Tell me more about the workshops...

Each workshop has been designed with the five key aims of Every Child Matters in mind. They are aimed towards parents, carers and families and are delivered on a bespoke basis.

You know your clients. With this in mind, our approach allows you to have control over the content and length of workshops which ensures your service users’ needs are met.

Workshops for Service Users

Be healthy - I want carrots! - aimed at dealing with pre-school childhood obesity from birth to 5 years

• Creating healthy habits
• You don’t have to cook
• Eating together
• Confident cooking
• The importance of improving your diet
• Adapting your lifestyle

Stay safe - Who needs street corners? - understanding and providing practical solutions on how to keep young people safe

• Understanding the pressures of today’s children and the role of the media
• The importance of role models and the family unit
• Knives, drugs, gangs and grime music and crime – signs to watch out for!
• Improving communication with your children
• Supporting your children through education and reinforcing positive behaviour
• What is your future – creating realistic plans

Enjoy and Achieve - Assertiveness - Feel good about yourself! - aimed at teenage mothers, families and the long term unemployed

• Why is Assertiveness important?
• No means No
• Organisational skills
• Positive Self – image
• I am worth it!
• Moving forward

Make a positive contribution - Happy Parent - Happy Child! - aimed at creating a thriving home environment

• Time management with a young family
• Improving your confidence
• Communication skills with children
• Managing family-life balance
• Assertiveness at home
• Taking care of No 1 and moving forward

Dad - that was fun! - aimed at men in a parent/carer role who would like to improve their relationship with their children

• Dad’s pledge
• Communication skills with children
• Discpline and boundaries
• Managng family life balance
• Creating healthy habits on a budget
• Assertiveness at home
• Taking care of No 1 and moving forward     

Achieve economic well-being - Employability Workshops - Get that Job! - aimed at long term unemployed and can be adapted for specific groups e.g. women returners

• Digging out your transferable skills
• Enhancing your CV and completing application forms
• Creative job search
• How to present yourself at an interview
• Improving your confidence
• Life Skills - Managing work, time, money and yourself!

Everyday life in the UK - provides practical advice to individuals who have newly arrived in the UK and can be delivered with interpreters

• Housing
• Finance
• Adult Education
• Social Security
• Education for children
• NHS 
• Brief overview of the Asylum process and your rights
• How to keep in touch with home
• Everyday interaction in the UK

These are some of our Service User’s comments from Homestart - Ealing parenting workshops, December 2007:

"Chatting to other mum’s about problems was the best bit about the workshop."
"The teacher and the other mum’s were all very nice."
"Learning from other parent’s ideas was really useful."