Positive Parenting courses are suitable for parents of children up to about 10 years old. Living with Children is similar.
Surviving Teenagers! and Living with Teenagers are similar courses and are suitable from 10 onwards .
Strengthening Families, Strengthening Communities is a parenting and community programme lasting 13 weeks.
Positive Parents is run by Derbyshire County Council and uses the ‘Incredible Years’ programme. It is suitable for parents of children aged 3 - 8 years and lasts for 12 weeks.
Speakeasy 4 Parents is a course for parents to learn together and acquire the
confidence and skills they need to talk to their children about sex and sexuality.
Parenting with Multiples in Mind is a Twins and Multiple Births Association
(TAMBA) course for parents of 1-5 year old twins, triplets or more. The facilitator
is also a trained Positive Parenting facilitator.
Ashton-unde-lyne
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Strengthening Families, Strengthening Communities. Clockwork Day Nursery, Stamford Street Ashton OL6 6NW |
Wednesdays
Starts
20th January for 13 weeks |
9 – 11.15 am |
Crèche available |
Sue Walton, Community Nursery Nurse, tel 366 2020, mobile 07825 861494 & Janet Layland, Health Visitor |
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Drug Proof Your Kids. Ashton Sixth Form College, Darnton Road, Ashton |
Wednesdays
Starts
13th January
for 6 weeks |
7 – 9 pm |
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Theo Knight, Hope Learning Partnership, email theoknight@btinternet.com & Jean Hurleston, Ashton Sixth Form College, tel 330 2330, ext 344 |
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Strengthening Families, Strengthening Communities (priority to parents with at least one child aged 8-13 years) Holy Trinity Primary School Kenyon Street, Ashton OL6 7DU |
Thursdays,
Starts
28th January
for 13 weeks |
9 am – 12 midday |
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Fouzia Sheikh, Barnardo’s Parenting Early Intervention Project Worker, tel 366 5294 & Lesley Owen, Learning Mentor, tel 330 1065 |
Denton, Droylsden and Audenshaw
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Next courses start Jan 2010 |
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Glossopdale
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Next courses start Jan 2010 |
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Hyde and Hattersley
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Strengthening Families, Strengthening Communities
(priority to parents with at least one child aged 8-13 years)
Greenfield Primary School, Queen Street, Hyde |
November
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Debra Dodd, Parenting Project Worker & Rucksana Begum, Barnardo’s, tel 366 5294 |
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Strengthening Families, Strengthening.
Venue to be confirmed |
January |
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Lynnsey Griffin, Parent Support Co-ordinator, tel 343 5482 & Debra Dodd, Parenting Project Worker & Barnardo’s, tel 366 5294 |
Dukinfield, Mossley and Stalybridge
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Positive Parenting
Mossley Children’s Centre
The Rowans
Mossley
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Mondays
Starts 2nd November – 7 December
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9.30 – 11.30 am |
Crèche available |
Lisa Blemmings (previously Brotherton) & Nicola McCall, Community Development Worker, tel 01457 837334 & Pam Hollingsworth, Tenancy Enforcement Officer, New Charter Housing, tel 331 2000 |
Tameside courses are in the Tameside Service Information Directory www.tameside.gov.uk (tel 342 2612).
Derbyshire courses are on www.derbyshire.gov.uk or contact Call Derbyshire (tel 08456 058058). There continues to be a high demand for Parenting groups, especially evening groups. If you are trained, think about running one and let me know the details! If you want to be included on the circulation list please let me know – ideally with an e-mail address for the most frequent updates.
Catherine Mee, Parenting Facilitator, Selbourne House, Hyde. Tel 368 4242. e-mail address: cmee@nhs.net
Useful Links
www.healthmentors4life.net