 Welcome to the February 2025 edition of the Family Hub Partner Newsletter!
Family Hub Digital Offer
The Family Hub website is the Family Hub 'in your hand'. With a wealth of information for both families and professionals, our digital platform can be used as a signposting tool as well as an event calendar to find your nearest face to face parent and child group.
Our vibrant new poster displays a QR code which will take users directly to the website. Please feel free to display this poster in all public areas as well as your staff room. The professionals section of the website has been designed to support your daily practice and share useful resources. .
Professional Development
NHS Making Every Contact Count: e-learning
Aims and ambitions
Make Every Contact Count (MECC) enables the delivery of consistent and concise health and wellbeing information and encourages individuals to engage in conversations about their health at scale across organisations and populations.
The fundamental idea underpinning the MECC approach is simple. It recognises that staff across health and care, local authority and voluntary sectors have thousands of contacts every day with individuals and are ideally placed to support health and wellbeing.
MECC is intended for anyone who has contact with people to “Make Every Contact Count” and develop public health knowledge.
How learners will benefit from doing this course
The MECC elearning programme is designed to support learners in developing an understanding of public health and the factors that impact on a person’s health and wellbeing. It focuses on how asking questions and listening effectively to people is a vital role for us all.
A MECC interaction takes a matter of minutes and is not intended to add to existing busy workloads, rather it is structured to fit into and complement existing engagement approaches.
Who it’s aimed at?
MECC is for everyone, it is not restricted to one person, profession or organisation.
For organisations, MECC means providing staff with the leadership, environment, training and information they need to deliver the MECC approach.
For staff, MECC means having the competence and confidence to deliver health and wellbeing messages, to help encourage people to change their behaviour and to direct them to local services that can support them.
For individuals, MECC means seeking support and taking action to improve their own health and wellbeing
ERIC - The Children's Bowel and Bladder Charity
ERIC is the national charity dedicated to improving children’s bowel and bladder health. Our mission is to reduce the impact of continence problems on children and their families.
February training for professionals includes:
- Toilet-Relaxed Anxiety
- Toilet Training; Including children with additional needs
- Healthy Bladders and Bowel Refresher
Collaboratives
South Locality
North Locality
Early Help Strategy Consultation
 Cheshire East Council are currently reviewing their Early Help Strategy 2025-2026. Part of this process includes consulting with people living in Cheshire East, as well as professionals working in Cheshire East to allow us to understand what currently works well and what we need to improve and in what ways. The draft Early Help Strategy (2025-2026) has been developed as a continuation of our existing strategy, building on the strengths of approaches adopted and identifying areas for improvement and development; this in terms of strengthening our partnership approach and responding to emerging needs.
Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)
Special Educational Needs and Disabilities is one of our key priority areas cross the locality. With that in mind, we now have a wealth of events and support available which include:
- Talking Walk-In - Support for speech and language (0-5).
- Cheshire East Information, Advice and Support - bookable appointments for parents and young people around SEND.
- 0-19+ Specialist Health Visitor Drop-in
- SEND Marketplace Events (February)
- Talking About: Toilet Training with SEND
A full set of the flyers available can be found in the accompanying resource email to this newsletter.
Emotional Health and Wellbeing
 Time Out Group is a Cheshire-based charity supporting adults (18+) with Learning Disabilities and Autism.
We’re excited to offer 12 new media-focused sessions, ‘Have Your Say’, starting this March in Poynton on Mondays, 6–8 PM.
Session Highlights:
• Create your own media podcast to share your thoughts and passions.
• Learn to set up microphones, record, edit, and add sound effects or music.
• Discover how to connect with an audience and interview guests.
How do I sign up and get involved?
Meet us at Poynton Civic Hall. Drop by on Monday 10th or 17th February, 4:30–6:30 PM, to meet the team and learn more—no registration needed!
For details, email admin@timeoutgroup.org.uk
From Poynton to the world—let your voice be heard!
In Our Place Resources
 Since the launch in September 2024, we have seen just under 400 users from across Cheshire East subscribe to our range of workshops on the 'In Our Place' website. To further promote this fantastic offer we are delighted to share with you a new postcard graphic for the most popular workshop so far.
No matter your family setup, the important relationships in your child’s life help shape their emotional health and wellbeing. This transformative course offers a reflective space to think about your child’s development, their behaviour and how they are communicating.
Understanding your child: from toddler to teenager is for all parents, grandparents and carers of children aged between six months to 19 years. The resources are tailored so that whatever their age, you can use the ideas and techniques to help better understand your child, their emotions and how to nurture them
The course is also available in Arabic, Bulgarian, Polish, Simplified Chinese, Somali, Urdu and Welsh.
A pdf is available in the accompanying email to this newsletter which can be shared directly with parents and carers to provide further information and accessibility to the resources.
Family Hub Updates for your setting/organisation
 As we continue to share our offer across the locality, our Family Hub Business Development Officer Charlotte Blake has been visiting schools, primary care settings and voluntary organisations to ensure all practitioners are equipped with a solid understanding of the Family Hub offer and how best to signpost children and families to our services.
Charlotte has delivered staff meetings to Primary Education settings and GP practices and is keen to continue this work moving forwards.
If you would like to find out more please email charlotte.blake@cheshireeast.gov.uk
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