SUMMER SPECIAL 

SPOTLIGHT ON.... FASP 2023

We are pleased to be able to share that applications for the Freedom Activity Support Payment (FASP) are now open.

Following the success of last year, we will continue to accept referrals via an online application form and this can be accessed below. For parents and carers who need support with the online application, the 0-25 SEND Team will be here via phone or email to provide assistance.

Once again, the entire FASP will be paid as one payment of £300 (or pro-rata if a young person turns 7 or 18 within the qualifying year).

We want the FASP to be able to reach as many eligible children and young people as possible, and making this decision enables us to continue to provide this payment without having to add an additional limit on applicants. Applicants will still be asked to provide their feedback as part of our monitoring of payments but this will be done via a survey as opposed to a paper form, and this will be shared directly with all successful applicants later in the year.

Eligibility Criteria

To be considered eligible for the FASP in 2023, you must evidence that you and your child or young person meet the following criteria:

• Has an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP)
• Resides in the East Riding of Yorkshire
• Is aged between 7 and 17 during the duration (or partly the duration) of the application window*
• Is registered with Look Ahead, you can register on our look ahead page
• Does not receive a direct payment, commissioned short break or overnight short break, including a stay in the residence, provided for by East Riding of Yorkshire Council
• The request must detail appropriate ways that this funding will be used to support access to social and leisure opportunities.
• For those who received the FASP in 2022, applications will only be accepted by those who submitted both the online survey and evidence of how the FASP was spent.

*Should your child turn 18 before March 31^st 2024 they will only receive a part payment based on the child’s date of birth.

*Should your child turn 7 after April 1^st 2023 but before March 31^st 2024, they will receive a part-payment based on the child’s date of birth (pro-rata from the date that they turned 7).

Below, you will find a guidance document for completing the FASP and an FAQ that answers some key questions.

Applications will be open until Sunday 10^th September 2023

If you require any additional support, please contact the team on 01482 394000 (option 6) or via email at fasp@eastriding.gov.uk and a team member will be in touch with you in due course. 

Please note - we typically receive a higher volume of calls and emails during this time so we appreciate your patience if you are trying to contact us. We will ensure that no-one who is eligible misses out.

There is a currently a wait time of up to 10 working days for applications to be processed. Once an application has been processed and approved, payments should enter bank accounts within 2-3 weeks of you receiving your confirmation email. 

FASP - Guidance 2023

FASP - Guidance FAQ 2023

FASP Online Application form (external website)

What's new on the Local Offer?

• Fay Kesby (faykesby@rnib.org.uk), from the Royal National Institute of the Blind is interested in speaking to those looking to set-up groups for young people with visual impairments. These are available for young people age 18-27. Please contact Fay directly if you are interested.
• Home from Home Care
• Improvement plan meeting minutes updated

To view any of the above items, please click here

East Yorkshire Parent Carer Forum 

East Yorkshire Parent Carer Forum (EYPCF) is for the parents and carers of children and young people (0-25 years) who have any special educational needs or disabilities (SEND) and live in the East Riding of Yorkshire.

We are part of a Regional and National network and represent the views of parents to improve local services for families who care for children and young people with SEND

EYPCF is an independent organisation and we believe that by working together we have more strength to raise awareness of our children's needs.

For more information please see contact details below. 

07813676941

admin@eypcf.co.uk

Parent Carer Support Groups

There are a number of parent carer support groups running across the East Riding and surrounding areas. To view information about these groups please click here.

To view National support organisations, please click here.

(These links will take you to the Local Offer website).

East Riding Wide and Hull/York catchment

Humber Sensory Processing Service

The new Humber Sensory Processing Service for the East Riding is due to open later this year. To coincide with National Sensory Processing Awareness month, the service will open on 1 October accepting referrals for children and young people 0-18 years that have a GP in the East Riding of Yorkshire. 

Information about the team, the service it offers and how to access and contact the service is attached.

The team’s website is also available here - ( Sensory Processing – Humber Sensory Processing Hub )

In addition, Parent Workshop sessions, an ‘Introduction to sensory processing differences’ will be available more widely to parents across the East Riding. 

Dates and times for all of these are given below. To book onto one of the training sessions, please email the service email address with you name, the training session you would like to book onto and contact details:

hnf-tr.humbersensoryprocessingservice@nhs.net

Schools Out 2023

Humber NHS Cadet Programme 

We have an exciting new opportunity for young people aged 14-16 and 16-18 in both Hull and East Riding.

The Humber NHS Cadet Programme is for young people wanting to learn more about important health topics, the NHS organisation, as well as:

• Develop new skills
• Grow their confidence and meet new people
• Build their experience and CV
• Try something new and have fun

This 11-month programme is in collaboration with St John Ambulance, and consists of 2-hour weekly sessions on an evening. The highly trained and friendly NHS Cadet Team, along with our NHS staff, will support young people through the programme which will be shaped to their needs and interests.

