have some employers lined up to tell you about their experience, DWP to explain Assess to Work, young people to talk about how it has given them the confidence to be part of the work force. Tickets are available on the link below, and of course, being at Merley House there is a tasty lunch whilst networking! Supported Internship Day - information for Employers Tickets, Mon 27 Mar 2023 at 12:00 | Eventbrite
IMPORTANT: Rural Dorset Working Group Meeting
As each day passes our communities in rural Dorset are finding increasing pressures on their families, relationships, children, money, health, and housing.
A multitude of factors are impacting, which include a lack of in-work progression routes, skills progression pathway blockages, recruitment challenges, lack of childcare support, housing options and support issues, and possibly the biggest barrier… transport, which impacts nearly everything. I could go on, but I’d like to think you already have a strong awareness and picture of rural Dorset issues relating to your customer base, your people and your local communities.
Don’t get me wrong there are amazing things happening out there. Every day I see wonderful initiatives, excellence in practice and true hero working across Dorset. You represent a fantastic broad and diverse range of sectors, and do incredible work .
You are the key individuals and organisations in Dorset that can truly make the difference, and between us I’m sure we could influence the rest of the movers and shakers also.
As such I would like to invite you to join a Rural Dorset Working Group Meeting on Thursday 13th April 10am to 11:30am, to see how we can all work on solutions. If you are interested the please send Charlotte Hastings-Stiles, Charlotte.Hastings-Stiles@seetecpluss.co.uk, an email and copy me in. If you cannot make the meeting in April, but still wish to be part of this group then please just say. You are of course welcome to share this email wider. Leaders from Dorset Council are particularly welcome.
Many thanks, and happy to discuss any aspects as always
David
David McArthur MBE, HonFREC | Dorset and New Forest Partnership Manager | Department for Work and Pensions | Tamarisk House | 1 Cotlands Road | Bournemouth | BH1 3BG | Mobile: 07884 267339 | www.dwp.gov.uk
For information and updates from the Dorset Council Children's Services Local Alliance Groups follow this link: LAG - Minutes- September 2022 (dorsetyouth.com)
This survey was designed by the Southern Universities Network Young Researchers, a group of young people aged between 14-17 and we come from across Dorset, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. We want to find out what extra support students need to get the grades they want at GCSE, and work with the Southern Universities Network and schools to get that support for us! Please let us know what you think by filling in the survey, all answers are anonymous and you could be in with the chance of winning 1 of 5 £50 amazon vouchers by taking part!”
Here is the link to the survey: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/GRBRQVF
Thank you so much for your help and if you have any questions please get in touch with me!
Ed Cooney, Lead Youth Voice and Influence Officer, Participation People, Mob: 07841015813. Web: www.participationpeople.com
From Abigail Hole - Dorset Mind - I thought I would reach out to see if you'd be able to assist us in gathering some feedback from young people on our CYP social media channels. We're looking to reduce our social platforms to Instagram & TikTok and retarget our channels to YP aged 11-25 years. With the insight of capturing engagement from the 11-16 age bracket on TikTok/YouTube shorts. If you'd be able to share the following survey within any of your young groups which cater to this demographic that would be amazing. We'd love to have young people's feedback i.e. on what we should name our service now 'Dorset Mind Your Head' has come to an end of its project funded by the National Lottery.
Here's a link to the survey form: https://forms.gle/CacxxRRLmnZkn1z28
Celebrate the King’s Coronation with a street party - We are encouraging residents to start planning their own street parties for The Coronation of The King and The Queen Consort. It will be celebrated across the country and marked with a three-day bank holiday weekend from Saturday 6 May to Monday 8 May with opportunities for people to be part of the historic occasion. Celebrate the King’s Coronation with a street party - Dorset Council news
National Child Exploitation Awareness Day - Saturday 18 March marks National Child Exploitation Awareness Day. You can help raise awareness and show support for the campaign by writing a personal pledge on your hands and posting a photo on social media with the hashtag #HelpingHands Homepage - STOP CE - (stop-ce.org)
Pan Dorset Safeguarding Children Partnership Newsletter - PDSCP MARCH 2023 – Discover your essential news and training links inside (mailchi.mp)
Alcohol Education Trust Newsletter - March 2023 - AET Newsletter - March 2023 (mailerlite.com)
X-Change Newsletter March 2023 - The Xchange is a news and information network for families with children and young people who are disabled in the Dorset Council area. https://www.dorsetcouncil.gov....
Bright Spots Survey As part of our on-going commitment to improving outcomes for looked after children and young people, we are working with Coram Voice and the University of Oxford on Bright Spots, a programme which aims to improve the well-being of children and young people in care by identifying and promoting practices that have a positive influence on them. We are running a survey called ‘Your Life, Your Care’ with our looked after children and there are three different surveys for the different age groups: age 4 to 7, age 8 to 11 and age 11 to 17.
Please make sure that you encourage any young people who are in care that you work with to complete it before the end of the month.
Dorset Council Children's Services - Dates for your diary - Summer conferences - We’ll be holding our summer conferences again this year – they are a great opportunity for us to work with partners and learn from each other, so make a note of the dates! On 29 June we will be having our Education Conference and on 30 June it will be the Strategic Alliance Conference. Both are taking place at Durlston Country Park and we’ll be sending out more details will follow in the coming weeks.
