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This bulletin is sent to you as our stakeholders and partners with a warm welcome, keeping you up-to-date with all our service news.

Please see the latest from IPEH, with details of how you can get involved and give us your feedback.

Feel free to send any short articles (with an optional image) by 11am Friday, for inclusion in the fortnightly Tuesday newsletter.

Headline News

National Citizen Service (NCS)  NCS Teams have worked hard on their Social Action Projects this summer. 270 young people across Arun & Chichester have given over 8100 hours volunteering in their community and have raised over £5000 for charities including Enable Me, Snowdrop Trust, Chestnut Tree House, PACSO, Allsorts, and Tommy’s. If you know a young person who has finished Year 11 and is under 18, let us know as they could also go on this amazing NCS journey with other young people. For more information, contact Nikki Hamilton-Street.

West Sussex service achieves Unicef ‘Baby Friendly’ accreditation

Photo above from left to right: Denise Webb (admin), Elaine Fox, Ellie Elkins (infant feeding lead) and Jude Cartwright.

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust’s services for mothers and babies in West Sussex, have been awarded full ‘Baby Friendly’ accreditation by Unicef (United Nations Children’s Fund). The prestigious award was made to the West Sussex ‘Healthy Child Programme’ following a rigorous assessment which included interviews with parents. In making the award Unicef’s assessment team said it was “clear that pregnant women and new mothers receive a very high standard of care”.

The Baby Friendly Initiative, set up by Unicef and the World Health Organisation, is a global programme which provides a practical and effective way for health services to improve the care provided for all mothers and babies. The award is given to organisations after an assessment by a Unicef team has shown that recognised best practice standards are in place. For more information about UNICEF’s baby friendly initiative visit their website.

Read the full article.

Young People's Ambassadors Training

The South East Regional Office is holding a young people’s Ambassadors Training on Saturday 23 September, BHASVIC, 205 Dyke Road, Hove, East Sussex, BN3 6EG.

Participants will need to arrive for 9:30am, with a prompt start at 10:00am. Lunch will be provided and the training day will finish at 3:00pm.

Don't forget to nominate one active Silver or Gold participant (with one level of DofE already completed) to attend. The Ambassadors' training day is an opportunity for participants to develop leadership and presentation skills, learn how to support peers using eDofE and meet other Ambassadors in your area.

To nominate a participant, please complete the Application Form as soon as possible. For more information, email nick.glover@DofE.org or visit their website.

New service for mums with mental health conditions The Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Service (SPMHS) is a community-based service for mums with severe mental health difficulties either now or in the past, during pregnancy or up to a year after birth. The service is provided by Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. This is a new service that will be launched on 1 September. View the SPMHS leaflet

Family Assist

A pilot has been launched for Family Assist - an innovative new support system via emails and an internet platform which is being trialled by Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (WSHT), the County Council and Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust.

The first of its kind in the UK, Family Assist is an online hub of information which has been professionally approved and can be accessed by public and professionals.

From 7 August midwives at WSHT will be signing up pregnant women to create their own Family Assist Pathways in order to receive relevant information and tailored support and advice via email; once registered they will have the option of adding up to five people to their pathway. There is also the capacity for registered users to email professionals with non-emergency queries. It currently contains information and advice from conception to twenty months and there are aims for this to expand further in the future.

The Family Assist website and email system complements an app which is currently being used by County Council frontline staff called Baby Buddy. Baby Buddy is a free app targeted more specifically at younger families that offers guidance through pregnancy and the first six months of a baby’s life. Users can create their own identity in the app (avatar) to follow during their pregnancy, keep track of appointments, store photos and access a range of short films, among other benefits.

Visit the website 

Voice and Engagement 

Stonewall Bi Workplace Role Models Programme Stonewall are running a Role Models programme specifically for bisexual people to explore what it means to be a visible bisexual role model in the workplace. This one-day empowerment programme enables you to: Reflect on personal experiences and increase confidence  Establish practical ways of stepping up as a visible role model in the workplace Celebrate difference, improve inclusion and increase visibility in their workplace WSCC are Stonewall Diversity Champions so the discounted rate will apply. If you are interested in attending but do not want to discuss this with your line manager please contact Laura Mullins in HR or Paul Windsor (LGBT Staff Group Coordinator). Any contact will be treated with the strictest confidence. Click for more information

News From Your Local Hubs 

Community Youth Work - Horsham Matters

Now in its 5th year, the Community Youth Work team at Horsham Matters runs over 16 regular youth clubs and groups across the Horsham District, with over 700 young people attending and 40 volunteers supporting the activities.

Their aim is to provide open access youth provision in safe and positive environments for young people so that they can spend time together, try new things and develop into positive members of society. 

For more information and contact details, click here.

Five to Thrive Your child's body grows better when you give the child good food. Your child's brain grows better when you do five simple things. Respond * Cuddle * Relax * Play * Talk Talk: All sorts of verbal communication can be included in the category of ‘talking’. Talking builds brain patterns for language development, cognitive function and social interaction. Words are therefore vital to the child’s pre-cognitive patterning. Strengthening the language centres of the brain also improves self-regulation, as feelings are processed through expressing them in language. Read more about baby brain development here.

We're recruiting!

National Citizen Service (NCS) are now recruiting for young people to join them over October Autumn half term. 

The fact sheet has further information, along with key dates. 

For more information, contact Stephanie Hayes.

Crawley Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC) is complete! We are delighted to announce that the improvements to the Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC) at Crawley Hospital have been completed. The centre has been through an extensive refurbishment, with upgrades including new, modern treatment rooms and separate waiting areas for young children and young adults, to give greater privacy and fast access to urgent care professionals. The UTC provides care for people with urgent, but non-life-threatening health needs, including children and young people. We want to raise its profile, particularly with families living in Horsham and East Grinstead, who may not know how it could help them.  Dr Patience Okorie, Clinical Lead for Children and Maternity Services for NHS Crawley Clinical Commissioning Group, said: “The improved Urgent Treatment Centre is an excellent addition to the services for people in Crawley and the surrounding areas, particularly for families. Those with urgent but non-life-threatening conditions are advised to come to the UTC rather than A&E, helping to reduce the pressure on A&E services whilst receiving excellent care”.

Sussex Clubs for Young People Ltd

Do you know of any young helpers aged 14-19 years? Are they aspiring young leaders? Are they Young people who demonstrate organisational skills and a responsible approach? 

If so, make sure you support them and help them enhance those skills, and by doing so your group or club will benefit too!

Sussex Clubs for Young People Ltd are running their Young Leaders Training again this autumn, devised and vetted by the national organisation, Ambition, and run by highly skilled trainers. Places are limited, so don't miss out!

Saturday 14 October (from 9:00am) to Sunday 15 October 2017 (Depart 1:30pm)

Venue: PGL, Windmill Hill Place, Windmill Hill, Hailsham, East Sussex, BN27 4RZ.

For more information, including the cost, visit their website.

Job Vacancies

Don't Forget! Jobs are being listed on the WSCC Jobs Page. Team Manager, Process/Delivery - Crawley Data Information Assistant

In case you missed it...

Street Cricket

Do you know or work with young people aged between 14-17 and 18-25 years who are NEET or at risk of NEET and/or are living in socially deprived areas?

The Sussex Cricket Foundation has secured funding to deliver ‘Street Cricket’ Youth Engagement Projects in Worthing and Crawley, delivered in partnership with Active Sussex. 

Running weekly, over 8 weeks, the programme will offer a FREE fun packed hour of street cricket games together with an informal health& well-being, personal development and employability activity at the end of each session. 

For more details, please email vanessa.potter@sussexcricket.co.uk. 

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