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Breakaway
November 2013
Enfield’s Short Breaks Magazine
for disabled children and young people
and their families
www.enfield.gov.uk
November 2013 01
Welcome
Welcome Everyone! This is our second
edition of Breakaway – our short break
magazine for children, young people and
families. I do hope you enjoy it and find it
helpful. As well as updates on what has
been going on, we have included lots
of information about new providers and
activities for children and families to enjoy.
Short breaks are about having fun with friends, trying
something new, learning new skills or simply having
quality ‘family time’. They are about ensuring families
with disabled children have the same opportunities
as any other family. We really want to hear what
short breaks mean to you, which ones make a
difference, so do let us know and tell us what you
would like see in future editions. I would like to thank
all the parents, children and young people who are
helping us to improve short breaks in Enfield, we
really do appreciate your time and enthusiasm and
we couldn’t improve without you!
Contents
04
Short Breaks
05
New Service Providers
06-09 Children and Young People Service
Providers
10
New Carers Needed
11
Capital Funding
12-13 The Nicholas Greening Column
14
Want to try something new?
15
Tottenham Hotspur Foundation
16
Circus Fun at Cheviots
17
Parent/Carer and Provider Forums
18
11th Southgate Scout Group
04
Finally may I take this opportunity to wish you all a
peaceful Christmas break and a very happy 2014.
06
Janet Leach
Head of Enfield’s Joint Service for Disabled Children
08
Natural History Museum
British Sign Language (BSL) Interpreted Events
Look out for the Natural History Museum’s regular Nature Live talks and
Spirit Collection Tours that are British Sign Language-interpreted.
These FREE talks, shows and tours will give you exciting insights into the Museum’s researchers and
curators, and allow you to get up-close to behind-the-scenes specimens and collections.
Animal Vision gives presenter-led shows featuring live creatures, multi-screen imagery and film.
The shows cover topics from the evolution of the eye to scorpions that glow in the dark!
More information about tour dates and times can be found on the Natural History Museum website at:
www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/whats-on/daytime-events/talks-and-tours/bsl/index.html
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Contact us
We hope that you find this issue of Breakaway
helpful. Please let us know if there is anything
regarding Enfield’s short breaks that you would
like to see in future editions, as we would like the
magazine to be as useful as possible to families.
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Email your suggestions to
caroline.fanning@enfield.gov.uk or
shaun.barratt@enfield.gov.uk
November 2013 03
New
Service Providers
Earlier this year, the Joint Service for Disabled Children completed a
‘commissioning’ process. Commissioning is the method used to
ensure that the service providers we use have shown a standard of
quality and care that is suitable for Enfield’s disabled children and
young people.
Short
breaks
What is a Short Break?
Disabled children and young people and
their families have the same rights as
others, including the right to the same
quality of life as those who do not live
with a disability. All families are different,
requiring different levels of support and
different types of short breaks based
on the age and needs of their child.
Research demonstrates that short
breaks are a priority for families with
disabled children, to be delivered as part
of a package of family support services.
Short breaks allow disabled
children and young people to enjoy
experiences away from their primary
carers – contributing to their personal
and social development and reducing
social isolation – whilst also offering
families a necessary and valuable
break from their caring responsibilities.
A break from caring is one of the most
frequently reported needs amongst
families with a disabled child, with
parents stating that this enabled
them to pursue other activities as a
whole family, and also helped them to
dedicate time to their other children.
Short breaks in Enfield may include
playschemes, out of school clubs,
holiday activities, home care, home
sitting, day trips, or even adventure
holidays where children and young
people can climb, canoe and abseil.
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The Short Breaks Grant
The Joint Service for Disabled Children
thinks that it is important to allocate
short breaks in a fair way. Not all
children and young people will need
the same level of short breaks; some
will need more than others because
of the impact of their child’s disability.
Some families may need more
support because of their individual
family circumstances. As every child
and every family is different, the Joint
Service for Disabled Children provides
different levels of short break support.
Many families with disabled children
will not require any extra help because
they will be sufficiently supported
using ‘universal services’. Universal
services are those which are used by
and benefit all children and families.
For example health visiting, leisure
activities provided at your child’s
school or through local community
groups and organisations. Children
and young people whose needs are
assessed as low will be eligible for all
universal services.
