Do you want to find new ways of engaging with your parent/carers so that they can be empowered in order to bring up engaged children?
Are you trying to deal with childhood obesity in an innovative and fun way?
Do you want a cost effective and easy way to meet your Every Child Matters outcomes?
Do you want to engage with your parents/carers in a new and dynamic way?
Are you looking for new ways of engaging with your service users?

Well you have come to the right place, we know exactly what your service users’ needs are.

life’s canvas is a parent coaching practice which provides parents/carers with one to one coaching and coaching based group workshops all designed around the aims of Every Child Matters.

As we exclusively work with parents/carers we know the issues your service users face with their children when:

• Communicating clearly and effectively
• Gaining practical solutions for boundaries and consequences
• Creating effective bedtime routines for all ages
• Providing support around educational needs
• Creating healthy and nutritious meals on a budget
• Spending quality time doing fun and cheap activities within the Borough 

And this is what life’s canvas can do for you. Hi. My name is Suparna Dhar and I created life’s canvas in 2005 as I really wanted to provide a local service for the local community and empower people to enable themselves to create the life they deserve within the framework of Every Child Matters and The Family Plan. Through our unique workshops we aim to give individuals focus, direction and confidence.

What makes life’s canvas different?

All our workshops are designed around your setting’s needs and objectives.

Using our in-depth knowledge we constantly adapt our workshops, keeping them up to date and aligning them with government initiatives.

Unlike the standard packages and training modules that are commonly offered, we provide specifically tailored workshops around your service users’ needs, offering total flexibility on the material, length and timing of the course.

Furthermore, we don’t just deliver workshops.

We also provide support so that service users’ maximise their gain, by benefiting from our personal links with a wide variety of support agencies within your borough such as, your local volunteer centre, job centre and colleges etc.

We also provide a local service for the local community which helps people overcome feelings of isolation e.g. information on local play and stay sessions.

We are committed to providing what is needed, not just wanted with our personalised one to one support, so clients can make as many or as little changes as they want in their lives.

This is what E.Cox, Homestart - Ealing in January 2008 said about our parenting workshops:

“I enjoyed the relaxed 'non-classroom' environment where open discussions were encouraged. This helped me to realise that most if not all parents experience the same issues. It was nice to share in these feelings without negativity.

Since attending the course I have been able to organise my thoughts. This was something I was never able to do - thinking logically about the best interest for myself and my children means I am able to leave them in day care without feeling guilty and get on with putting the foundations down for our future.”

Further information

To find out more about any of the workshops or coaching programme please contact Suparna Dhar on 07817 644207 or sign up for our newsletter on This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .