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Newsletter No 110 JANUARY—MARCH 2018
What’s On This Term at PESTS
Ealing Music Therapy—will be with us every Tuesday with
music therapist Jessica running 2 groups per session.
Makaton Signing for Babies— Starts Friday 18th January—
Fri 8th Feb. This 4 week training course is designed to en-
courage the development of communication and language
skills in babies and toddlers Booking essential. £10 fee.
Bookstart Session - This fun sessions on 29th January will
include free books with tips and guidance on reading to-
gether, plus interesting resources and activities for children
WELCOME TO 2019! with additional needs.
We have had many new families referred and attending Health Watch—Will be with us on the 5th February to Pro-
P.E.S.T.S. so a warm welcome to all! vide info & advice about accessing health & social care ser-
vices in Ealing.
We said goodbye to a very busy 2018 but are looking for-
ward to lots of activities planned for a just as busy 2019! Tooth Fairy— visiting on 12th Feb and 8th March to offer
advice on your child's teeth.
As usual, we ended last term with the PESTS Christmas
family party taking place at St Christopher’s Church in One You—Will be visiting on the 15th February to discuss
Hanwell and as always, it was a pleasure to enjoy the cele- Healthier life style choices.
brations with so many past parents and to see the children
Legal Advice Workshops for Parents & Carers — 1st
again who have moved to school and nursery.
March— Your problems answered on topics including hous-
This term ing, benefits and immigration.
We are pleased to announce P.E.S.T.S. were successful in a World Book Day—Come along with your child on 5th March
consortium application to Ealing Council made by lead dressed up as their favourite character and receive a free
partners MENCAP under the Health & Social Care grant book and book token
from Apr 2019—Mar 2023. This means that from April
Ealing 21 Group - will be visiting on 5th March is a group
P.E.S.T.S. will be working very closely with lead partners
that can offer information and knowledge on Downs Syn-
MENCAP and 8 other local charities in partnership to deliv-
drome.
er a new integrated service advice to residents called ‘The
Ealing Advice Service’, covering all areas of advice includ- Clinical Psychologist—Catherine Scholl will be visiting on
ing welfare benefits, housing, employment, debt, 12th March to advise and offer information help and ad-
transport and travel, advice for parents and carers of chil- vice on your child's behaviour.
dren with additional needs, disability related advice in- Emotional Well-Being Group Sessions — on 15th March
cluding aids, adaptations, equipment, accessing adult edu- and 5th April discussion on dealing with emotional impact
cation, carers issues, immigration and family and domestic of having a child with additional needs
matters. We still need to seek additional funding to con-
Singing Hands— The wonderful singing hand will be with us
tinue the same level of service and are very much hopeful.
on the 22nd March.
Kind regards,
Celebrating Mother’s Day— 29th March— Pampering Ses-
Joy Barton sion for parents and carers—Booking essential.
PROJECT MANAGER
P.E.S.T.S. calls out for votes to bag a share
NEWS FROM OUTREACH of Tesco’s bag fund!
Hi, Happy new year and a big wel-
P.E.S.T.S. is bidding to bag a massive cash boost from the .
come to our new families who have
join us and I’d like to introduce my-
self to everyone.
My name is Natalie Stone and I’m Tesco community funding scheme, which sees sales from
the new Outreach support worker carrier bag in Tesco stores awarded to local community
for P.E.S.T.S. It’s been lovely getting to know you and projects.
look forward to meeting more families over the up-
P.E.S.T.S. is inviting you to go along to Tesco stores to vote
coming months. If your child has moved on to nursey
for P.E.S.T.S. who have been shortlisted as one of their 3
or school we are still here for you, and hope they
current projects.
have settled well into their new environment.
Voting is open in the following Tesco stores from
If you are looking for some fun and safe places to go
a few suggestions are: JANUARY & FEBRUARY 2019
• REFLEXIONS: Sunday drop in play sessions (every and customers can cast their vote using a token given to
alternate Sunday) where: Hounslow Urban Farm them at the check-out in store each time they shop.
Faggs Road, Feltham Middlesex TW14 0LZ Contact:
020 8893 2429 Tesco customers get the chance to vote for P.E.S.T.S. every
time they shop at the following stores:
• REDLEES: Sunday drop in play sessions (every al-
ternate Sunday) where: Worton Road, Isleworth, 2012 ACTON EXPRESS W3 9RH
TW7 6DW Contact: 02085683650 5780 ACTON METRO W3 7RR
• HEATHROW GYM: Play area with separate senso- 5439 EALING BROADWAY METRO W5 5JY
ry room where: Heathrow Gymnastics Club, Green 2579 GREENFORD METRO UB6 8QY
Lane, Hounslow, Middlesex TW4 6DH Contact: 2632 GREENFORD OLDFIELD EXPRES UB6 8PP
http://www.heathrowgymnastics.org.uk/
2708 HAVEN GREEN EALING EXP W5 2PB
0208 569 5069
2586 HOOVER BUILDING UB6 8DW
• LOG CABIN: Childrens centre for children with
2443 NORTHFIELDS EALING EXPRESS W13 9QR
special needs Play and stay Saturday mornings.
