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Our Children - 18 March
Hello everyone,
Thank you for taking the time to open our newsletter, I hope you find it useful.
I would like to highlight round 2 of the Whole Family Wellbeing Fund. This fund is open for application until Wednesday 26 March. The fund looks to support early intervention, holistic family support. If you would like to discuss a proposal please contact susan.bell-hq@renfrewshire.gov.uk or if you would like support with your application development and/or submission, please contact jhamilton@engagerenfrewshire.com
There is lots of useful content below:
- Scottish Action for Mental Health – putting young people voices at the centre of service design and delivery
- NHS GGC Report – Social Media and Self-Harm Working Group – “It’s not safe and consistent”: An exploration of social media and self-harm among young people
- Learning Disabilities, Autism and Neurodivergence Bill: consultation
- Renfrewshire Council Child Protection L&D Calendar – Spring 2024
- The Promise
- Funding
As always we are keen for your feedback to support best practice and continued improvement. If there is something you would like to see featured in future newsletters, or if you have a project you would like to share with the network, please get in touch. – jhamilton@engagerenfrewshire.com
Our Minds Our Future
SAMH (Scottish Action for Mental Health) and SYP (Scottish Youth Parliament) have been working with Youth Access and other partners (in Northern Ireland and Wales) on a UK project called Our Minds Our Future.
It’s a five-year long programme, running since 2019, and funded by the National Lottery Community Fund. It aims to put the voices of young people at the centre of mental health service design and delivery.
Youth Access is the lead partner for Our Minds Our Future, and they are a UK wide network of YIACS (Youth Information, Advice and Counselling Services), advocating with and for members and young people to influence national policy; providing opportunities for collaboration between services; disseminating evidence, training and guidance; and empowering young people to campaign for improved services and systems.
Please click here to read about youth access membership
Meaningfully Engaging Young People – Practitioners Guide
Social Media and Self-Harm Working Group - Report
NHS GGC Report
Social Media and Self-Harm Working Group – “It’s not safe and consistent”: An exploration of social media and self-harm among young people
The research covered 16-23 year olds and was a Renfrewshire Project ‘Youth Interventions’ who took part in the research/focus groups. As you can see there is an online session to discuss the findings – detail below.
“It’s not safe and consistent”: An exploration of social media and self-harm among young people.
An exploratory project was undertaken by the Mental Health Improvement Team and Specialist Children's Services at NHSGGC in partnership with Youth Interventions investigating the lived experience of young people aged 16-23 who self-harm about their online lives.
The project provides novel insights into the complex and nuanced relationship between social media use and self-harm among young people. A brief online event will be held on Wednesday 27 March, 2.00-3.00 pm, via MS Teams to discuss the findings. If you would like to sign up for the event, please email ggc.mhead@ggc.scot.nhs.uk. The report can also be downloaded from the Mental Health Improvement Team’s website
Learning Disabilities, Autism and Neurodivergence Bill
Consultations closing soon: 21 April 2024
Learning Disabilities, Autism and Neurodivergence Bill: consultation
The Scottish Government is committed to building a country that ensures equality of opportunity for all by embedding equality, inclusion and human rights into everything they do. By better protecting, respecting and championing the rights of people with learning disabilities and neurodivergent people, all of Scotland can benefit. This consultation on proposals for a Learning Disabilities, Autism and Neurodivergence Bill seeks the views of everyone on how we can do this.
Renfrewshire Child Protection Learning & Development Calendar (cloud.microsoft)
The Promise
There are now over 230 Promise Keepers from across a wide range of services in Renfrewshire including from third sector organisations. In 2024 at Engage Renfrewshire we are keen to grow and increase the number of Promise Keepers across our networks. Promise Keepers are local champions for The Promise in their teams, and work to ensure that The Promise remains at the forefront of the work that we do across Renfrewshire.
For anyone who is interested in finding out about The Promise in Renfrewshire or joining our growing network of Promise Keepers, please contact thepromise@renfrewshire.gov.uk for further information.
To find out more about The Promise: What is The Promise?
Embedding the Principles of The Promise
As part of Holyrood Insight’s Keeping The Promise: Next Steps Digital Conference, Children in Scotland’s Head of Policy, Projects and Participation, David Mackay, was invited to talk about how we are embedding the principles of The Promise through our work.
