Burnley children and family wellbeing services

Monday 1.15pm-2.15pm at The Chai Centre

Wednesday 1pm-2pm at Burnley Wood Family Hub

Thursday 1pm-2.15pm at Ightenhill Children and Family Wellbeing Services

Friday 9.30am-10.30am at Tay Street Family Hub

Meet and network with other new parents to share your experiences of caring for your baby together The sessions will: • Provide information about your child’s ages and stages of development, particularly the growing brain and your crucial role in supporting this • Provide you with opportunities to play together and encourage positive play and interaction between you and your baby • Help you with any issues around bonding, connection and communication between you and your baby• Bring you together with other parents to prevent you from feeling socially isolated which is often a reality for new parents

Tuesday 9.30am-11am at Burnley Zone and Family Hub

The sessions will:

• help you to prepare for parenthood
• Safer sleep for your baby
• Support on feeding your baby
• How to ensure your home is safe and ready for your baby
• Support with how to care for your newborn’s needs, including practical demonstrations on bathing and changing nappies
• The importance of communication and talking to your baby and how this supports the developing brain
• Strategies for coping with a crying baby Baby’s cry, you can cope (ICON)
• Early Play
• Me you and Baby Too digital app, how a new baby may impact your relationship with strategies for healthy communication
• Smoking and ‘Smoke Free Homes’

Monday 1pm at Tay Street Family Hub

Wednesday 9.30am at The Chai Centre

The sessions will:

• Help you to feel the relaxing effect of giving your baby a massage 
• Strengthen the bonding process
• Build your confidence in handling your baby 
• Supporting your baby’s development in helping their physical needs if there is any tummy trouble, problems with bowel movement or trapped wind 
• Provide opportunities to meet other parent/carers, develop networks and peer support 
• Provide information about brain development, digestion, and nurturing relationships

Monday 2.15pm- 3.15pm at The Chai Centre

Wednesday 2pm-3pm at Burnley Wood Family Hub

Thursday 2.15pm-3.15pm at Ightenhill Children and Family Wellbeing Services

Friday 10.30am-11.30am at Tay Street Family Hub

High levels of good health and wellbeing are vital for children to be able to fully engage in play to learn. Our physical health and wellbeing activities for early years children are a brilliant resource to help guide them on their first steps to living well and boost your child’s physical and motor development. The sessions will:

• Build confidence
• Develop gross motor and fine motor skills
• Improve speech and language skills
• Build social skills, have fun together and make new friends
• Introduction to the benefits of adopting healthy lifestyles

Monday 3.30pm-5pm at The Chai Centre

We provide targeted support for children of primary school age. Your child may be:

• Struggling to express and manage their emotions
• Have low self-confidence and self-esteem
• Presenting with anxious behaviours By creating a safe space, your child will have the opportunity to take part in evidence-based activities including scenarios and role play, breathing and stretching exercises, TV and video clips, arts and craft, fun and games

The sessions will help children to:

• Explore wishes and feelings and understand worries
• Look at a range of strategies to help manage strong emotions 
• Take part in a range of creative and physical activities to encourage positive play and interaction between children and their peers 
• Build confidence and social skills 
• Meet new people and make new friends 
• Explore and understand the impact of their behaviour on others Think about, understand and appreciate that we are all unique and different

Course starts 19^th February 2024, please call 01282 470707 to book your place.

Tuesday 9.30am-11am at Tay Street Family Hub

Wednesday 10am-11.30am at Burnley Campus Library

Friday 9.30am-11am at The Chai Centre

There may be special groups held in a centre to support your child’s speech and language, which is a crucial skill that supports all other areas of their learning and development. This includes the ability to listen, understand and communicate verbally and non-verbally, supporting language development: The sessions will:

• Provide a strong foundation for school (e.g. children with proficient speech and language skills are likely to find it easier to learn to read)
• Help build confidence
• Enable children to communicate their needs better (and therefore reduces frustration)
• Facilitate the development of friendships 
• Provide children the opportunity to build a love for words, books and stories 
• Help children make sense of the world around them 
• The sessions will provide opportunities to read and share books together, exploring the fun, rhythms and excitement of words and stories 
• Support your child’s listening skills by reading aloud to them and support you to do the same 
• Encourage children to participate in song and rhyme, learning new words in a fun and friendly way 
• Encourage children to use language in their play, describing, predicating, sharing ideas and explaining 
• Play and socialise together 
• Support you as a parent with ideas of how you can support your child’s speech and language development 
• Recognise when there may be a delay in your child’s speech and language and signpost to specialist support if it is needed

Thursday 9.30am-11am at The Chai Centre

We will provide groups in our centres where you can bring your child along to socialise and play alongside other children and parents.

The sessions will:

• High quality, well planned, stimulating and challenging activities across all ages from 0-5yrs based on child-initiated play both indoors and outdoors (where possible). This is guided by the Early Years Foundation Stage Development Matters
• Information about how to nurture your child’s growing brain that supports their learning and development
• Opportunities for physical play in a safe environment Support for you to play and enjoy some time together
• A chance to get involved in your child’s learning and development by actively observing and interacting with them whilst they play and as they reach important milestones 
• A safe and secure environment for your child to develop their confidence, social and emotional skills and make friends • Ideas, activities and opportunities to continue, develop and expand play at home 
• Support for your child’s creativity and imagination and learning through roleplay 
• Support for you and your child if they have Special Educational Needs or Disabilities (SEND) 
• Support with your parenting if you need it.
• Information relevant to you as a family with young children including employment, training, childcare, health and wellbeing, healthy lifestyles, healthy relationships, early education and childcare 
• The chance to meet with other families and make new relationships
• Opportunities to participate and share your thoughts including your cultural and community values

Wednesday 4pm-5pm at Tay Street Family Hub

We provide sessions in our centres for children with physical, learning, behavioural or emotional difficulties. We offer an inclusive environment, with opportunities for learning, development and support. This is also where parents and carers have the opportunity to meet and make new friends and share experiences with those going through similar joys and challenges. There will also be information to hand about professional support so you can be signposted to other agencies, groups and services. The sessions will help children to:

• Be confident in expressing themselves
• Experience positive social opportunities and interactions 
• Access learning and development opportunities 
• Receive peer support as well as signposting to specialist services for their parents and carers 
• Find a safe, inclusive place to be themselves.