Some families with disabled children
are likely to require targeted support
as well as universal services. Families
requiring targeted support will be
provided with a minimum level of short
breaks and support. Families may
choose to have this as a payment –
As well as senior representatives from Health, Education and Social Care,
parents and carers were involved during every stage of the commissioning
process; their help was invaluable, and we were grateful to have had their
knowledge and experience. Questions from our Young People’s Consultation
Forum were included in our interviews with prospective providers as well,
enabling us to see how the providers responded to the matters that were
important to the young people themselves.
a Short Breaks Grant – to buy their
own short break services or activities.
Alternatively, the Joint Service for
Disabled Children can buy these on
your behalf.
Some families with disabled children
may require specialist short breaks
and services. Families requiring
specialist support will also be provided
with a minimum level of short breaks
and support. Families may choose
to have this as a payment – a Short
Breaks Grant – to buy their own short
break services. Alternatively, the Joint
Service for Disabled Children can buy
these on your behalf.
We recognise that your needs will
change. There will be times when you
may need more support and times
when you will need less support, so
services will change as your needs and
those of your family change. Our aim
remains to provide you with the best
possible support and to use your expert
knowledge to help us develop and
improve our services and short breaks.
The Joint Service for Disabled Children
has produced a series of Short
Breaks factsheets, which gives further
information on Short Breaks and the
Short Breaks Grant. Please contact
Cheviots for more information.
The Joint Service for Disabled Children now has more providers for ‘Playscheme,
Holiday Activities and Out of School Club’ services. Not all of these are currently
providing services within Enfield, but most have provision in neighbouring
boroughs, so are not too far away! We are hopeful that these new providers will
have a presence in Enfield in the future, and we’ll keep you updated on this.
Details of all newly commissioned service providers are included below, and
updates from some of these providers follow.
Playschemes, Holiday Activities and Out of School Clubs
Name of Organisation
Age Group
Website Address
Abilities Development
8-17 years
www.abilitiesdevelopment.org.uk
Black and Minority Ethnic Carers Support Service
8-17 years
www.bmecarers.org.uk
Centre 404
8-17 years
www.centre404.org.uk
Dimensions
8-17 years
www.dimensions-uk.org/dimensions-buddies
Enfield Children and Young Persons’ Services
(ECYPS) Consortium
5-17 years
www.ecyps.org.uk
Face Front Inclusive Theatre
5-17 years
www.facefront.org
Fair Play Barnet
8-17 years
www.ipop.org.uk (new website under construction)
Forest YMCA
5-17 years
www.forestymca.org.uk
KIDS
5-17 years
www.kids.org.uk
London DJ & MC Academy
8-17 years
www.djandmcacademy.com
Norwood
12-17 years
www.norwood.org.uk/page/unity
Papworth Trust
12-17 years
www.papworth.org.uk
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Children and Young People
Service Providers
The London DJ & MC
Academy
The London DJ & MC Academy is a youth arts
organisation that gives young people not only
a voice, but also the ability to learn new music
skills. The Academy works with over a hundred
organisations, and
has reached over
40,000 young people
in London alone!
Krissy Simpkin,
the Director of the
Academy, updated
Breakaway on its
summer programme:
“The London DJ and
MC Academy has its
very own recording studio and during the summer
had an influx of young people spending their
summer holiday with us. We taught arts and crafts,
cooking, dance, media and music, and we would
like to thank all of the young people who took part
in the programme.
“Our tutors were invited to many schools in Enfield,
including Oaktree, West Lea and Eldon, and also
ran sessions in Craig Park and Cheviots Children’s
Centre. The most popular workshops that we hold
are Radio Presenting, creating your own musical
tracks with our specialist team, and of course, our
singalong and DJ van visits.
“Our main aim is to ensure that young
people make friends, have fun and
have something to tell their
parents/carers about what
they achieved on
the day.”
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Dazu
Dazu provides a range of recreational and
educational activities for children and young people
of all abilities. Their qualified and experienced staff
aim to provide a supportive environment for children
who are disabled or have learning difficulties. Dazu
also runs a Young Carers project, providing support
to children who have caring responsibilities in the
home, and a counselling project in a number of
Enfield schools.
Andy Williams, of Dazu, told us:
“This summer our playscheme ran over a fourweek period, and provided a variety of dance,
drama, music, sports and arts activities, making the
most of the beautiful weather! Our playschemes
run during half term holidays and during the
summer holidays.
“During the autumn term, highlights for Dazu
include: tennis on Saturday mornings with Manni
Naumann, Enfield’s Coach of the Year; ‘Hearing
Your Voice’ – our new drama and consultation
group – on Friday evenings; our Friday and
Saturday evening youth club; our Saturday
morning Arts Club and Saturday afternoon pottery
classes, and ‘Energize’, our Saturday activity
club for children, run by young people. For more
information, please phone 020 8373 2718 or email
andy.williams@dazu.co.uk – we look forward to
seeing you!”
Teenscheme
ECYPS
Gwen Edwards, the ECYPS Youth
Development Officer, said that:
“Summer Teenscheme was a total
success. We had over 50 young
people from across Enfield that
booked and attended the programme,
12 of whom had either a learning
or physical disability. We worked
in partnership with other providers
such as the Tottenham Hotspur
Foundation, who provided an
excellent multi-sports coach that
delivered the sports programme.
The Youth Engagement Panel (YEP)
provided volunteers to support and
motivate the young people on the
Teenscheme programme. The Source
provided our creative arts sessions.
“The Teenscheme programme was
based in Pymmes Park and Craig
Park; we wanted to encourage the
young people to play in their local
parks – although we provided them
with activities, the true enjoyment
was in experiencing the outdoors.
Other trips included orienteering
in Epping Forest, a stadium tour at
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club,
and a trip to Southend-on-Sea.
This year we even had the
opportunity to take 15 young people
on a three-day residential trip to
Stubbers Outdoor Centre in Essex,
where the activities were amazing:
jet-skiing; kayaking; range rover
driving and climbing.”
Sport Activities
The Tottenham Hotspur Foundation
delivered sports activities as part of
the Teenscheme that ran throughout
the summer.
The scheme was based at West Lea
School and ran for two days a week,
for four weeks. The programme was
attended by up to 14 young people.
Sports provided included football,
hockey, basketball, tennis, table tennis,
athletics, boccia, goal ball, New
Age Kurling and cricket. Tottenham
Hotspur Foundation coaches
were able to deliver fun, inclusive
and challenging sessions to the
participants. The young people were
able to choose what type of sport
they wanted to take part in, and the
coaches worked towards delivering
the sport to the group.
The young people were also
encouraged and supported by
Tottenham Hotspur Foundation
coaches to plan their own sports
activities in small groups. The groups
then delivered their sports sessions to
each other.
The Teenscheme allowed young
people to develop friendships, play
sport together, learn to communicate
more effectively through sport, and
helped young people to try new sports
activities.
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Dimensions Buddies
The Buddies scheme, delivered by Dimensions,
is one of the new services available for young
people in Enfield.
Buddies was initially developed through listening to children
and their families, and now deliver short breaks that are
fun, flexible and tailored to the specific needs of each child
they support. Buddies runs seven holiday clubs across
the country, and its first Enfield Buddies Holiday Club took
place this summer at Russet House School.
Buddies have said that, “everyone had a fantastic time,
with trips to Capel Manor Gardens and Cineworld, and
a whole range of other activities! This included cooking,
karate, face painting and a mobile petting zoo. We were
thrilled to provide a new club for Enfield children and their
families and we believe that our pre-meets with every
family ensured we delivered the right support to ensure
that children had fun in a safe environment. We have
received great feedback from families – below are just a
few responses.”
Buddies is expecting to start running Saturday Clubs very
soon! For further information, please don’t hesitate to give
Dimensions Buddies a call!
“Buddies catered well
for my autistic children.”
“I felt reassured.”
“The selection of
activities on offer
was very good.”
“The first time he has
stayed all day at a club.”
Abilities Development
Abilities Development is one of the new services
on our ‘Select List’ of quality providers. Abilities
Development has been commissioned to provide
holiday activities, playschemes and out of school
clubs for Enfield children aged 8-17 years. However,
the organisation provides a range of services for
disabled children and young people.
