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Planning Tools Workshops, Face2Face Befriender Training Update & lots more...
Planning Tools Workshops
We are organising a Planning Tools event for you that will provide information and 'Tools' to help you plan the support around your child - whether this be across Health, Education or Social/Community Care. This is family led 'person centred thinking' that will help us to share life planning tools that will support your whole family, build up resilience, challenge perceptions, help support positive risk tasking and using your experiences and influences to support your child/young person living in their own community.
We have asked Kath Bromfield from Rotherham to facilitate these workshops for us who is very experienced in delivering work around these tools and has used them personally and succesfully. Kath has previously presented this information at an InControl Conference that I attended and also to our Parent Rep team.
A workshop will be available aimed at families WITHOUT a personal budget on 21.3.18 but if you are unable to attend on 21st then you are more than welcome to join us on 22nd. Please click on the links below to book your place:
Wednesday 21st March Workshop, aimed at families WITHOUT a personal budget: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/planning-tools-workshop-without-a-personal-budget-tickets-43702805267
Thursday 22nd March Workshop, aimed at families WITH a personal budget: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/planning-tools-workshop-with-a-personal-budget-tickets-43703265644
These workshops are only open to families only in Telford & Wrekin. VENUE to be confirmed.
Refreshments and Lunch will be included free of charge - please advise any dietary reqs.
***STOP PRESS*** Face2Face Befriender Training Update
The last date of Befriender Training will now be on 22nd May, not 29th May as previously advertised as this is in half term. If you would like to know more about the training starting on 13th March please call Shana Weare on 07557 130 091 or email at face2facepods@hotmail.com
MyFAM-ily Fun Day - Celebrating Telfords 50th Birthday
To Celebrate Telfords 50th birthday, the MyFAM Project has been given funding to hold a HUGE family fun session at Airea51! This session will help your child to socialise with many other children in a way that is comfortable to them! ALL children are welcome irrelevant of disability, there will be plenty for all to do! For more information please click on the following link: https://www.facebook.com/events/143573656458688/
Free Thursday for Children @The Wakes: Pom Pom Chicks & Rabbits
Join The Wakes to make pom pom chicks and rabbits a chance to learn, share ideas and skills . This activity is aimed at children as part of the Easter break - please note children must be accompanied by an adult who will also support the activity. It is free to attend - drop in between 10-2pm and meet like-minded people - all abilities, ages and capabilities welcome. For more information please click on the following link: https://www.facebook.com/events/908901792604800/
Weekly Update from Jayne Stevens (Participation Co-ordinator)...
Well, the snow has been and gone!! Thank goodness for the rain to wash it all away yesterday! Hope those of you who managed to get out in it for fun and sledging or snowballing enjoyed it whilst it lasted and the school closures didn't cause to much disruption . . . Four of my meeting were cancelled/rescheduled at the end of last week but not for long! It gave me a chance to catch up on some emails and also to sort out the Planning Tools workshops for 21/22 March - see our events listings for more information please. These workshops are for any of our families to attend whether you are at SEN Support stage, have an EHCP, whether you have a personal budget or not - they can be used as much or as little as you want them to be - but they are personal to you - the same way as a 'one page profile' might be useful to you too. We spent quite a few hours on Friday reviewing the finances of PODS Charity - ensuring we are keeping on track and that everything we do focusses on what it important for you. It's our 10th year anniversary this year so we're going to start talking about plans in our Admaston Family Group today - needless to say this was our very first 'family group' that was set up (first Monday of the month) all those years ago!!
We heard from some families who had been expecting an email to confirm school places on 1st March and through conversations with LA it was advised that school placements were allocated in February and this information was on EHCPs. We've asked for this information to be made clearer in future and if you have any queries regarding school place would encourage you check your EHCP documentation or to give the SEND Team a call on 385399.
Heading into this week, I'm attending a SEN Law Conference in London tomorrow with one of our trustees and then Autism West Midlands Conference in Shropshire with a Parent Rep on Thursday. I'd also like to remind you that it's International Women's Day on Thursday and The Wakes at Oakengates have a range of events with speakers there too which I'm sure will be great.
Come and join us at our Family Groups...
Thursday 8th March 2018: Your Voice + Family Resources from 7pm-9pm at the Elephant and Castle Pub, Dawley, Telford, TF4 2ET.
Wednesday 21st March 2018: Your Voice + Family Resources from 9.30am-11.30am at Hollinswood Community Centre, 7 Downemead, Telford, TF3 2EW.
Friday 23rd March 2018: Your Voice + Family Resources from 9.30am–11.30am at Dawley Town Hall (opposite Langley School/CAMHS) New Street, Dawley, Telford, TF4 3JR.
Monday 26th March 2018: Your Voice + Family Resources from 5pm-7pm at Pirates and Princesses, Unit 17, Cedar Court, Halesfield 17, Telford, TF7 4PF.
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Kerrie Seagrave
Project Administrator on behalf of PODS Parent Carer Forum.
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