This article has been brought to you by Slough Borough Council's Public Health Project Support Officer, Maria McCann, for the attention of all Schools and Early Years Settings.
Thames Valley Police is committed to working with our partners to reduce domestic abuse harm and have developed a process called Operation Encompass in order to notify schools that a pupil has witnessed Domestic Abuse and may need additional welfare support at school.
Slough has committed to emotional wellbeing as one of their priorities for 2018/2019. There are a range of activities and services in place in and across Slough to support emotional wellbeing of our staff and students in school. We will be updating on this page as these projects evolve over the coming months.
The Choices Programme is a modular scheme of work delivered across key stages two and three with sessions that build week-by-week. The sessions are designed to provoke challenging conversations and bolster personal resilience. The result is a fun, interactive learning experience that uses a combination of immersive technology and engaging activities to explore complex ideas, while providing opportunities to critically reflect and develop strategies for everyday life.
This article has been brought to you by Slough Borough Council's Public Health Programme Officer, Timothy Howells, for the attention of all schools in Slough.
This article has been brought to you by Slough Borough Council's Business Support Team Leader, Menhaz Hussain, for the attention of Headteachers/Business Managers and Site Controllers.
The Public Health Programme Manager, Fatima Ndanusa, would like to bring your attention to a very short video clip by the CCG on water and window safety accessible here.
Prevent is a key strand in the government’s counter-terrorism strategy, also known as CONTEST. Local authorities are seen as having a major role to play in preventing people from being drawn into terrorist activity – whatever the ideology behind it. The aim of Prevent is to stop people becoming terrorists or supporting terrorism. The government regards Prevent as a key part of CONTEST and does not believe it is possible to resolve the threats we face simply by arresting and prosecuting more people.
Young People aged 11-18 from Slough will be taking part in the annual Make Your Mark ballot, the largest consultation of young people in the country coordinated by the UK Youth Parliament (UKYP) and locally by members of Slough Youth Parliament (SYP) and staff from the Young People’s Service.