Welcome to Horsham Early Help - Programme of activities and services for families, children and young people January - April 2020 - Jan to Apr 2020
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Welcome to Horsham Early Help Programme of activities and services for families, children and young people January – April 2020
Welcome to the Horsham Early Help Programme. As part of the West Sussex County Council Early Help offer this programme provides information on services for families, children and young people aged 0-19 (25 with Special Educational Needs and Disability, SEND). We have a number of buildings, including Children and Family Centres and youth provision, providing information, advice and guidance (during opening hours). Ask about a range of subjects that support the health and wellbeing of children, young people and families. During opening hours, some centres have public access computers available for you to use as well as drop-in and play. Please speak to a member of staff to find out more. To ensure that services are meeting the needs of children, young people and families each area has a Partnership Advisory Board. We are keen to hear from any parents who would like to participate or have comments or feedback for us. If you would like to get involved why not speak to a member of staff. If you are registered with us or would like to be registered please visit your local Children and Family Centre. We also want to hear from you to help keep our information up to date. So if you have moved house, had a baby, are pregnant, changed your mobile number or email address then please let us know. This helps us keep you informed of services and information that are relevant to you. Why not visit our Facebook page for regular updates, activities and events. Go to: HorshamCFC
Early Years
Discover Baby is a fun, relaxed group for parents/carers of
babies from 0 to 12 months old. It is a chance to make new
friends, access information, advice and guidance, or to share
experiences/ideas/tips on parenthood. This is an 11 week
programme which you can drop-in to at any point. Subjects
include physical development and tummy time, understanding
childhood illnesses, responding to your baby, understanding your
baby’s sleep and play.
Family Assist* is an information portal aiming to support
families across West Sussex during pregnancy, birth and
throughout the life of their child. Some of the benefits include:
• information relevant to the stage of pregnancy, or age of
your child delivered directly to your email box,
• up to date accurate information written by local Midwives,
Health Visitors and early years professionals,
• the ability to invite family and friends to share in your
journey and receive the same information as you,
• an ‘ask a question’ facility for when you can’t find what
you’re looking for.
To sign up, speak to your Midwife or Health Visitor or alternatively
visit www.westsussex.gov.uk/familyassist.
*Please note: Anyone in West Sussex with a child under the age of 3 can register,
however some information relating to hospital care/services is specific to Western Sussex
Hospitals. If you are receiving maternity care from another hospital, please check with
your midwife about any possible variations in the care/services they provide.
Family Information Service (FIS) operates countywide providing information on Ofsted registered childcare, paying for childcare (including Free Entitlement funding), family activities and support services. They can also provide additional help and support if you are struggling to find childcare. Speak to a member of staff or contact the FIS on: www.westsussex.gov.uk/fis, www.facebook.com/FISWestSussex, family.info.service@westsussex.gov.uk or call 01243 777807. Five to Thrive has been designed to promote positive behaviours that helps build baby brains and develop loving attachments. All our activities for children under 5 are planned using this approach. Find out more at www.westsussex.gov.uk/fivetothrive. Free Entitlement is Government funding for free childcare for all eligible 2, 3 and 4 year old children. Research shows that children who attend a high quality childcare setting enhance their all-round development alongside the activities you do at home. Children can experience new activities and parents may be able to return to work. To find out more you can speak to a member of staff or visit www.westsussex.gov.uk/freechildcare. Healthy Child Clinics are open access/drop-in clinics where parents/carers can talk to Health Visitors about any concerns you have. You can also weigh your baby/child during this time. The Health Visitors will advise at what age it is recommended to do this. To ensure you are seen by a Health Visitor please arrive at least 15 minutes before the end of the session. MILK! is a drop-in breastfeeding support group. Get together with other mums in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere. If you are pregnant and would like information regarding breastfeeding, please pop by.
Play and Learn Together are weekly play sessions for you and your child. It is an opportunity for parents to play with their children whilst gaining an understanding of what skills your child is learning as they play. Play and Learn Plus is a friendly session for children under 5 years of age with additional needs, who would benefit from play in a small group. The session provides the chance for your child to access sensory areas and sensory toys. Sessions are also an opportunity for you to meet other parent carers. All sessions are wheelchair accessible and some also have hearing loops.
