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Essex Child and Family Wellbeing Service
Baby Beginnings
A 10-week rolling programme to support you and your baby’s learning and development in a fun way. Plus a great way to meet other parents
Harwich Delivery Site: Harwich House, Mayflower Primary School, Main Road, Harwich, CO12 4AJ
Wednesdays, 10am - 11.30am
Telephone: 0300 247 0015
Website: www.essexfamilywellbeing.co.uk
Coppins Community Centre
WARM HUGS HUB
Every Weekday
Free Entry, Hot Drink & Snack
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday: 11am - 2pm
Wednesday: 3pm - 5pm
Coppins Community Centre, Maldon Way, Clacton-on-Sea, CO16 7PA
Telephone: 01255 688685
NEW SENIOR U’s SESSIONS IN CLACTON AND HARWICH
Go to the website at: NEW SENIOR U'S SESSIONS IN CLACTON AND HARWICH - Colchester United FC
DISABILITY ADVICE & WELFARE NETWORK
FREE WARM HUB funded by CVST
Every Friday starting 6th December 1.00pm - 4.00pm
Great Bromley Village Hall, Parsons Hill, Great Bromley, Colchester, CO7 7JA
Any enquiries please email: annie@dawnsupport.co.uk
DUAL DIAGNOSIS ANONYMOUS
What is Dual Diagnosis?
It is when someone struggles with both mental health and addiction/substance abuse/compulsive behaviour.
Meetings
Colchester - Tuesday - 11am to 12pm - Open Road, 5A Queen Street, CO1 2PG
Colchester - Tuesday - 7.30pm to 8.30pm - 10 St. Peter’s St, Colchester, CO1 2PG
Clacton - Wednesday - 3pm to 4pm - Open Road, 132 Wellesley Rd, CO15 3QD
Full list of meetings available at: https://www.ddauk.org
Join the Essex Mental Health People Participation Group
Contribute your experience and ideas to improve mental health services across Essex
Join the Essex Mental Health People Participation Group (PPG) and be part of improving mental health services across Southend, Essex and Thurrock.
Who can join? You have lived or living mental health as a patient/service user or carer/supporter in Essex, or, work within mental health across Essex, and want to work collaboratively.
What will I need to do? Members of the PPG will be asked to join meetings, contribute ideas, share experiences, and work co-productively with other members of the PPG to make change happen.
What’s in it for me? Your contributions will make a difference. Also, out of pocket expenses will be covered and participation will be rewarded in a way that works for you where applicable and appropriate.
Interested?
Email: epunft.coproduction@nhs.net
Come and learn about all things birth and baby!
Health and wellbeing
Prepare for labour and birth
Practical baby care
Parents 1st Essex
Care 4 Carers
Every other Monday Starts 19th August 2024
A new support group for Carers in Clacton-on-Sea
Are you a carer? Are you struggling with stress, anxiety or more? Would you like to learn how to cope and meet others in a similar situation? Then come and join our support group lead by a community psychiatric nurse.
Register Now
Contact Us: 07587 647440
Email Us: fit4lifetogether@sailship.org.uk
Address: Fairclough Avenue, Clacton-on-Sea, CO16 7EG
NHS Suffolk and North East Essex
Women’s Health App
Download today for advice and guidance on:
Breast pain assessment and care
Cervical Screening
Contraception
Menopause assessment and treatment
Menstrual problems and assessment and treatment
Pelvic organ prolapse
Pre-conception care
Sexually transmitted infections and HIV
Living with COPD?
Healthwatch Essex is looking to talk to people from Colchester and Clacton about their experiences of being supported with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease such as Emphysema and Chronic Bronchitis
Have your voice heard.
Email: luke.weall@healthwatchessex.org.uk
Call Luke on: 07483 329658
Website: healthwatchessex.org.uk
Women’s Health Concerns?
Women’s Health concerns can be isolating. Don’t face it alone.
Join our support groups, led by a fellow patient, who understands. We want you to feel heard and supported.