3312 NORTHOLT EXPRESS UB5 5AU
WHERE: 259 Northfield Avenue Ealing, London, W5
4UA Contact: 020 8840 3400, http:// 6836 SOUTHALL KING STREET EXP UB2 4DB
www.logcabin.org.uk/ 5388 UXBRIDGE RD WEST EALING W13 8SB
Best wishes Please help to support P.E.S.T.S. by asking for a blue coin
each time you shop and then depositing it into the
Natalie Stone, Outreach Worker
P.E.S.T.S. donation box (usually located on your way out of
the store).
We are trying to raise funds to offer multi-sensory activities
& fun-filled events for children with a disability, additional
need or a complex medical need and their families.
Social events provide a welcoming environment, with an
experience of fulfilment by ensuring accessibility for every-
one. Friendships develop between parent carers, their fam-
ilies and communities helping to reduce isolation
JOB & ROLE VACANCIES AT P.E.S.T.S.
Transport Co-ordinator – responsible for organis-
ing the transport for disabled children and their
families to get to and from P.E.S.T.S activities. You
would work sessional hours on an ‘as and when’
basis for between 6 hours per week, term time on-
ly, with additional hours for up to six events per an-
num. £7.83 per hour inclusive.
Closing date for job application: 9am, Fri 11th Jan, 2019
P.E.S.T.S is also looking for:
Volunteer Play Workers for our play sessions
on Tuesday and Friday mornings between 10am –
12.30pm. You would be reimbursed your reasona- A REMINDER OF P.E.S.T.S. SERVICES
ble travel expenses.
Support
Management Committee Trustees to help lead
Play/Activity/Support sessions every Tuesday and
the charity and develop its services. We are partic- Friday mornings 10.30-12.15pm during term time, for
ularly interested in hearing from people with experi- babies and children and their siblings aged 0-5 years.
ence of finance, fundraising and marketing. You
Activities led by experienced and qualified play lead-
would be required to attend approx 8 x 2 hour
er.
evening meetings a year. This is an unpaid role but
Assistant play-leaders and volunteers to help and
your travel expenses would be paid.
offer language support.
P.E.S.T.S has a clear commitment to safeguarding and promot- Talks and information for parents/carers from spe-
ing the welfare of children and young people. Successful candi-
cialist health visitors, therapists and other speakers.
dates for any of these roles will be required to apply for an En-
hanced Disclosure from the Disclosure & Barring Service. Fur- Door to Door transport to and from sessions, for
ther information can be found at www.gov.uk. those who need it.
For more information or an application pack
Email: info@pests-ealing.org.uk
or ring 020 8571 9954
Closing date for role applications: 9am, Mon 21 Jan, 2019
Activities
Holiday activity sessions and outings for the whole
family.
Parent/carer only evenings—to meet others experi-
encing similar situations.
Volunteers
Opportunities to learn more about working with disabled
CAN YOU HELP? children.
Do you have a few hours to spare each month? Do you
know anyone who can help? Training
We are looking for volunteers who can assist with IT Opportunities for parents and volunteers.
and fundraising. Training sessions for communication, child protection,
behaviour, first aid etc.
Please email Joy at info@pests-ealing.org.uk
WAYS YOU CAN SUPPORT P.E.S.T.S.
Donate to P.E.S.T.S. every time you shop with
Amazon Smile
Amazon will make a donation to your choice of
charity when you shop through the Smile URL.
When you visit smile.amazon.co.uk, instead of the regu-
lar Amazon URL, you'll be asked to select a UK charity
before browsing Amazon. Although the URL will change,
you'll still be browsing the regular Amazon store, with
the same items you'd normally see.
It doesn't add anything to your cost either. When you
make an eligible purchase, Amazon will donate 0.5 per-
cent of the cost to your chosen charity. A COMFORTABLE JOURNEY FOR ALL
We have had lots of new families starting at our ses-
sions recently, including more children with complex
medical needs. We appreciate how difficult it can be
particularly for them to get out and to a session and
By using the Donate button on our Facebook page at
will try very hard to make the transport journey (if you
https://www.facebook.com/PESTS-Parents-of-Ealing-Self want to use our transport) and the session as enjoya-
-Help-Training-Scheme-1524305477880389/ you can ble as possible.
donate with just a few taps without leaving Facebook.
You can also choose to give a one-time or monthly recur-
ring gift.
Gift Aid
Gift Aid is reclaimed by P.E.S.T.S. from the tax you have
already paid for the current tax year. Your address is
needed to identify you as a current UK taxpayer. For
your dontation to qualify for Gift Aid, please go to
www.pests-ealing.org.uk and complete our simple form.
Support P.E.S.T.S. for free when shopping online with
over 2000 popular retailers, including Argos, NEXT, M&S,
John Lewis, Debenhams, HMV, Vodafone, DELL, The
Body Shop©, PLAY.com, Interflora, Comet and many FEEDBACK
more.
We value your thoughts and comments on how
Follow the link below as it takes you directly to the we can improve our service and P.E.S.T.S is com-
P.E.S.T.S. personal easyfundraising page, where you can mitted to listening and responding to your views
sign up and start raising funds for P.E.S.T.S. each time
in order to make the sessions, trips and parties
you shop to earn amazing discounts, whilst helping
be the best they can be. Please feel free to email
P.E.S.T.S.
us on info@pests-ealing.org.uk
https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/pests/
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