Surrey Short Breaks for Disabled Children Spring Newsletter 2012
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Surrey Short Breaks for Disabled Children Autumn Newsletter 2012 Inside this issue: •New exciting short break schemes from the 10K Grant Programme •Carers‟ Break Grants for Carers in Surrey •Surrey Supercycle fundraising cycling event •Link Leisure Play and Leisure service •Barnardo‟s Moving Forward Project and Young Assessors And much more... The Short Breaks Team is now on Facebook! Find us by visiting www.facebook.co.uk/surreyshortbreaks „Like‟ our page to receive regular information on short breaks and events in Surrey! Welcome to the Autumn 2012 edition of the Surrey Short Breaks Newsletter! The Short Breaks team has been out and about across the summer at short break schemes, consulting with children, families and professionals and working together with short break providers to improve services for children and young people in Surrey. We have also been attending various events to share our short break information and resources including two information events for parent support groups in Surrey run by ‘Contact A Family.’ Here there were talks from the Family Information Service, Family Voice Surrey, Parent Partnerships, and workshops on information provision and family support. These were a great opportunity to meet new families and professionals and talk about how we can deliver information for parents now and in the future. Another event we were very pleased to be part of was the Disability Challengers Family Fun Day on the 20th July. Here we met Matthew Kelly and some of the players from the amazing Guildford Heat basketball team, but more importantly we met some lovely families, children and young people! We were also found supporting children and young people testing out the wonderful adapted bikes from the extremely popular new ‘Wheels for All scheme!’ In other news, The Short Breaks Team is currently in the If you have any questions process of developing various publications aimed at about short breaks for disabled Parents & Carers’ of SEN and disabled children in Surrey: children and young people in Surrey you can contact us by The Short Breaks Leaflet will outline what short breaks phone on: are, the types of short breaks available in Surrey and how they can be accessed. 01372 833073 / 833638 Or by email on: The Short Breaks Directory will provide an overview of the [email protected] individual organisations providing the services in Surrey Pop us an email to be added along with useful links to other services. to our e-mailing list to receive Before going to print, the team will be working closely with regular information on short Family Voice Surrey to obtain their feedback on the breaks, activities and events information provided...Watch this space! in Surrey! The Surrey Short Breaks for Disabled Children Team is inviting children and young people with disabilities aged 0-19 and their families to join us for a day full of fun! With lunch and hot/cold drinks provided, why not come along for the perfect family day out! Featuring many popular favourites including face painting, African drumming, magic shows, dance, ‘Wheels for All,’ Dr Snug and much more! The YMCA Sovereign Centre is situated in Reigate – RH2 7AH Please note that on site parking is limited however there will be a disabled drop off area. There are also plenty of residential roads in the area. Please be courteous to locals when parking. For more information on parking please contact us on the details below. Places are limited, so please book ASAP to avoid disappointment. Bookings will close on Friday 12th October. Email [email protected] or phone 01372 833073 / 833638 to book. PARENTS REMAIN RESPONSIBLE FOR CHILDREN AT ALL TIMES Information for Carers What is the CAF? The Common Assessment Framework (CAF) is a new way of working with children and young people. An assessment is a simple way of gathering information and recording it in an organised way. Actions will be agreed with you and your child to make sure your child gets the right sort of help. How will the CAF help? The CAF involves listening to you and your child's needs as well as what is working well in your child’s life. By working together with you, we can help your child receive the right support at an early stage, before a small need grows into a larger one. The CAF will ensure that everyone involved with your child, such as teachers, health visitors, or nursery staff work together to support your child. What happens next? Based on the information you and your child provide, all those who can help you or your child will create an action plan and work together to provide the support your child needs. Professionals who complete a CAF may also be able to apply for Carers’ Break funding from Surrey County Council to meet your identified support needs. For more information, advice and guidance Talk to a professional involved with you