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Welcome to the Community Participation Team bulletin. This week;
- Shining Stars - 6 September
- Volunteers Needed - Strickland House
- Free 1 day training - Reducing parental conflict
- LGBT+ Meeting - 21 August
- Provider Fair - 28 August
- Sanskriti - A celebration of Indian culture - 22 September
P.S don't forget to buy your Twincl ticket and help us beat this years fundraising total of £34,497
If you would like to send us information about your event or other community related news then please get in touch at cpt@telford.gov.uk
Shining Stars is a voluntary parent led play group, based at Shortwood Family Room in Wellington every Friday 1pm till 2:30pm (term time only but we do arrange meet ups and outings in the holidays) for children under 5 years old with any additional needs. It's a place for parents to get support, advice and to meet others in similar situations.
We start again 6 September.
It is run by three volunteer parents that have children with additional needs so have lots of experience and knowledge and an understanding of the isolation and the issues and concerns that parents may feel.
We are Tina, who has a 7 year old son with complex medical needs, autism, global developmental delay and other issues. Uma has a 7 year old son with autism and Karen has a 7 year old daughter with Down's syndrome.
The group has many sensory toys, role play, a ball pit as well as many other indoor and outdoor toys. Weekly activities include painting, messy play and paper crafts.
Makaton is also used, we are all DBS checked. Trained in Health & safety, safeguarding, child protection, data protection and there is always an emergency paediatric first aider on site.
We are supported by Telford & Wrekin Council.
Join us on Shining Stars Facebook
Regards
Parent volunteers, Tina, Uma & Karen
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Have You Got Some Spare Time?
Are You Interested In Volunteering?
Telford After Care Team at Strickland House are a dedicated service for people who struggle with mental health and recovery issues.
Our volunteer programme is accredited meaning you will achieve real qualifications up to NVQ Level 2 in subjects like Understanding Mental Health, Facilitating Groups, Aggression Management, Health and Safety, Food Hygiene, etc.
We have gardening, maintenance, cafe, cleaning and support roles available, whatever you fancy helping with we will get you there.
We are a friendly supportive team and we welcome everyone onto the volunteer programme. We cover expenses and DBS check you too.
Please contact Emma Sugrue-Lawrence our Office Manager or call us on 01952 299204 or drop in.
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We are offering free 1 day training courses on reducing parent conflict. The training is offered as part of a programme run by the government and is aimed at all of those working with Children.
The one day course is made up of two parts – in the morning you will cover recognising and supporting parents in parental conflict and in the afternoon you will cover working with parents in conflict – how do I support, refer or intervene.
There are two dates available for the training 11 or 27 September with more dates to follow.
If you have an Ollie account simply click this link to book on, if you do not have an account please email ollie@telford.gov.uk.
A charity event presenting a glimpse of rich heritage of India.
The program involves traditional and Bollywood dances along with highlights of different regions of India. It finishes off with a fashion show highlighting the rich costumes of the brides and bridegrooms.
There will be stalls with Indian snacks, Henna, Clothes and Jewellery.
The proceeds from the event will support charities such as "The Stay – changing the lives of Homeless people" and others.
Book online now
Want to hear about local news and events in your area? There are a range of different ways in which you can find out information about what's happening near you:
These pages are regularly updated with information on events, training, community issues and more.
If you are interested in finding out more about opportunities to volunteer then you can like our Street Champion Facebook page, our Health Champion Facebook page or our Volunteer Telford Facebook page.
If you are a voluntary community or social enterprise group and you are interested in communicating and sharing knowledge with other VCSE groups then you can sign up to Telford VCSE groups Peer Support face book group
You can also give us a follow on Twitter @telfcommunity
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Does your community need some more help? You can email the team with your query. Get in touch at cpt@telford.gov.uk
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