For those who missed the conference, here, David explores how our rights-based policy work, training and learning opportunities, support services, and participation projects are leading the way for change.
Funding
Funding to Support Young People and Families Affected by Drugs & Alcohol
Grants of up to £250,000 are available to registered charities across Scotland working to improve the lives of children, young people and families affected by drugs and alcohol. Funded by the Scottish Government, and delivered by Corra, the Way Forward for Families Partnership funding programme is open to registered charities working in collaboration with public sector organisations. The focus of the programme is to improve the wellbeing of those impacted by drugs and alcohol, and develop and influence local and national policy and practice. Funding will be available over three years, and can be used for a range of project costs such as staff and volunteer costs, activity costs, costs which support participation and engagement, research, and evaluation. 50% match funding is required. The closing date for applications is 26 March 2024. Find out more
Funding to Turn Ideas into Positive Change
Grants of up to £500 are available to individuals in Scotland aged 16-26 looking to make a positive change to the issues that matter to them. The funding can be used by individuals to get their idea up and running and will help cover some of those costs. In addition, business support is available for those who decide to turn their idea into a business. The funding is being made available through the Pounds for Purpose grants programme and to be eligible the idea must primarily be for the benefit of people or communities within Scotland. Applications can be submitted at any time. Find out more
Small Grants for Summer Playschemes
Grants of between £500 and £1,000 are available to registered charities across the UK to fund summer playschemes for disadvantage children between the ages of 5-16 years. Charities with an annual income of less than £100,000 can apply for funding to run playschemes for a minimum of two weeks or ten days during the summer holidays. Priority will be given to small, local schemes involving a large number of children especially those with disabilities or from disadvantaged backgrounds. If the applicant is not a registered charity, then a registered charity may apply on the scheme’s behalf. The funding is being made available through the Woodward Charitable Trust’s Summer Playscheme. The closing date for applications is 05 April 2024. Find out more
Trefoil – helping young people to better lives
Trefoil exists to support the development of children and young people with additional needs in Scotland, to enable them to maximise their capabilities and achieve as much independence as possible.
Trefoil assists individuals, families or small groups who meet our criteria for development needs. Trefoil support a wide variety of applications but with a broad focus on sport, art, music, life skills and adventure.
The deadline for the next round of funding will be Friday 3 May 2024 for personal development grants and Friday 23 August 2024 for organisational grants.
True Colours Trust
This programme is designed to support excellent local organisations and projects that work with:
- disabled children and young people;
- children and young people with life-limiting conditions;
- and their families.
We will consider applications from organisations working with children and young people aged from 0 – 25 years. Find out more
Funding of up to £5,000 Available to Tackle Problems within Families
Registered charities that work to tackle family problems or problems facing one or more of its members can apply for grants of up to £5,000. Funding is available for both capital and revenue grants as well as grants for core funding and projects-based grants. The funding is being made available through the Kelly Family Charitable Trust which actively encourages applications from relatively new organisations to help them become established. The trust prefers to support charities whose income is below £500,000. However, larger charities with pioneering pilot projects will be considered. The next closing date for applications is the The next closing date for applications is 01 September 2024. Find out more
Funding for Projects that Address Severe Learning Disabilities
UK charities, voluntary organisations, and schools can apply for grants to help both children and adults suffering from severe learning difficulties, together with autism. The funding is being made available through the Baily Thomas General grants programme, and can be used to purchase equipment, support capital works as well as cover project and core costs. Previous grants have been used to support capital works for residential, nursing and respite care, and schools; employment schemes including woodwork, crafts, printing and horticulture; play schemes and play therapy schemes; day and social activities centres; support for families, including respite schemes; independent living schemes; support in the community schemes; and Snoezelen rooms. The next deadline for applications seeking funding over £9,000 is 01 August 2024. Applications for £9,000 and below can be submitted at any time. Find out more
Schools Can Apply for £500 of Free Equipment to Deliver Outdoor Learning
Early Years, Infant, Primary and Secondary school settings in England, Scotland and Wales can apply for up to £500 worth of free outdoor resources and two hours of professional outdoor training to deliver outdoor learning and play. The funding is being made available through the Learning through Landscapes’ Local School Nature Grant Programme and is funded by the players of People’s Postcode Lottery. The next closing date for applications is 26 April 2024. Find out more