or your child Call the Contact Centre Children's Team on 0300 200 1006 Or visit www.surreycc.gov.uk and search ‘CAF’ Merrow mum Gilly Walker is the 1,000th carer to be prescribed a Surrey GP Carer Break under a scheme launched by NHS Surrey, in partnership with Surrey Independent Living Council (SILC) and Action for Carers (Surrey) last December. The Carers’ Breaks scheme allows GPs to prescribe payments of up to £500 to carers. This can either be used to pay for replacement care while they take time out from their caring responsibilities or to buy goods or services, which will help take the stress off their caring role. To be eligible for a payment, carers must be registered with their GP as a carer in Surrey. GPs, who are registered with the scheme, decide how much to pay, depending on clinical need and the resources available. Payments are administered by SILC. If you are interested in receiving a Carer’s Break payment, please discuss this with your GP. If your GP has not yet registered with the scheme, they can find out more at www.gpcarersinfo.co.uk. 10k Grant Programme 2012-2013 The Short Breaks 10K grant programme was initially introduced by Surrey during the Aiming High for Disabled Children programme in 2010, and is now continuing into its third year! Since 2010, the grant programme has provided various organisations with funding for a variety of projects across Surrey including group activities and holidays, one-off events, school holiday schemes, Saturday clubs, arts and crafts events and much more. Some of the above were so successful that we have since converted them to regular schemes! The grant for up to £10,000 can be used to fund projects and programmes that provide short breaks to children and young people in Surrey. Over the next two pages, you will see just a few organisations out of many that have received 10k grant funding to run schemes and services. During 2011-12, the following 10K If you know of or are involved in an grants were awarded: organisation, scheme or group that Type of Service Total Awarded might benefit from funding from this Activity days £13,215.00 programme, please contact Joanna After school clubs £19,650.00 Woodward for an application pack. [email protected] Arts and crafts £17,262.00 Cooking £1,216.00 For successful applications, the Equipment £14,224.00 money awarded must be spent and Information £9,700.00 services must be provided between Residential trips £8,347.00 the 1st April 2012 and the 31st Parent/family support £52,318.25 March 2013. Participation £6,500.00 Performing arts £47,211.00 As the grant is for revenue funding, Saturday clubs £2,924.00 it cannot be used to purchase capital items with a total value in School holiday clubs £37,701.50 excess of £2,500. School residential trips £20,117.00 Sports activities £3,435.34 The grant money cannot be used to Transition development and substitute existing funding for short support £13,866.00 break provision. Grand Total £267,687.09 10K Grant Schemes Many of you may have seen the mystical Supernature installation in the Jubilee Wood at Stoke Park, Guildford after the Olympic Torch celebrations. If you were wondering who was responsible – two of the artists involved are Debi and Jono Retallick of Metal Monkeys. Metal Monkeys received a 10K grant earlier this year to run some great workshops. And the good news is they’re back in the autumn with 2 more! Portrait Photography Workshops - 5 Saturday sessions The workshop will involve participants learning the basic considerations for photography; exploring using a digital camera and combining drawing with photography, producing a collage effect. Participants will make a photo album of their work during the project. Printmaking and Hand-made Books – October Half Term The print making project explores different printing techniques based on drawings made during the first session. The workshops will experiment with mono printing, lino printing and collagraph. Participants will design and make their own book, learning simple bookbinding methods to display their best/favourite prints. 29 Oct-1 Nov, 10am-2.30pm, Painshill Park, Cobham. Both workshops are suitable for young people between 11 and 16 with Aspergers, ADHD, high functioning Autism or similar disabilities and physical disabilities. If you fancy trying your hand at these, please phone Debi on 07970 430561 or Jono on 07779169851, or check out their website www.metalmonkeys.org Rhythmix is one of the UK’s leading music charities, delivering a large range of music making opportunities for young people across the South East region. Since 1999, Rhythmix has worked with more than 40,000 young people, enabling their creative activity through music and developing their personal and social skills Following a 10K grant last year, Rhythmix will build on their successful pilot programme over the course of this year to deliver a new Music Workshop Programme in conjunctions with special schools in Surrey.