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PODS Stop Motion Video Club & Lots More...

PODS Stop Motion Video Club

Wednesday 25th October 2023 from 4pm-5pm at PODS Hub, 1 Hawksworth Road, Central Park, Telford, TF2 9TU

Does your child/young person like to make videos? If yes, then PODS is starting an after school Stop Motion Video Club to enable the children and young people make Stop Motion Videos using Lego.

All equipment and items needed will be provided. Contact Uma at: uma@podstelford.org for any details.

To book, please click here: PODS Stop Motion Video Club

PODS Half Term Activities

Join PODS this October half term holidays for a variety of activity sessions!

Tickets must be booked via the links below. Parents and carers are required to attend with their children/young people. For more information please email jeannie@podstelford.org.

Pumpkin Carving - SOLD OUT

Halloween Party - SOLD OUT

Blists Hill - TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE

Dancerella Dance Session - SOLD OUT

Crocky Trail - TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE

Christmas Card Design Session - SOLD OUT

PODS Buddy Scheme

A PODS Buddy offers support to parent carers that may find it difficult to make that first step to attend a family group.

Our friendly PODS Buddy would meet you at the door, walk in with you, and stay with you at the family group, to make sure you are comfortable and not alone.

All our Buddies are parent carers, and have all had to make that first step, so they know how you’re feeling and are there to support you.

For more information or to enquire about having a PODS Buddy, please contact kerrie@podstelford.org or call: 07309 753044.

Blists Hill Family Group

Thursday 26th October 2023 from 10am-12pm at Blists Hill Victorian Town, Telford, TF7 5UD

Come and join us at PODS Family Group in Blists Hill Victorian Town for a chat, relax and meet with friendly faces. Ask us for some advice or just enjoy a walk around the village. Please note a facemask is required in some parts of the village. Tickets are available at a subsidised cost of £3 per person. PODS will provide 1 tea/coffee/soft drink to each person booked, however you will have to purchase your own other refreshments if required.  

Places are limited and booking is essential, open to all PODS members living in Telford and Wrekin. Please note that the tickets are non-refundable. Children, of any age, are welcome however if they are under 2 years old, no ticket is required. We will be meeting at the entrance at 10am, please let us know if you will be late or can no longer make it so as the group can enter on time.

To book, please click here: Blists Hill Family Group

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'Design a PODS Christmas Card' Competition 

With Christmas fast approaching we are running our popular Christmas card competition again.

We would love for you to get creative and get involved, this can be as a family or your child/young person. We will choose 4 winning designs, that will then be made into our Christmas cards to be sent to all our families.

Our popular PODS Christmas Card Design Session is now fully booked, but you can still create your designs at home. 

Please submit your entries to kerrie@podstelford.org by 5th November.

Mental Health Services Experiences

There is a big national piece of work going on around experiences of Mental Health Services.  We'd like to invite you to get involved by using the following links: https://solvingtogether.crowdicity.com/category/browse

Your opinions make a difference.

Help us shape the future of our Mental Health Services through Solving Together https://solvingtogether.crowdicity.com/

Join the conversation about reducing waiting times for children and young people’s mental health services.

For the first time, the NHS is launching a month-long online conversation on children and young people’s mental health, with a focus on gathering learning and ideas on how we can improve waiting times and make services more accessible.

Using the Solving Together platform we will be inviting partners involved in the children and young peoples mental health pathway, professionals, children and young people and their families to have a say about this critical issue – with a focus on collecting ideas and best practice for ways to make our NHS services better in the future.

There are 3 'conversations':

• Prevention and Early Intervention
• Experience of services conversation
• Transfer of care and wider support

Special Education Notice - Children and Young People Vaping

Extract from a Letter to Parent Carers from Liz Noakes Director: Health & Wellbeing (Statutory Director of Public Health...

"Recently, Telford & Wrekin Health & Wellbeing Board published the "Children & Young People and Vaping Position Statement", which I strongly encourage you to read (by visiting www.telford.gov.uk/youngpeoplevaping or calling 01952 384200, 9am-5pm weekdays for a paper copy). This document summarizes the current known risks of vaping among young people and provides essential information for you and the young people you care for.

An estimated 1,900 young people aged 11-17 in our borough experimented with vaping already this year, a staggering 136% increase from 2014. It is also estimated that 600 young people aged 11-17 vape every day, a concerning rise from less than 100 regular vapers in 2014. This rise in vaping among young people is not unique to our borough and is a national concern."

To read the letter in full, please click here: Important Information Regarding Vaping Among Children and Young People

Information from Telford & Wrekin Community Champions

FREE Online Courses

Energize Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin have FREE spaces for an online course - Mental Health Awareness for Sport and Physical Activity - developed in partnership with Mind, 1st4sport, Sport England and UK Coaching. The course lasts approximately 2 to 3 hours and you can dip in and out as needed.

Their free spaces are available to those involved with community sports clubs and activity providers in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin - including committee members, coaches and players.

For more information and to apply, email Michelle Pullen, Energize Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin Empowering Communities Manager, michelle.pullen@energizestw.org.uk.

Telford Crisis Support

Action for Happiness Calendar -  Optimistic October 2023

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Thank you for reading our latest Ebulletin, please stay safe & well. 

Kerrie Seagrave, Member Support Co-ordinator

on behalf of PODS Parent Carer Forum.

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