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Young Harrow Foundation in conjunction with Harrow Council are working with Unique Community Charity to offer access to this Webinar: Russia-Ukraine War: The Effect the Conflict is having on Children & Young People from our Communities If you are a teacher, youth or community worker and are looking for ways to support children and young people living in Harrow from both communities who are trying to decipher and deal with the effects of the ongoing conflict of war then watch this webinar for support.

Dr Tabetha Newman, Harrow Council, Young Harrow Foundation and Harrow's School Nursing Service present the key findings from HAY Harrow survey of young people.

With funding from the Department for Education we will be able to offer funding to organisations wishing to deliver vital programmes for school age children aged 5-16 years old, during the Easter, Summer and Christmas holidays in 2021.

Help Harrow Helpharrow delivered in partnership with Harrow Council is a self - referral system for all ages, targeting acute needs in specific social areas in Harrow.

Listen to the latest opportunities from Children in Need and John Lyon's Charity to apply for 3 year funding if you are delivering activities for Children or Young People in Harrow as a non for profit organisation.

The national ‘Wellbeing for Education’ initiative (published as Wellbeing for Education Return) aims to build on and strengthen educational settings’ ability to support children’s wellbeing, and the wellbeing of adults in the school community, in the context of the Coronavirus pandemic.

Our Social Media Webinar on 4 November 2020 was designed to share the expertise of our members who are doing exceptionally well in specific areas of social media and online fundraising

SUPPORTING BEREAVED CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Councillor Sue Anderson, Community Engagement & Accessibility Portfolio Holder and Charlie Stewart, Corporate Director Resources at Harrow Council

GP and Chair of Clinical Commissioning Group - CCG. How health services outside of the hospital are supporting the Covid-19 response.

Speaking and taking questions on a number of subjects

A commissioned services offering early intervention mental health support will provide a brief summary of their current support offer.

Leads from charity sector organisations Heads Up (including Mind in Harrow, The Centre for ADHD and Autism Support CAAS, The WISH Centre; Mosaic LGBT Youth Centre; and Paiwand) will similarly provide insights from their work with children and families during recent weeks, along with a brief summary of their current support offer.

Kooth commissioned services offering online and text mental health support will provide insights from their work with children and families during recent weeks, and what this might mean for some children and young people returning to schools.

HARROW - UNDERSTANDING THE LOCAL PICTURE HARROW SCHOOLS' JOURNEY TOWARDS 'A NEW NORMAL' A FOCUS ON PSYCHOLOGICAL WELLBEING HELPING US TO UNDERSTAND THE LOCAL PICTURE, PLANS AND PRIORITIES FROM NHS, LOCAL AND CENTRAL GOVERNMENT.

STREET SAFETY AND DETACHED WORK. KEEPING YOUNG PEOPLE AND YOUTH WORKERS SAFE AND ENGAGED Focus on street crime and gang related activity and looking at Police intelligence locally, experience and oversight since the start of Covid 19. This webinar focused on what has been happening over the Covid 19 lockdown period around young people being out and about including gang and youth violence incidents. With everything indicating a spike in the coming weeks we need to consider ways of engaging with young people, ensuing detached work can take place safely and effectively and how funders can support new ideas and changes to provision.

As part of Mental Health Week we will be looking at trends in what we are seeing around the mental health needs of young people during the Covid 19 lockdown. Professionals will share examples of what’s working well, how they are engaging with young people in need of support and sharing practical ideas and coping mechanisms which can be used by anyone working with young people.

Education: Hearing from Education about how they are currently delivering support, what the new pressures from Government are having on teachers and how the Charity Sector can support them over the coming months. This will include perspectives from primary and secondary school.

WEBINAR 2 - SAFEGUARDING AND CYBER WORKING

WEBINAR 1 - CYBER SERVICE OFFER FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE