Supporting Residents this Winter
Winter is closing in and temperatures are dropping. If you work directly with residents, please ensure you are aware of the different offers local to residents, where they can access support, activities and stay warm this winter.
residents can choose from a number of warm spaces across the borough. The full detail of these warm spaces can be found here. All of Hounslow’s Community are also warm spaces, where residents can seek face-to-face support and participate in activities. No bookings or referrals are needed.
You may know that there are changes to the Winter Fuel Payments and we encourage you to support residents in checking their eligibility for Pension Credit. The final date for making a backdated claim for pension credit, to make sure residents receive this year’s winter fuel payment is the 21st December.
Please share with your families.
Learn Hounslow: Parenting Courses
Parenting: Supporting Children’s Emotional Development
20th January 2025 - 17th March 2025
Mondays: 5.30pm - 7.30pm
For more information please visit flyer and leaflet here.
Parenting: Keeping Your Children Safe Online
20th January 2025 - 17th March 2025
Mondays: 5.30pm - 7.30pm
For more information please visit flyer and leaflet here.
Parenting: Understanding Children's Mental Health
22nd January 2025 - 19th March 2025.
Wednesdays: 5.30pm - 7.30pm
For more information please visit flyer and leaflet here.
Call 02085836000 to book your place, quote code in flyers attached.
Let’s Talk Programme
Now open for referrals for January 2025 groups!
Let’s Talk is a free 11-week therapeutic concurrent group programme for children and mothers who have been affected by domestic abuse in Hounslow.
The children’s group supports children to process their experiences of domestic abuse through group discussions and activities. The mothers group enables mothers to understand the impact of domestic abuse on their children and how they can effectively support them.
Groups are offered to Infants (school year 1-3), Juniors ( school year 4-6) and teens (school years 7-8 or years 8-9).
Please complete the referral form attached for any mothers and children who would benefit from this support.
Please email the referral form or any questions to domesticabusessupport@hounslow.gov.uk
If you have any questions or there are any cases you would like to discuss prior to making a referral, please feel free to contact Jessica.Shrubbs@hounslow.gov.uk.
Network session for Attendance in Secondary Schools
The School Attendance Support Service are hosting a session for all Attendance Officers and Attendance Leads at Hounslow House on Monday, 20 January from 1.30pm to 3.30pm.
Colleagues from CAMHS, Alternative Provision, and CME will be attending the session to provide guidance and support. Further details, including an agenda, will be available from your School Attendance Support Officer soon.
Please email SASSDuty@hounslow.gov.uk to register your interest.
Kickstart a healthier lifestyle in 2025
Brentford FC Community Sports Trust is running an Introduction to Healthy Lifestyle course from Thursday, 16 January 2025.
This 12-week course is designed for adults who are receiving or seeking support for their mental health. The course will explore key aspects of a healthy lifestyle including habit creation, caring for physical and mental health, and making sustainable lifestyle changes.
Sessions will run weekly from 11am to 12pm on Thursdays at the Brentford Football Club Community Stadium Hub, TW8 0SB. You can sign up or refer someone you know below.
Supporting Your Child’s Emotional Regulation a Developmental and Relationship Based Approach workshop.
Does your child struggle with regulating their emotions and have frequent meltdowns?
Join Contact Hounslow for a FREE online workshop on Supporting your Child’s Emotional Regulation: A Developmental and Relationship Based Approach
This workshop will help you understand the reasons for the meltdowns, explore the nervous and sensory systems that influence our emotional responses, and discover strategies to help you become an effective co-regulator for your neurodivergent child.
Thursday 30th January, 10am –11.30 am
To register click here
scan the QR code in attached flyer or email hounslow.office@contact.org.uk.
Short Breaks Newsletter
Please find attached the Short Breaks newsletter. Please do pass it onto any families that may be interested.
Short Breaks is a service for young people with disabilities and/or SEN up to the age of 18. Families can self-refer or via a professional. All you need to do is call the team on 0208 583 3636 or email shortbreaks@hounslow.gov.uk. If you have any queries, please do get in touch.
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Upcoming Parenting Programmes
Open for referrals for January 2025
Targeted Early Help & Intervention team have shared the details of the upcoming Winter parenting programs.
123 Magic is a parenting/behaviour management programme for parents and carers of children aged 2-12 who have been diagnosed with ADHD or who display challenging behaviour. It is a 5 week online programme.
The plan for 123 Magic is to be run on:
March 2025 cohort: 6 March 2025 to 3 April 2025 - Thursdays 6pm to 8pm
123 Magic referral form | 123 Magic flyer
Surviving Your Adolescents is a programme for parents of children over the age of 12 aimed at increasing the parents’ and carers’ ability to communicate with their young people and to reduce the risks that the young people face. It is a 5 week online programme.
The plan for Surviving Your Adolescents is to be run on:
March 2025 cohort: 4 March 2025 to 1 April 2025 - Tuesdays 6pm to 8pm
Surviving your Adolescents referral form | Surviving your Adolescents flyer
Should you wish to refer any of the families with whom you work, please share the flyer which contains the dates, times and the agenda for the programme and get informed consent from the parent / carer.
Send all referrals and any queries to FFISgroupprograms@hounslow.gov.uk
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Family Hubs
Three Family Hubs in Hounslow, Feltham, and Brentford are providing advice and support closer to home, for families with children aged 0-19, or up to 25 years old if they have special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), from the Council and its partners.
Opening Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm, these hubs will offer a range of joined-up services, focusing particularly on parenting support, infant feeding support, early language support and perinatal mental health support.
Hounslow families can also take part in free online resources developed by Family Hub in partnership with health experts. The Solihull Approach course is to nurture emotional health and wellbeing of children aged 0-19. The ’50 Things to Do before You’re Five’ website and mobile app is a menu of fun, affordable ideas for play and learning for parents and children aged 0-4.
To find out more about Family Hubs and locations, please visit www.hounslow.gov.uk/familyhubs or www.hounslowconnect.com/services/hounslows-family-hubs
Family Hub East: Brentford, North Road, Brentford, TW8 0BJ
Tel: 020 8583 5760
Family Hub West: Alf King, 7 Hanworth Road, Feltham, TW13 5AF
Tel: 020 8583 3922
Family Hub Central (Hanworth): Lampton, Neville Close, Hounslow, TW3 4JG
Tel: 020 8583 3720
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