Early Help | Slough Community Support Cafes

This article has been brought to you by Slough Borough Council's Senior Early Help Officer, Adriana Lozano-Santos, for the attention of All Schools.

For Children/Young People

Turning Point - (See poster attached)

See attached a poster that is aimed at YP's in keeping them safe and signposting them where to go to access support including information on how to access support to Turning Point. Please feel free to disseminate amongst your teams and to display to your young people for them to access.  

Further details, please contact:  Ishmael Connor | Young People Senior Recovery Worker, Slough Treatment Advice and Recovery Team (START) 

Tel: 01753 692548 | Mobile: 07811025031 | Email: Ishmael.Connor@turning-point.co.uk

Supporting Families, Parents, Carers, Adults

Reminder for updates from Slough Community Development Team – See attached warm spaces flyers.

Warm Spaces Slough

Do look out for information on Warms Spaces Slough that should be coming out soon. We have had a number of groups come forward to sign up which is fantastic. In the meantime, there are now TWO Slough Community Support Cafes offering a warm space and a free meal. So please do share with your networks for next week (details attached).

Slough Great Winter Get Together event for partners

Please do join us, DWP and Everyone Active for The Slough Great Winter Get Together event for partners at The Centre in Farnham Road on Friday 27 January (4-8pm) and Saturday 28 January (9am-12noon).

We hope you find this a great opportunity to reach out to more residents in January – a time we know through the Poverty Forum and our work with yourselves that is going to be very challenging for many.

This is a chance for residents to engage with services and find out what support there is around debt and welfare, health and wellbeing, employment and training.

Please do let me know ASAP if you can join us so I can get some posters out listing the partners attending in time for the New Year.

Please complete the sign up form here by Wednesday 21 December.

https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=e-FoW_nlnkawz77U-5f5W2M_LABE1V5OlDK6AMTRs0FUQkRXOFFZVjlMUkg1UlpITE5KVDcwU1o0MS4u

Further details, please contact:

Rebecca Curley - Community Development Officer Slough Borough Council, Rebecca.curley@slough.gov.uk  07523 936077

Aqeel Akram - Community Development Officer Slough Borough Council, aqeel.akram@slough.gov.uk  07523 935995

Household Support Fund (HSF) -  Help for families and vulnerable individuals who struggle to pay for basic living costs, such as: food, energy, water bills and essential goods.

The Household Support Fund (HSF) grant is available from 1 October 2022 to 31 March 2023.

The grant is funded by the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP). SBC are required to award all the funds by 31 March 2023 so it is vital people get applications in by this date. Please share the details with anyone you know that would fit the eligibility criteria and would benefit from this support.

The link to the Household support fund application is now live. Please direct customers to the www.slough.gov.uk/hsf   which gives details of eligibility and the criteria.

Further details, please contact:  incomeboost@slough.gov.uk