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More Details coming soon – but save the date!  Headingley Stadium Friday 8th March 10am – 2pm Leeds Parent Carer One Year Anniversary Celebration. There will be a well-being theme with talks and workshops followed by a light lunch at Headingley Stadium. More details to follow.

With Leeds Parent Carer Forum Thursday 25th January 12pm-2pm Leeds Vinery Centre, Leeds, LS9 9LU

PARENT LED ADVOCACY COURSE for Parents living in Yorkshire and Humber with children aged from 15 years to 25 years going through Transition. Tuesday 24th September 2024   6.30pm – 8.30pm Tuesday 8th October 2024   6.30pm- 8.30pm Tuesday 22nd October 2024   6.30pm – 8.30pm Tuesday 12th November 2024   6.30pm – 8.30pm Tuesday 26th November 2024   6.30pm – 8.30pm Tuesday 3rd December 2024   6.30pm – 8.30pm Bringing Us Together is delighted to be able to bring you a team of trainers including those with lived experience of peer advocacy for a series of 6 special free online workshops. These workshops are designed for Yorkshire and Humber families and […]

Website: https://www.roktfoundation.co.uk We’re looking at climbing with Rokt Foundation in slots of an hour during Feb half term (please note this event is on a Tuesday). Slot will be able to take up to 12 climbers at a time (ages 5+), depending on ability so some may be smaller. Slots will be an hour long and will run on: 10am-11am 11.30am-12.30pm 1pm-2pm 2.30pm-3.30pm Please email me on info@littlehiccups.co.uk if you have a request. I will try my best to take them all into consideration. Due to the low numbers climbing this will be a child only activity. Adult spectators do not need to […]

Parent Carer Event Website: https://www.wildernessadventurescic.com/wildernessstudios For this event, we are charging the full price of £30 BUT will refund £20 for attendees on the next working day after the event. So you will be getting a great company and a great night full of fun for £10. Join us for an exploratory workshop to learn all about the ancient art of marbling.  You will learn all the fundamentals, from mixing the bath, prepping the paper/fabric, and making your own tools, to learning traditional patterns and creating your own. You will take home your finished works to use for whatever you wish […]

Course Agenda for ½ Day Event Introductions Legislation and what it means to family members versus carers Servicing equipment-legal requirements LOLER and PUWER Safer weight limits for manual lifting and the risk assessment process Practical – Principles of Safer Handling Hoist and Sling Safety checks including washing instructions! Practical Manual Lifting-using a manual lift sling or usual sling for unusual activities Best way to use a mobile hoist- it’s all in the angles Fitting and Removing slings-biomechanically efficient movement-op tips Moving in bed, using in bed management systems, slide sheets and using the profiling bed to assist. Sit to Stand […]

QA Level 3 Award in Emergency Paediatric First Aid Course What’s Covered? The roles and responsibilities of an emergency paediatric first aider Assessing an emergency situation Dealing with an unresponsive infant or child Recovery Position CPR and defibrillation Choking Minor Injuries Bites and Stings Seizures External Bleeding Hypovolaemic shock We have also added 30 extra minutes to answer any specific queries that our families may have (i.e. How to deal with a choking child in a wheelchair, how to administer first aid to a pre-verbal child, etc). To ensure best use of this time, if you have any queries you […]

This workshop will first look at challenging behaviours and re-frame these to distress behaviours. From there, we can clarify why these distress behaviours are happening and review examples of each. Importantly, we will learn the foundations of boundary setting that work best for neurodivergent young people. While doing this, we will start thinking about traditional parenting advice and how we might need to rethink consequences in order to build a young person’s sense of safety, trust and overall well-being. Each in-person course will have a max of 15 attendees and will be in a Workshop format. The course will run […]

This workshop will first look at challenging behaviours and re-frame these to distress behaviours. From there, we can clarify why these distress behaviours are happening and review examples of each. Importantly, we will learn the foundations of boundary setting that work best for neurodivergent young people. While doing this, we will start thinking about traditional parenting advice and how we might need to rethink consequences in order to build a young person’s sense of safety, trust and overall well-being. Each online course will have a max of 15 attendees and will be in a Workshop format. The course will run […]

Getting the balance right – in dealing with the system and looking after our own physical and mental health January to May 2024 Starting on Thursday 25th January, we are running 5 free online monthly daytime workshops.  At these monthly workshops, our guest speakers will be sharing their insights and learning about how they strive to get the balance right. There will also be 5 free online monthly evening support sessions, starting on Wednesday 31st January.  These sessions are separate and complementary to the daytime workshops.  These sessions will be a safe space for us all to share our experiences and […]