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This Newsletter contains important Early Help updates and topics discussed at the Early Help Improvement Board.
It has now been a year since Action for Children took over the Targeted Early Help contract within Devon's Children Centres.
Rob Wyatt (Operations Director of Childrens Services) describes the changes.
The term One Devon is commonly used by the Local Area, including schools, to summarise our approach to working together to support children regardless of who we are or what organisation we work for.
 Devon National Citizen Service (NCS) Graduates invites you to 'Take the Camo Off Mental Health'
NCS graduates from Devon have come up with a raising awareness campaign for their social action project which aims to support armed forces personnel and their families.
Find out more about the 'Taking the Camo off Mental Health' campaign and how you can get involved. #takeoffthecamo
Over the last few months, Different Conversations training delivered by Tricia Nicoll took place across Devon. It ran alongside the Children in Care Wellbeing Project and focused around personalisation for young people, outcome planning, history of personal health budgets, current polices & person centred planning for children in care.
The training has received great feedback and opportunities are being explored to run it again.
The 'No Need to Exclude' Toolkit has been launched to support inclusion for school leaders, staff and governing boards.
The toolkit has been developed by schools and professionals, working together to end exclusions in Devon.
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Further Roadshow events are being planned to take place this Summer Term, so please keep an eye out as the dates and booking links are due to be confirmed shortly.
If your agency would like to be involved in event planning, please get in touch.
Thank you to those of you who have been involved in providing required information for the current Spot Check.
The Inspectors from the Troubled Families Team are due to visit the Local Authority and meet with the Early Help Leadership team, Stakeholders and practitioners involved in specific cases, on Tuesday 30 April.
As some of you know, an alliance of local NHS providers was successful in its bid to provide community health services for children, young people and their families across Devon.
From 1 April 2019 the new service will be known as Children and Family Health Devon. See here for more information and details of their website.
Data shows that demand for Early Help services peaks over the holiday periods. In Exeter, Premier League 'Kicks' a programme run by Exeter City FC Community Trust is tackling this issue by providing a range of healthy activities for boys and girls from 8 - 18 over the Summer period.
James Tisshaw (Exeter Early Help Area Manager) explains more.
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