To learn more about who can get involved and how they can apply, please take a look at the attached leaflets.

Humber NHS Cadets Programme 14-16

Humber NHS Cadets Programme 16-18

Energise by Endorphins

For more information on dates, times and venues, please click on the link below.

Summer Session Dates

Holiday Activities and Food Programme - HAF

The HAF programmes are for children and young people 5-16 years old who are on benefits related free school meals who attend an East Riding school.  There are a very small number of places for children and young people with SEND on the programmes who are not means tested, and these will be offered on a first come, first served basis.  Once the provider has reached their quota, they will signpost families back to the schools out website and local offer. Search for activities for children and young people receiving benefit-related free school meals across the East Riding on Schools Out! Sign up to our newsletter to be the first to hear of events from our providers.

For further details and information please see below attachment and website

SEND Reel

Holiday Activities and Food (activeeastriding.co.uk)

Youth Recovery Well-being College Information

We are excited to let you know that the new Youth Recovery & Wellbeing College launches this summer!. We have a fantastic offer over the summer holidays and then move into our term-time young person focused provision.

Who are we?

The Youth Recovery & Wellbeing College is a person-centred community for those aged 11–18 living in Hull and the East Riding. The college is led by young people and explores creative and empowering ways to improve wellbeing through engaging virtual and face-to-face experiences, workshops, sessions, and activities.

What’s on offer?

This summer we have a range of experiences on offer for your young people including informal and fun creative lyric writing sessions, reflective drawing workshops, goal setting through scrapbooking, empowering social media steering groups, confidence building through youth practitioner information, advice and guidance sessions, and exciting ‘Out-N-About’ experiences across Hull and the East Riding!

Co-Production

The brand-new NHS service prides itself on co-production meaning that all opportunities are designed by young people and delivered in collaboration with experienced youth workers, NHS professionals, educational providers and creative persons from the arts and other areas. Furthermore, we are new in the sense that the provision is informal, non-clinical, self-led and non-referral based.

Ethos

The Youth Recovery & Wellbeing College celebrates diversity and inclusion providing safe environments and platforms for young people to grow and embrace friendship, relationship, and individuality.

Sign-up

For more information and sign posted opportunities please visit our site. Where young people aged between 11-18 can sign up and register interest with our face to face and virtual offers: https://youth.humberrecoverycollege.nhs.uk/

Humber and North Yorkshire Young People’s Mental Health Advisory Board

Please see below attachments for further updates from the group.

YPMH Advisory Group MAY 2023 UPDATE

Consultation Form

Portage Workshop

This is a certificated training course delivered by National Portage Association Accredited Trainers.

The Portage Workshop is an introduction to the Portage Approach to working with children with additional needs and their families. The workshop is suitable for early years practitioners who work in an early year’s settings (PVI or maintained), Children’s Centres, Childminders and parents/carers of children who are receiving Portage support.

Central to the course are the ‘Portage Principles’ and the ‘Three Circle Model of Portage’.  The NPA has set standards for minimum workshop content and length.  The Workshop has a core curriculum consisting of seven modules and must last a minimum of 2 full days plus a Follow Up session.

The workshop is designed to support parents who have children that are being supported by Portage, and practitioners working with children, to help support their learning and development and to understand the strategies and principles used by Portage Workers.   

Dates: 13.09.2023 , 24.10.2023, 21.11.2023

Venue: North Bridlington Library, Marton Gate, Bridlington, YO16 6YD.

 Please contact earlyyears.training@eastriding.gov.uk to request a place.

Paddington Bears First Concert 

For more information please see below attachment.

Paddington Bear's First Concert Information

The Information Group, forming part of the Voice and Engagement strands of the SEND Development and Improvement Plan, are recruiting new parents and carers to join the group.  The purpose of the Information Group is to work in coproduction with our parents and carers, for example

• To ensure that information about health, social care and educational services for children and young people (aged 0-25 years) with SEND, with or without an EHCP, is fit for purpose and accessible to parents, carers and young people.
• To advise and support on the development of information resources to ensure they meet the needs of parents and carers of children and young people with SEND.
• To provide a quality control function to ensure that information for parents and carers of children and young people with SEND is fit for purpose, comprehensible, accessible, accurate and up to date.

Our full terms of Reference and meeting minutes are available here.

If you are interested in being a part of the group, please contact Jonathan Ellis, 0-25 SEND Team Manager at jonathan.ellis@eastriding.gov.uk or (01482) 394000 (option 6).

Did You Know….

The Families Information Service has their own Facebook and Twitter pages!

If you have any upcoming events or sessions, we can share them via our social media, email fish@eastriding.gov.uk and we can add the information.

Facebook.com/eastridingfish

Twitter.com/FamiliesERYC

The next bulletin will be on Thursday 17 August 2023. 

If you would like to submit information, news or events for inclusion in the next bulletin, please email us BEFORE 12 NOON on Wednesday 16 August 2023.

(please note submission does not guarantee inclusion).

Thank You.