Domestic violence is very common: research shows that it can affect one in four women in their lifetimes.

The Children and Family Wellbeing Service is offering a rolling programme of courses for women to engage with in a supportive environment. The Freedom Programme is a way of helping you to protect yourself and your children.

For details about programmes running please private message our Facebook page: Burnley Family Zone on Facebook.

Triple P courses are internationally recognised as effective parenting programmes.

The Children and Family Wellbeing Burnley Neighbourhood Team are delivering a range of programmes both face-to-face and virtually.  Courses available include:

Triple P GROUP - delivered over eight weeks for parents of children up to 12-years. Parents actively participate in a range of exercises to learn about the causes of child behaviour problems, setting specific goals, and using strategies to promote child development, manage misbehaviour, and plan for high-risk situations.

Triple P TEEN - delivered over eight weeks for parents of teenagers up to 16-years-old who are interested in learning a variety of parenting skills. Parents may be interested in promoting their teenager’s development and potential or they may have concerns about their teenager’s behaviour.

Triple P Stepping Stones - has been developed for parents of children with a disability. Stepping Stones Triple P has been evaluated with families of children with a range of disabilities (e.g. intellectual disability, autism spectrum disorders, cerebral palsy) and elevated levels of disruptive behaviour.

To enquire about any of the Triple P courses, please call 01282 470707 for more details.

Monday 6.45pm to 9pm

A group for young people with additional needs to come together to learn, develop and have fun. We support SEND young people to have a fun time and make new friends.

Throughout the program we will be looking at:

• cooking, shopping, independence
• motivation and confidence building
• team building, teamwork and personal and social development
• arts and crafts
• employability skills (older young people)
• computers
• sports
• and organising events throughout the year

For more details contact: cfwburnleyyouthwork@lancashire.gov.uk.

Tuesday 3.45pm to 5.30pm, Burnley Zone and Family Hub

A group for boys to discuss and work through the challenges affecting them in society today.

Wednesday 6.45pm to 9pm, Burnley Zone and Family Hub

Youth council is an opportunity for young people to have a voice and be able to influence decisions made locally and nationally. Regular meetings in districts give young people the opportunity to be involved in projects and campaigns that they identify significant to themselves and others. It also gives them the opportunity to attend monthly meetings at County Hall in Preston equipping them with skills that gives them a voice and influence over decisions that affect them.

For more details or book on the session contact: cfwburnleyyouthwork@lancashire.gov.uk

Thursday 3.45pm to 5.30pm, Burnley Zone and Family Hub

This group is a place for the girls to come along to have a chat and relax. We are providing a safe environment where the girls can feel able to open up whilst we are discussing a range of topics with them.

Thursday 6.45pm to 8.45pm, Burnley Zone and Family Hub

This group provides a safe space for young people giving them the opportunity for discussions, supporting them on their emotional wellbeing including looking at coping mechanisms, dealing with anxieties and understanding stress. We will be working towards a more peaceful and healthier mental wellbeing.

Friday 12pm to 3pm, Burnley Zone and Family Hub

Young people aged 16 to 18 years who are not in education, training or employment, and those who are young carers/parents can apply for a free bus pass. This session is linking in with Youth Futures and Calico's 'Steps to Employment' programme around engaging and supporting young people in to work, education or training.

For more details contact cfwburnleyyouthwork@lancashire.gov.uk

Friday 4pm to 5.30pm

An LGBTQ+ youth group for young people age 12-19+.

"Youth groups continue to provide a lifeline for those who cannot access the support, understanding or information that they need at home or at school. For many, an LGBT youth group will be the first place they truly feel that they can be themselves." (The Proud Trust)

The aim of the POUT Burnley programme is to provide an opportunity for LGBTQ+ young people to meet other LGBTQ+ young people. Youth groups provide vital support and confidence and a safe space to meet.

For more details or book on the session contact: cfwburnleyyouthwork@lancashire.gov.uk

Friday 6.45pm-9pm Burnley Zone and Family Hub

A safe space giving young people the opportunity to meet up together, have fun and take part in a range of activities, whilst also having access to a youth worker to discuss any issues or concerns.

For more information contact: cfwburnleyyouthwork@lancashire.gov.uk

Detached youth work is all about engaging young people where they choose to meet; be it a village green, retail-park or an urban housing estate, and working with them to an agreed outcome.

It is about empowering, politicising and supporting young people within their community and definitely should not be used as a tool for social control or trying to get ‘kids off the streets’.

Detached youth workers literally enter the ‘space’ occupied by young people, and the dynamics are different to other youth work interventions. The key to success is in the positive relationships built and this requires time, commitment and really good negotiation skills.

Currently running in partnership with Burnley FC in the Community on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings.

If you would like any more information on this provision please contact: cfwburnleyyouthwork@lancashire.gov.uk

Visit the website Lancashire Healthy Young People and Families Service or Facebook page: Lancashire Healthy Young People and Families Service on Facebook for details.

There is are pre-recorded versions of some sessions available on the website, plus Night time Wetting.