Families Needed for Research Study
on Healthy Lifestyle Choices

 

Are you a family with children under the age of 12 who would benefit from being happier and healthier?

*Better sleep routines*

*Healthier eating options*

*Reduced screen time*

*More activity*

*Improved relationships*

 

 

Fliss Cornish and Arnie Bartlett are Family Practitioners working within Children’s Services who will be running an 8 week course to help tackle the above daily struggles that many families face in today’s modern world. It is part of a research study being undertaken by University College Dublin and the course (which is likely to be online) will be starting week commencing 9^th January 2023. The ‘research’ part of the course is two 20 minute questionnaires to be completed prior to the course starting. They need some recruits 😊

 

 

You don’t need to be referred. Alternatively, please contact Arnie and Fliss directly.

 

Arnie – angyalka.bartlett@devon.gov.uk / 07813 400942 

Fliss – felicity.cornish@devon.gov.uk / 07816 124979

 

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Childcare Choices - Tax-free Childcare

 

 

Activities for Babies and Toddlers Simple, fun, free activities to try at home.

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Hungry Little Minds

Simple, fun activities for kids, from newborn to five.

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Together for Devon

Together For Devon is a group of partners committed to supporting the speech, language and communication skills of children and young people.

 

Early Help is the extra support your family can get if you need it. It may be that you want to prevent a problem, or change things for your family before the problem becomes more serious. It is not a specific service or team, it’s an approach that brings together people from a range of services and teams who will work together with your whole family to help improve the situation for everyone.

Devon County Council has provided access to ‘Our Place’ - a collection of online courses to support ‘being a better parent’.

https://inourplace.co.uk/

You will register and be able to access online courses immediately.
The passcode to free access is: Tamar.

There are many agencies who you can ring depending on you or your child’s needs.

Samaritans: 116 123

Anxiety UK: 03444 775 774

Mind: 0300 123 3393

Calm: 0800 58 58 58

Crisis Text line: (text) 85258

Child line: 0800 1111

NHS Volunteers: 0808 196 3646 (these can help with shopping and picking up prescriptions too)

Talk Works, https://www.talkworks.dpt.nhs.uk/

A free, confidential, NHS talking therapy service, part of IAPT (Improving Access to Psychological Therapies), for people (aged 18+) in Devon, helping people to feel better and giving them the tools and techniques to improve their mental and physical wellbeing.

SPLITZ: 0345 155 1074    admin.devon@splitz.org

North Devon Against Domestic Abuse: 1271 321 946  https://www.ndada.co.uk/

 

Food banks:

• Torridge Volunteer service for food parcels: 01237 420130
• Okehampton food bank, www.Okefoodbank.org email: Okefoodbank@gmail.com
• Torridge District Council: https://www.torridge.gov.uk/article/18707/Support--Aid
  01237 428700
• North Devon Foodbank https://northerndevon.foodbank.org.uk/

Encompass is a charity based in North Devon. Their work focuses on 3 main areas;

Homelessness and Rough Sleeping for adults and young people

Supported Housing

Financial Inclusion (Money & Debt Advice)

https://www.bpag-encompass.org.uk/
01271 371 499

Early Nourishment support

Household Support Fund

If you just don’t know which way to turn, contact your child’s school or your GP. If you feel you need more support they can guide you through the ‘Early Help’ process.

https://www.dcfp.org.uk/early-help/.

This is a holistic family approach working with multi agencies.

Information from the school nursing service:

The School Nursing Service provides information and support to school-aged children and their families who live in Devon or who attend a Devon school. We work in partnership with schools and other services to identify those children and young people who may be supported by the School Nursing service. This can also include working with schools to support their management of pupils with medical conditions, and contributing to policies which impact on health.

Working together with schools we:

· identify health needs across the school population and plan how we will work together to deliver the core offer over the academic year

· identify children and young people who may require support at transition

· deliver the National Childhood Measurement Programme (NCMP)

· identify children and young people who may be missing from education and where there may be a need for public health nursing support

· provide support, and advice in relation to toileting issues, healthy lifestyles, sleep routines and mental health and wellbeing

· work with Devon Partnerships as part of Early Help, SEND and safeguarding as appropriate

To contact the Nursing team for a chat or to make a referral you can either speak with Mrs Rowcliffe, the school Sendco or you can contact the Nursing Hub direct on 03332 341904.