Resources for Autism
Resources for Autism offers autism-specific play
and youth services both in term time and during
all school holidays. There may be some limited
availability on schemes running over the Christmas
holidays; if there is enough demand for services,
Resources for Autism is willing to find a venue in
Enfield for future holidays.
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“My child learnt a lot,
whilst still having fun.”
Black and Minority
Ethnic Carers
Support Service
(BMECSS)
Black and Minority Ethnic Carers Support Service
(BMECSS) is another of Enfield’s new services on
our ‘Select List’ of providers. The service has told us
that, “BMECSS arranges holiday playschemes for
children and young people aged 8-17 years. In our
playschemes we have organised day trips, football
and cricket coaching, music and handicrafts – and
we welcome suggestions from young people and
parents/carers regarding playscheme activities.
“We can also provide after school clubs, including
1:1 care where required. We have staff of all ages,
with many ethnicities and cultural backgrounds.”
Norwood ‘Unity’
Norwood has provided overnight short breaks for Enfield’s children
and young people for several years, but is now also on our ‘Select
List’ of providers for playschemes and out of school clubs. Unity
provides after school clubs and holiday playschemes for children
and young people aged between 12 and 17.
Activities take place at two of Norwood’s Children and Family Centres – one in
Redbridge and the other in Hendon – both within easy reach of Enfield. Unity
employs a number of specialised staff who support children in every aspect, and
their Centres have a range of appropriate equipment suited to the needs of the
children and young people they support.
At Unity, children and young people are supported to engage in the activities
they want to do, and Unity continues to increase the range of activities on offer,
to give them more choice and help them have a great time. Through Unity,
children are able to express themselves freely, increase their activity and just
have fun!
Children enjoy activities such as arts and crafts, music, soft play, sport and
drama. They can also choose to take part in outdoor adventures, and even
a chocolate making workshop! As Unity says, “At Unity, no-one is afraid to
get messy! We touch, we smell, we see, we hear, we taste, and everyone
participates in their own way, making our services a success.”
Face Front Inclusive Theatre
has been providing after school
clubs for disabled children
and young people in Enfield’s
Special Schools since 2006,
as well as providing inclusive
provision at their base in
Edmonton Green and Millfield
Arts Centre. Their disabled
and non-disabled artists/
facilitators are experienced
at developing safe, creative
environments where disabled
young people can express
themselves, exploring issues of
concern through drama and the
performing arts. Their clubs help
young people to make friends
and have fun while developing
their confidence and selfesteem, learning social, life and
performing skills. The shows
they create are shared with
their peers, family and friends.
Fair Play
Barnet
Fair Play Barnet is one of the
new services on our ‘Select
List’ of quality providers, and
has been commissioned to
provide holiday activities,
playschemes and out of school
clubs for Enfield children aged
8-17 years. Fair Play Barnet has
been providing 1:1 and group
support to disabled children
and young people accessing
mainstream play clubs in
Barnet, for over ten years,
and is keen to provide similar
services for Enfield children.
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Capital Funding
New
Carers
needed
Enfield Carers Partnership
Board
Are you a carer looking to influence
policy and services within Enfield?
Do you feel your experience as a
carer can help inform Council and
Health practice? Enfield Carers
Partnership is looking for new carer
representatives to sit on the Board
and represent carers within Enfield.
What is the Carers
Partnership Board?
The Carers Partnership Board (CPB)
brings together all concerned with
improving the lives of carers in
Enfield including representatives of
the Council and NHS Enfield, the
Mental Health Trust, local voluntary
and community organisations and
carers. Membership of the CPB
gives carers a real voice in decision
making and the chance to hold
people to account.
Our aim is to have at least half the
members of the Board to be carers.
With this in mind we are looking
to recruit new carers to the Board
to ensure all sections of the caring
community are represented.
What does Enfield Carers
Partnership Board do?
The Carers Partnership Board is a
strategic Board which feeds into the
Health and Wellbeing Board.
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This means it is the Board where
decisions regarding carers’ services
take place. For example, the
development of Enfield Carers Centre
was steered by the Partnership
Board and the Board also oversees
the development and implementation
of the Carers Strategy.
How often does the Board
meet and how much time do I
have to commit?
The Board meets every two months.