Parents Break 4 Change is a programme to support parents/carers and young people in building healthy relationships. The programme aims to help the family break patterns where a young person in the home is: controlling the home environment; being violent or aggressive towards the parent; putting the parent down; or making threats. Parents and young people must be willing to make changes in how they communicate. Contact the service by emailing sarah.field@westsussex.gov.uk. Feeling safe in your relationship? If you feel unsafe in your relationship there is a lot of support available. Speak to a member of staff or go to www.westsussex.gov.uk/domesticabuse. Freedom programme is a free, 12 week rolling programme open to any woman who wants to learn more about the reality of domestic abuse. Each session is an hour and a half. To find out more, contact 0330 333 7416 or 01903 231939 (9:30am to 4:00pm) or email info@safeinsussex.gov.uk or go to www.safeinsussex.org. Understanding your child is a 10 week programme that aims to support parents in building positive and responsive relationships with their children. Find out what works for you and your child. Speak to a member of staff to find out more.
Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Compass Card is a leisure discount card for 0 to 25 year olds with significant special needs or disabilities living in West Sussex and Brighton and Hove. Find out more at www.compasscard.org.uk or call 01273 772289. Family Information Service (see page 4) also offers support with accessing inclusive childcare for children with SEND. For more information on accessing childcare go to https://wiki.rixwiki.org/west-sussex-mmm/home/accessing- childcare. Local Offer helps you find information about local services, support and events for children and young people aged 0 to 25 years with SEND. Check out what is on offer at https://westsussex.local-offer.org or call 0330 222 8555. SEND Information, Advice, Support (SENDIAS) provides impartial information, advice and support to parents and carers of children with SEND aged 0 to 25 years old. Find out more at https://westsussexsendias.org or call 0330 222 8555. West Sussex Library Service runs a multi-sensory story time session specifically for children and young people with additional needs. They also provide a ‘Communication library’ which includes simple flashcards and devices for recording personal messages to support effective communication, and specially adapted toys to help young children learn through play. Visit www.westsussex.gov.uk/libraries for further details.
Young People C-Card enables 13 to 21 year olds to get free condoms, confidential advice and a Chlamydia testing kit from anywhere displaying this logo. Check out more at www.sexualhealthwestsussex.nhs.uk. Chat Health provides confidential support and advice on any health issues from a NHS school nurse via text messages. The service covers a wide range of issues such as bullying, emotional health and wellbeing, healthy relationships, sleeping, eating and drug and alcohol issues. The service is available for aged 11 to 19 year olds who attend secondary school by texting 07480 635424, available Monday to Friday 9:00am to 4:30pm throughout the year (except Bank Holidays). Domestic Abuse Recovery Programme (DARP) is aimed at 13 to 16 year olds who have lived in a home where there has been historic domestic abuse. The programme aims to support young people using a range of activities to help build their self-esteem, manage feelings and support them in moving forward. It also helps young people understand the difference between an abusive relationship and a healthy one and look to the future. Find It Out centres can offer information, advice and guidance to any 13 to 25 year olds. Get support with: CV writing; job searching; finding an apprenticeship; family and relationships; sexual health; access to the C-Card scheme; pregnancy and Chlamydia testing; housing advice; emotional support; counselling and much more. For further information go to www.westsussex.gov.uk/fio.
Jellyfish is a course for 13 to 18 year olds who have an interest in the creative arts. Explore their emotions, feelings and worries through group work. M8s is a group for 13 to 25 year olds who have an additional need or physical disability. The purpose of the group is to develop individual’s personal, social and emotional wellbeing through a range of activities. Target 4 Teens offers short group work activities and one-to- one support providing information, advice and guidance. It is aimed at 13 to 18 year olds who are referred to the service with the aims of building self-confidence, and social skills, and to develop group work skills. Junior Target 4 Teens offers short group work activities and one-to-one support providing information, advice and guidance. With the same aims as Target 4 Teens, this group is for 10 to 12 year olds who are referred to the service. Youth Emotional Support (YES) offers a service to 11 to 18 year olds. Helping them to identify, acknowledge and work through difficulties they may be facing that are having a negative impact on their emotional wellbeing and personal/social life. Ask at your local Find It Out centre or go to www.westsussex.gov.uk/YES. Young Carers is a targeted programme to enable each young carer to have a break from caring with an aim to develop personal, social and emotional wellbeing. Young carers are children and young people under 18 years old, who look after a member of the family who is sick, disabled, has mental health problems or is misusing drugs or alcohol. For more information email youngcarers@westsussex.gov.uk or go to www.westsussex.gov.uk/youngcarers.
Your Space is a website aimed at 11 to 25 year olds. It’s a place they can find out about all the things that are important to them in their life right now. www.yourspacewestsussex.co.uk.
