Keeping children safe online during Summer holidays
Please click on the link below to see how you can keep your child safe online during the Summer holidays.
Parents Safety Net- keeping children safe online during summer hoildays
Big Norfolk Summer Activities
Please click on the link below to see what activities are taking place in Norfolk during Summer 2023.
HAF Schools Now Open Letter final
Directory of available support
Please click here for a list of available support: https://compassschools.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/External-services-.pdf
Cyber Security Workshops for parents
Click here for more information: https://compassschools.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/OnlineSafetyWebinar_DigitalFlyer-002-002-1.pdf
JustOneNorfolk
Updated advice and guidance regarding keeping families warm and well this winter https://www.justonenorfolk.nhs.uk/Keeping-Families-warm-Well
Community Fridges and Kitchens
Norwich City Council and The Feed have put together a list of providers offering free or pay-what-you-can meals and food services for people in the Norwich area. Click here for more information: https://compassschools.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Food-2022.docx
Cost of living Support
Norfolk County Council have provided a useful guide to available support: Help with living costs_FINAL (1)
The National Sleep Helpline
The National Sleep Helpline is available to provide high quality, evidence-based advice regarding sleeping better.
Click here for more information: SC-0078HelplineFlyerSchools
Tech4Families Support
The Digital Poverty Alliance and Currys are working together to provide laptops for families who need one.
If you live in one of the following areas and want to apply, go here, visit a Currys store in one of those areas, or text 07984445476 to receive a form by post:
- Norfolk Coast (Kings Lynn and West Norfolk, North Norfolk, Great Yarmouth local authorities), England.
Families in hardship and needing wider support
In addition to the offer of FSM vouchers for eligible families, there is support available for families who are facing hardship and need support.
Anyone experiencing hardship may be able to receive support through the Norfolk Assistance Scheme (NAS), which may be able to provide support for food, fuel, clothes and other essential household items to families experiencing hardship. Wider support from a range of partners can then also be made available with NAS working alongside the Children’s Services Community and Partnerships service.
Families may get in touch with NAS via their dedicated website which includes an online application form, at Norfolk Assistance Scheme – Norfolk County Council or if they cannot access the internet, they can call 0344 800 8020.
Get early help
Early Help is about giving information, advice and guidance to families as soon as there is a worry in a child’s life.
This can be for children of any age up to 18 and also can help with the worries adults may have, such as finances and mental health, which may impact on the children.
If you have difficulties in your family, or if you are worried about your children, there are people who can support you.
If family life feels unsafe or difficult to cope with, or if you are worried about the safety or welfare of a child, follow this think to talk to somebody about it.
Who can help
Most of us get the best support from the people who care about us – our friends, families and the community we live in. This is our family network.
Find out more about family networking and how it can help on the Just One Norfolk website.
If you need more help than your family network can give, you can speak to people like your health visitor, child’s school or family doctor. You can also get help and support in these places:
Local activities and events
Visit the Norfolk Family and Community Connections Facebook page to find up to date information about local activities and groups for children and families.
You’ll find information about Norfolk-wide activities and events there – and links to Facebook groups you can join to get district-specific information too
Norfolk Community Directory
https://communitydirectory.norfolk.gov.uk/
Norfolk Community Directory contains activities, services and groups to help all Norfolk residents live healthy, active and fulfilling lives.
You should find something to help you, whether you want to: keep healthy, be sociable, physically active, mentally active, raise your aspirations for educational achievement, help your community, stay independent, feel included, get involved, improve your well-being, stay safe, find suitable care and support, find help to look after your children, or get family support. We also provide information which supports the Local Offer, Care Act and Childcare Act.
Short Breaks
A new Short Breaks statement for 2022-23 has been published on the Norfolk SEND Local Offer web pages.
Short Breaks enable children and young people between the ages of five and 18 to become more independent and explore new opportunities by engaging in Short Breaks activities outside school hours during evenings, weekends, school holidays, and sometimes overnight. They can be delivered in a range of different settings, such as in a family’s home, at a centre, or out and about in the community. They give parents and carers time to do the things they can’t do while looking after their child, including looking after themselves. The new statement explains what short breaks are, what Norfolk County Council’s short breaks duty is, who is entitled to short breaks, how to apply and how the level of need for a child or young person is decided. It also explains individual budgets, and the different ways families can spend their direct payments.