The meetings last approximately two
hours. We would like all carers to
be able to attend as many meetings
as possible. In additional to this the
Board will have a longer Annual
Planning Day once a year. You may
also be offered the opportunity to
sit on working groups and/or other
Boards should you wish.
We can provide additional support
to allow carers to attend. However
we acknowledge that being a carer
means that circumstances arise
outside of your control.
I would like to be involved but
I can’t leave the person I care
for
To enable carers to attend the
London Borough of Enfield will cover
reasonable costs of replacement
care and transport for carers to
attend the meetings.
In previous years, the Joint Service for Disabled Children has been
fortunate to receive funding from the Department for Education,
to use on short break capital projects within Enfield. The final
allocation of capital funding was received earlier this year, and
organisations within Enfield put bids in for projects that they felt
would benefit children and young people taking short breaks.
Will I be paid to attend?
We value the contribution, expertise
and time of service users and carers.
The Council will repay specific
expenses or costs for carers arising
from their involvement e.g. travelling
to and from meetings. Each carer
representative can claim £20 for their
involvement. However if you are in
receipt of benefits you must check
that this will not affect the amount
you can claim.
Will I receive training?
All carers expressing interest in
joining will be met individually or in
a small group by a member of the
Council to discuss their role on the
Board and any additional support
or training you may need. If you are
unsure whether you wish to join, you
are welcome to join us at the next
Board meeting as an observer.
We are looking to devise a training
programme for all carers that sit on
the Carers Partnership Board in due
course.
How do I register my interest?
Please contact Sue Roberts at
Cheviots Children’s Centre on
020 8363 4047 or email
sue.roberts@enfield.gov.uk
One of the biggest projects this year was Enfield ‘Wheels for All’, an innovative
scheme that provides specialist cycles for disabled children and young people,
so that they could use these alongside other members of their family and
friends. The only problem after purchasing the cycles was finding a safe
path in which to ride them – so further funding paid for the replacement
of pathways in Durants Park, to ensure there were no bumpy rides!
Before
Other important projects this year include improved accessible changing
areas in various focal locations in Enfield – including The Dugdale
Centre in Enfield Town, Albany Leisure Centre and Southgate Leisure
Centre.
Capital funding has also been used to upgrade soft play rooms and
provide some safe outdoor play equipment within venues that provide
short breaks.
The Joint Service for Disabled Children contributed funding to the
new Learning for Life Centre, which has been designed to enable
young people to pursue hobbies and interests, be part of the
local community, and acquire social and life skills to enable future
independence.
As well as all of this, funding was
given to further equip Enfield’s
transition clubs (for young people
aged 16-25) and a fantastic new
phone app for young people to
create their own photographic route
maps, supporting the development
of young disabled people in
learning new methods of travelling
independently.
During
After
The Joint Service for Disabled
Children was also able to purchase a
third specialist minibus – this one to
be based at the Tottenham Hotspur
Foundation – to aid transport of
disabled children and young people,
enabling them to more easily access
their short breaks.
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The
Nicholas
Greening
Column
Youth has its say!
Hi! I’m Nicholas Greening and that’s
me cooking up a storm at the Unity
Hub. I have the privilege of being
the Joint Service for Disabled Young
People’s representative on Enfield’s
Youth Parliament.
I am going to have a regular column
in Breakaway to keep you informed of
all that is going on for young disabled
people in our community. I am pleased
to report that the relationship between
the Youth Support Service and the
Joint Service is now going from
strength to strength. I should know as
I take part in most of the activities!
The Unity Hub Group
Many of you will now be aware that
we are now successfully running a
fully inclusive group at the Unity Hub
in Edmonton. If you haven’t had a
chance to visit the Hub yet you really
must. It is fantastic! It has a huge
climbing wall (you need to be brave,
it’s high!). There is also a state of the
art gym, a pool and table tennis table,
cooking activities and the chance to
dance! Best of all, the entire Hub is
perfect for disabled access and the
staff have a can-do attitude towards
young people who may need a
little support. The Joint Service is
supporting 16 young disabled people
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to access the Hub on a Saturday.
This is a chance for us to mix in with
the local young community and learn
the skills we need to meet future
challenges as we become adults. It
is comforting that staff we know are
there on hand should we have any
difficulties.