Other local services Baby Play and Learn: are weekly play sessions for you and your baby age 0 to 18 months. It is an opportunity for parents to play with their babies whilst gaining an understanding of what skills your baby is learning as they play. Citizen’s Advice Bureau – Little Footsteps: First Tuesday of the month 10:00am – 10:30am short drop in appointments. 12:00pm and 12:30pm, contact centre to booked appointment. Billingshurst: Second Tuesday of the month 10:00am - 10.30am short drop in appointments. 12:00pm and 12:30pm Centre booked appointment. Family Play – is a drop-in session aimed at children aged 5- 10 years and their parents/carers but the whole family is welcome, with a variety of play activities. Mega-Minders Drop in – A drop-in play session led by childminders and nannies for all local childminders and nannies. Support and advice available from your Early Years Childcare Advisor. Stay & Play - Open play session, providing a range of resources for you and your child to play with & meet other parents. This is a parent led session. Twiglets - Multiple Births Group run by Homestart. Relaxed and informal place for parents and their children age 0 to 4 years old to meet. Weaning Talk – these are talks for parents/carers of babies aged between 4-6 months, looking for advice about weaning? For more information call 01903 270444 / 01403 213594. To book onto Roffey talks please call: 01403 213590 (Little Footsteps, Billingshurst and Pulborough talks are drop in)
Programme of activities and services
(Our centres are closed during Bank Holidays)
Time Location Activity
MONDAY
9:15am-10:45am The Needles Play and Learn
or
11:00am-12:30pm
10:30am-12:00pm Southwater MILK!
1:00pm-5:00pm Horsham FIO FindItOut Drop in
1:00pm-2:30pm Billingshurst Healthy Child Clinic
2:00pm-3:30pm Henfield Hall, Healthy Child Clinic – Second
BN5 9DB and fourth Monday of the
month
TUESDAY
9:15am-11:00am The Needles Twiglets - Term Time
9:30am-10:45am Roffey Weaning Talks – 7 and 21
January, 4 and 18 February,
3 and 17 March, 7 and 21
April. Please book a place.
9:30am-10:45am Steyning Healthy Child Clinic - First
Health Centre, and third Tuesday of the
BN44 3RJ month
10:00am-12:30pm Little Citizen’s Advice Bureau -
Footsteps First Tuesday of the month
10:00am-12:30pm Billingshurst Citizen’s Advice Bureau -
Second Tuesday of the month
10:00am-11:30am Pulborough Stay and Play
CFC10:30am-12:00pm Evangelical Discover Baby
Free Church,
Henfield,
BN5 9HP
1:00pm-3:00pm Little Weaning Talk - 7 January
Footsteps
1:00pm-3:00pm Billingshurst Weaning Talk - 10 March
2:00pm-4:00pm Little Liaise Drop in
Footsteps
2:00pm-3:30pm The Needles Healthy Child Clinic
Horsham FIO Junior T4T - 10-12 Years old
Horsham FIO T4T - 13-18 years old
Wednesday
1:00pm-3:00pm Pulborough Weaning Talk - 19 February
CFC
9:30am-11:30am The Needles Mega-Minders Drop in – First
and third Wednesday of the
month - Term Time
10:00am-11:30am Roffey Play and Learn
10:00am-11:30am Pulborough Healthy Child Clinic – second
CFC and fourth Wednesday of the
month
10:00am-10:30am Billingshurst Baby Movers - Term Time
10:45am-11:15am Billingshurst On The Move - Term Time
11:30am-12:00pm Billingshurst Little Movers - Term Time
1:00pm-2:30pm The Needles Play and Learn Plus
1:00pm-2:45pm Little Healthy Child Clinic
Footsteps3:30pm-5:00pm The Needles Family Play - Term Time
Horsham FIO Jellyfish
THURSDAY
9:15am-10:45am Southwater Stay and Play
10:00am-11:30am Horsham Discover Baby
10:00am-11:30am Billingshurst Stay and Play
10:00am-11:30am Rudgwick Tots Healthy Child Clinic - 26 Sep,
& Toddlers, 24 Oct, 28 Nov and 12 Dec
RH12 3JJ
11:00am-12:00pm Evangelical Stay and Play
Free Church,
Henfield,
BN5 9HP
1:00pm-5:00pm Horsham FIO FindItOut Drop in
3:00pm-5:00pm Horsham FIO Free and confidential
Sexual Health Services
Drop in
2:00pm-3:30pm Southwater Healthy Child Clinic
FRIDAY
9:15am-10:45am Horsham Play and Learn
or Restarting 7 February 2020
11:00am-12:30pm
10:00am-11:30am The Needles MILK!
