December Blog

Parental Engagement Update

We have a first draft of our Parental engagement toolkit. 13 agencies will now be piloting this for us between 4-25 January.We seem to have been generating a lot of interest nationally in the toolkit, we are going to be doing some presentations in January at Government Office West Midlands and be in a national parenting magazine.

Stay in touch with us

We continue to build channels of communication with both parents and parenting practitioners so for;

Practitioners, please join in your local Parenting Service Forums (PSF) by contacting the chair:

Janice Hallam janice.hallam@staffordshire.gov.uk

Lindsey Gregory lindsey.gregory@staffordshire.gov.uk

Janice Jack janice.jack@staffordshire.gov.uk

Kevin Byrne kevin.byrne@newcastle-staffs.gov.uk

Kim Holyman caremanager@rmplc.co.uk

Sue Mckie sue.mckie@staffordshire.gov.uk

Katherine Sharratt katherine.sharratt@staffordshire.gov.uk

Paul Wilkins paul.wilkins@staffordshire.gov.uk

Parents, if you want more correspondence from us, specifically about opportunities to get involved, make sure you register with us and be a part of our parent database by using the following link /Contacts/

For anyone, if you want to receive a copy of our electronic bulletin telling you about local and national developments in parenting contact Chrissy Marston on 01785 355 751 or email her chrissy.marston@staffordshire.gov.uk to get put on the electronic distribution.

Parental Representation at Meetings

As part of my role I attend a number of meetings to represent parents views - 37 meetings in fact. To take this to the next level of parental engagement I have now withdrawn from some of these meetings and I am working with the chairs to consider more sustainable ways of having parents involved. This may include;

Parent task groups
Wider parent representation
Getting the voice into meetings from other parent groups via a representative

I will keep you updated about which groups are doing what!!

Parent Champions Celebration

The 0-7 Partnership in Cannock and Rugeley operates a programme called Parent Champions. In Short parents are being trained to help support other parents access services. We have been watching the project with interest because when we spoke to parents they told us that the people they go to for help, advice or information is generally other parents. The Parent Champions scheme is a good way of helping parents get information.

On the 14 December 2009 I went to a celebratory event for the scheme to present the Parent Champions with their certificates for completing their training.

Anyone interested in more information about the scheme please contact
Chris Wright on communitylinkteam@yahoo.co.uk

Last Modified: 09/02/2010 12:11:30
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