North Essex Peer to Parent Community Facebook Group
The North Essex Peer to Parent Community is a safe, closed Facebook group for parents in Colchester and Tendring, led by trained peer supporters with lived experience.
Our aim is to provide a safe space for parents who are expecting a baby or who have a baby under one year to connect and share experiences. Find out about activities and services, ask questions, and learn together.
Having a baby can be both exciting and overwhelming. You may be feeling lonely or anxious, or just feel like you’re not coping well. We’re here to support you during this time………..
We help parents to:
Access local support/groups/services
Meet other local parents
Prepare for and cope with the early days of parenthood
Feel valued, confident as a parent and listened to
Join our supportive parenting community today! www.facebook.com/groups/northessexp2pcommunity
Parents1st Essex
Our friendly, well-trained, and supervised Pregnancy Pals and Birth Buddies can offer peer support during pregnancy, birth and up to 3 months after the birth to parents in Jaywick and Clacton.
We can:
Offer emotional support and someone to talk to
Provide regular meet ups and continuity of care
Promote health and wellbeing
Build parents’ confidence and self-esteem
Share evidenced based information
Support parents to access other support and services
Be with parents during labour and birth
Peer support is particularly beneficial to parents who:
Feel socially isolated
Have mild to moderate mental health issues
Have suffered a trauma or loss
Are teenage parents
Make A Referral - if you wish to talk through if a parent would be eligible please contact us…..
Call us on: 01268 525 758
Email us: info@parents1st.org.uk
Volunteer to make the difference of a lifetime to parents in North Essex
Speak to Emma, our Programme Manager to discuss amazing volunteer opportunities near you
Email: emmas@parents1st.org.uk
Telephone: 07442 400 382 or 01268 525758
Visit: www.esex.parents1st.org.uk
Are you ready to do something amazing?
Join our incredible community of volunteers.
Why get involved as a Peer Support Volunteer?
What’s involved?
What will my role be?
Ask questions - Any time
There are many reasons that people become refugees – they flee persecution, wars, armed conflicts, human rights abuse, forced conscription, climate change and famine.
Calais Light seeks more UK volunteers to help support this new refugee population. If you live in Kent, Essex and London, you can join them.
Calais Light recruit volunteers to work in community projects,
including English language teaching and more.
If you would like further information, you can visit their website: https://www.calaislight.com/volunteer-in-the-uk
To apply, please click the following link to be directed to an application form: https://docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLSep3C6O8rNmw2.../viewform
#calaislight #citizensadvice #tendring #essex #refugeesupport
Wellbeing
Empowering positive thought and enabling positive outcomes, through improved mental wellbeing.
Free counselling for young people.
Access virtual or face-to-face counselling sessions and support
Free support for children and young people ages 10 - 25
Gain knowledge, tools and coping strategies, helping improve your outlook and mental health
BACP/UKCP accredited or registered counsellors
Email: wellbeing@inspiresuffolk.org.uk
Telephone: 01473 353194
MULTIPLY
Free Financial Wellbeing Sessions
Now booking from April 2024 onwards.
Participants should live in Essex, be 19+ and not have GCSE pass in Maths.
Email: epunft.enableeast@nhs.net
Telephone: 01206 489913
Volunteer Police Cadets
Become a Leader with Essex Volunteer Police Cadets!
We want to offer young people in Essex the opportunity to be a part of our Volunteer Police Cadet programme.
We’re looking for local people, over the age of 18, to get involved in our Police Cadet programme as a volunteer cadet leader.
Police Cadets isn’t about recruiting police officers of the future. It is about building positive relationships between young people, their communities, and police.
Our volunteer police cadet leaders help to guide and inspire local teens, encouraging them to become good citizens.
Being a cadet leader is hugely rewarding. Not only will you gain skills, experience and qualifications, but your mentorship can support young local people grow into confident, well-rounded members of our community.
You do not need to have a policing background to be a cadet leader. In fact, we encourage those outside the police community to apply.
Interested and want to find out more?
Head to our website: Volunteer police cadets | Essex Police