10:00am-11:30am The Needles Baby Play and LearnLocal financial support CAB – provides free, independent, confidential and impartial advice to everyone on their rights and responsibilities. For every voice to be heard and to improve the policies and practices that affect people’s lives. Please see ‘Other local services’ and timetable to appointments within Children and Family Centres. Christians Against Poverty – if you’re in the Horsham area and are weighed down by debt, on a low income, looking for work or need help with life controlling habit, Christians Against Poverty can help! CAP Debt Help – an in-depth and personal service to help people sort out their debts. Capbedthelp.org 08002380006 CAP Life Skills – a friendly group where you’ll discover the life skills you need to survive on a low income. caplifeskills.org 07423675574 CAP Job Clubs – Friendly, practical support to help people in the community step confidently into employment. 07510707811 Fresh Start – a unique service that helps people build communities, change life controlling habits and find freedom. Capfreshstart.org 01403 280842 Liaise - is a charity, and our services are free. We hold a license with the Financial Conduct Authority. Offering help and advice to anyone with debt problems or those wishing to check their welfare benefit entitlement.
Local library services Many libraries offer rhyme time, toddler time, and story time for children under 5. Libraries also run activities for young people such as Library games after school. To find out about the different services they offer visit www.westsussex.gov.uk/libraries. Community Shop Sells a range of Health approved oral health products at very competitive prices including Tommy Tippee cups, toothbrushes and toothpaste. Available at Children and Family Centres. Healthy Start Vitamins These are for pregnant and breastfeeding women and growing children who are in receipt of benefits. Available at Children and Family Centres on presentation of your voucher. Ask for a blank application form from a member of staff or your Health Visitor. Visit www.healthystart.nhs.uk for more information.
Contact details BILLINGSHURST Children and Family Centre Station Road, Billingshurst, RH14 9RY Monday – 9:00am-3:00pm Tuesday – 9:00am-3:00pm Wednesday – 9:00am-3:00pm Telephone: 01403 213594 Email: horshamhub.info@westsussex.gov.uk HORSHAM Children and Family Centre Harwood Road, Horsham, RH13 5UT Monday – 9:00am-1:00pm Tuesday – 9:00am-1:00pm Thursday – 9:00am-3:00pm Friday – 9:00am-3:00pm Telephone: 01403 224444 Email: horshamhub.info@westsussex.gov.uk HORSHAM FindItOut Centre Hurst Road, Horsham, RH12 2DN Monday – 1:00pm-5:00pm Thursday – 1:00pm-5:00pm Telephone: 07894 809134 Email: HorshamYouthCentre@westsussex.gov.uk
LITTLE FOOTSTEPS Children and Family Centre 24-26 West Street, Storrington, RH20 4EE Tuesday – 9:30am-4:30pm Wednesday – 9:30am-4:30pm Thursday – 9:0am-4:30pm Friday – 9:30am-12:00pm Telephone: 01403 270444 Email: horshamhub.info@westsussex.gov.uk PULBOROUGH Children and Family Centre Swan View, Lower Street, Pulborough, RH20 2BF Tuesday – 9:30am-12:30pm Wednesday – 9:30am-12:30pm (on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month) Telephone: 01403 213594 Email: horshamhub.info@westsussex.gov.uk ROFFEY Children and Family Centre Godwin Way, Horsham, RH13 6SQ Monday – 9:00am-12:30pm Tuesday – 9:00am-12:30pm Wednesday – 9:00am-12:30pm Telephone: 01403 213598 Email: horshamhub.info@westsussex.gov.uk
SOUTHWATER Children and Family Centre Worthing Road, Southwater, RH13 9HA Monday – 9:00am-12:30pm Thursday - 9:00am-3:30pm Telephone: 01403 213570 Email: horshamhub.info@westsussex.gov.uk THE NEEDLES Children and Family Centre The Needles Neighbourhood Centre, Three Acres, Horsham, RH12 1RS Monday – 9:00am-1:00pm Tuesday – 9:00am-4:00pm Wednesday – 9:00am-5:00pm Thursday – 9:00am-1:00pm Friday – 9:00am-1:00pm Telephone: 01403 213590 Email: horshamhub.info@westsussex.gov.uk
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