Courses & Training New Courses! The Café Nursery Conference Facilities Coronavirus Find Us More Coronavirus Information Here are some links you may find helpful at this time: Boloh - The Black and Asian family Covid-19 Helpline Barnado’s has established a Black and Asian family COVID-19 helpline and webchat facility, encouraging children, young people and families from these communities who have been impacted by COVID-19 to speak about their worries and stresses. It provides therapeutic support, as well as signposting to other organisations who can provide further help. https://helpline.barnardos.org.uk/ Families in Focus Bulletin: Information & Services for Families, Parents, Carers & Young People Families in Focus Bulletin: Information and Services for Practitioners during Coronavirus Food support in South Bristol 9 Dec: LINK In light of this morning’s headlines – domestic abuse calls jumping by 49% and the number of killings doubling - we’d like to signpost you to SafeLives’ website that outlines a provision for those affected by domestic abuse during the CV-19 pandemic. We’ve pulled support & information from across the sector, including nationwide provision, guidelines for support workers, information for employers, stats, podcasts, tool kits, advice for housing agencies & local councils…..even guidance for neighbours…and much more. https://safelives.org.uk/news-views/domestic-abuse-and-covid-19 Mental Health First Aid England September Newsletter here Bristol Food Producers have put together a website, Support Bristol Food, to show how you can buy local food direct from farmers, producers, independent retailers and restaurants doing collection/delivery. Find out more about how to help people in Bristol affected by COVID-19, including via the Can Do Bristol volunteer scheme, here. Bristol City Council has cancelled all public events in the city until the end of July at the earliest, due to the continuing spread of COVID-19; more here. Bristol Mind's Mental Health and Wellbeing newsletter for May 2020 here. Heart of BS13 COVID 19 Food Response here. Healthy Living Consortium CASS Covid-19 Directory here. Keeping Your Child Safe Online Where can I go to get support to help keep my child safe online? There is a lot of support available to keep your child safe online. Below are some useful links to help parents and carers ●Thinkyouknow (advice from the National Crime Agency to stay safe online) ●Internet matters (support for parents and carers to keep their children safe online) ●Parent info (support for parents and carers to keep their children safe online) ●LGfL (support for parents and carers to keep their children safe online) ●Net-aware (support for parents and carers from the NSPCC) Government advice is available here: Here are some updates to services available for young people and their families: Off The Record Off the Record now have a weekly online schedule of events starting each Monday including yoga tutorials, Resilience Lab sessions, digital hubs and tips on entertaining yourself while self-isolating. Sign up for their newsletter through the OTR website to find out more. https://www.otrbristol.org.uk/ Childline There have been some changes to the Childline service. Young people are now able to contact for a chat online or over the phone, on 0800 1111 between 9am and midnight but you won't be able to join the queue for a 1:1 chat after 10:30pm. Their website continues to be available 24 hours a day. https://www.childline.org.uk/ Creative Youth Network Though face to face services and youth clubs are now closed, CYN are working hard to organise digital alternatives for young people to access support. Plans include organising creative sessions online, activities which groups can take part in remotely and digital exhibitions to enjoy from home. They will be posting regular updates on these services through their website, twitter, Facebook and Instagram. https://www.creativeyouthnetwork.org.uk/ Young Minds Young Minds now have a section on their website for Coronavirus Advice and Mental Health Support for young people and their families. This includes blogs on coping with OCD during the COVID 19 pandemic, looking after mental health while self-isolating and talking to your child about coronavirus. https://youngminds.org.uk/ HWV on YouTube  HWV on Facebook  Hartcliffe & Withywood Ventures @hwvthe on Twitter  Phone: 0117 9781708  E-Mail: gatehouse@hwv.org.uk  Increasing the choices and opportunities for local people As an established Training Centre, HWV works with all of these partners HWV is a Registered Charity No: 293417 Privacy Policy Hartcliffe & Withywood Ventures The Gatehouse Hareclive Road Bristol BS13 9JN  E-Mail: gatehouse@hwv.org.uk    Enquire HERE! Call: 0117 9781708 