The 7Stars Foundation – Project grants up to £2,500 are available for smaller UK registered charities working with children and young people aged 16 and under in the areas of abuse, addiction, caring for sick and disabled adults, and homelessness. Application deadline: Sunday 30th April 2023
Asda Foundation - Empowering Local Communities Grant - Grants are available to community groups in the UK to support a broad range of activities which can contribute towards transforming their community and improving the lives of people in their community. Support to help with the cost of living rise and for refugees is available. Grants of between £400 and £1,600 are available. The closing date for applications is 21 April 2023
The Boshier-Hinton Foundation – Revenue grants up to £2,000 are available for UK registered charities and Community Interest Companies working with children and adults with special educational or other needs. Applications may be made at any time by application form.
The J & J Charitable Trust - a small number of grants of varying sizes are available to registered charities in England and Wales for a wide range of charitable purposes. The Trust has previously demonstrated a preference for supporting charities working with children and young people, the elderly, people with a disability and Jewish causes - applications may be made at any time in writing.
Warburtons Family Matters Community Grants Programme - Micro-grants up to £400 for not-for-profit organisations in England, Scotland and Wales for projects that benefit families. Application deadline Monday 8th May 2023
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Free Stop Loan Sharks training for your team or organisation - I am taking bookings from May onwards for either online or face-to-face sessions – a minimum of ten people are required. Alternatively, if you have a small number of staff/volunteers and you would like to join a partners session please sign up for the event below if convenient.
Training with Dorset Mind - 1hr Stress Management - This course explores stress, symptoms and behaviours associated with, and our responses to stress. The course also provides you with the tools to develop practical coping and management strategies, to help you manage your stress effectively.
3h Managing Stress, Anxiety and Burnout - This course builds on your existing mental health awareness. Moving beyond awareness the course focuses on the development of practical coping strategies that you can use to lessen the impact of stress and anxiety both in and out of the workplace, and explore your own experiences, identifying personal sources of anxiety and stress and their subsequent impact.
Please contact: training@dorsetmind.uk
Young carers day
Young Carers Action Day, an annual event organised by Carers Trust, is on Wednesday 15 March. Here are some quotes from its latest annual survey of 1,109 young carers and young adult carers from across the UK.
“I’d love to have kid problems. Instead, I’m saving up to try and pay our rent and to see if I can squeeze in some food at the end of it.”
“Caring never stops. Especially when it’s time to sleep, your brain constantly worries about how tomorrow will be, hospital appointments, money etc. It’s in overdrive.”
“There is a lot of pressure on me, to the detriment of my own health, wellbeing, success, happiness and future.”
“You don’t get to have bad days. If you have a bad day, the whole house can fall into disarray. It’s exhausting and traumatic.”
But you can help! Watch this short video for an insight into what it is like to be a young carer and the issues they face, and sign up to the training that helps to identify young carers. Dorset has significantly fewer identified young carers than other LA areas and this training is specifically intended to address that.
YOUTH WORK TRAINING DAYS
Interested in any of the following training at the training day that we are running at QE School on Saturday 25th March –
- Facilitating Music Tech Sessions in your setting [3 hour workshop]
- Using Music & Creativity to support Youth Work [1.5 hour workshop]
- Talk About Alcohol [1.5 hour workshop]
- Young People’s Choices Around Cannabis [1.5 hour workshop]
- 101 Ideas to do at youth club? (1.5 hour workshop)
- Youth Mental Health First Aid [6 hour workshop - running all day]
- Emergency First Aid at Work [6 hour workshop running all day]
- C Card Training [3 hour workshop running in the morning only]
Initial booking closes on Wednesday 15th of March using this link https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e... - this will enable us to finalise the timetable for the day.
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The 0-25 Knowledge Hub is part of our 0-25 VCS Forum and highlights our wonderful voluntary and community sector. It is for anyone working with and for children, young people and their families in Dorset. Check out the site here and make sure your organisation and service is included 0-25 Knowledge Hub Homepage (dorsetyouth.com)
Dorset Youth's Mental Health Hub - where you can find mental health and emotional support services in Dorset - Dorset Youth's Mental Health Hub
Dorset Youth;s Neurodiversity / SEND - find your local activities and services here: Dorset Youth's Young People's SEND/Neurodiversity Page
Dorset Youths Parents and Carers - support and advice for parents and carers - Dorset Youth's Parent & Carers Homepage
Dorset Youths - Young People - activities and support for young people in Dorset - Young Person Homepage (dorsetyouth.com)
CASPAR weekly update (nspcc.org.uk)
Your Space Youth Project newsletter for March 2023 (mailchi.mp)
To promote and share your job vacancies and volunteering opportunities, email details to 0-25vcs@dorsetyouth.com and we will add them here
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New Free Membership offer for clubs & Groups
We have reviewed how we support local Clubs & Groups in Dorset, we want to make sure we can support you so you can carry on providing your fantastic service. There is no longer a affiliation fee to become a member but we will be asking for all new and existing members to complete our new membership form for 2023.
By completing this membership form we can help with the following:
- Networking (Coming soon- regular network meetings in the localities)
- Updates & Newsletters from our 0-25 VCS forum
- DBS checks & governance support
- Advice & Guidance for established an new organisations
- Training and Development
- Youth opportunities (Coming soon- young leaders & young ambassadors)
- Access to CRM for data capture (Coming soon)
- Knowledge Hub- advertising your service on the Dorset Youth website
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