The Duke of Edinburgh Award
All of us are now registered on The
Duke of Edinburgh Award. I feel it is
important that as we grow into adults
we get as much experience and as
many qualifications as we can. The
Duke of Edinburgh is perfect for this
as we learn new skills and make
new friendships. I can’t wait for the
overnight part of the award!
great opportunity to use the fabulous
facilities at the Centre. I know a lot of
young people are worried about what
happens when they are 18 and are
no longer with Children’s Services.
The good news is that young disabled
people can continue using Youth
Services until they are 25, so it’s very
important that you make those links
now. Also did you know you can get
help with moving into adult life?
With this in mind, this edition’s big
interview is with Ineta Miskinyte,
Transition Development Manager,
who is responsible for developing the
transition pathway for disabled young
people in Enfield.
What does transition mean to the
young disabled people of Enfield?
Transition is the process of moving
from childhood to adult life for
disabled young people. In Enfield, we
call it Moving On and are doing our
best to make is as exciting, fun and
rewarding as possible.
Can it help young people who do
not know what they want to do
next? What are their options?
Not all young people know what
is out there for them to access
when they leave school. My service
provides opportunities to explore
different options available for people
with learning disabilities in Enfield.
We endeavour to tailor opportunities
to individuals’ likes/dislikes, needs
and abilities. Some young people in
Enfield take advantage of local further
education opportunities. For example,
did you know that we have three
colleges that are skilled in supporting
disabled young people to get a job,
engage in local community, and learn
meaningful skills?
Many young people have informed
us of a wish to participate in day and
leisure activities, therefore we as a
service have developed partnerships
that enable young people to access
activities as diverse as transition clubs,
martial arts sessions and Zumba,
amongst others.
Why would I want to come to one
of your events? What happens
there?
Coming near to the end of your time
at school can be daunting. It can be
very frustrating not knowing which
way to turn or who is the best person
to ask for help. We have learnt that
young people and their parents/
carers value an opportunity to listen
to presentations and ask questions
of those people who provide exciting
opportunities at this crucial time in
your life. This enables a young person
to make an informed decision about
their future.
We would be delighted to see you at
our transition information events. Each
of our events is focused on a specific
subject such as employment, further
education or health. You can find
the calendar of transition information
events in this edition of Breakaway.
What is the young leaders
programme and how do I join?
We acknowledge that young disabled
young people have great potential
to become role models within their
local communities. The programme
recognises and nurtures the qualities
that enable them to become leaders.
These qualities include public
speaking, clear presentation skills,
team leading and skill sharing. We
will provide practical applications for
these skills in the form of interview
opportunities, active participation in
future decision making at the highest
level within the Council and advocating
on behalf of your peers.
It is a unique opportunity for disabled
young people to learn skills, make
lasting friendships and to contribute
to their local community. It is a very
popular idea, both because it is
inclusive and because young people
get a valued and universally recognised
qualification at the end of it.
Would you like to find out more?
Join us at the Moving On information
events with your parents/carers or find
out more at your school.
The Youth Parliament Elections
The Youth Parliament Elections were
so exciting. 1900 young people voted
and some excellent candidates were
chosen. I had my first meeting in
November and loved it. The young
people are very keen and want to
make a difference. I am going to start
a group which focuses on the issues
around disability, so I need your ideas
guys for what we should fight for!
Other great news. The Youth Support
Service is now offering an after
school group at the Unity Hub on
Thursdays and Fridays. This will be a
The fabulous climbing
wall at the Unity Hub
Ben learning to box clever
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Want to try something new?
Playschemes,
Holiday Activities and
Out of School Clubs
Listed here are many of the
organisations used by Enfield Council.
Some of these organisations are not
formally commissioned, but are used
regularly for particular need. Please note
that once a young person reaches the
age of 18, any further provision will need
to be accessed via Adult Services.
If you would like further information on
any of these services, please use the
contact details given right.
Age group
Abilities Development
8-17 years
020 8205 2538
07983 117 748
13-17 years
020 8886 1693
Black and Minority Ethnic Carers Support
Service
8-17 years
020 8808 5510
020 8801 5530
Bizzibops (Cheviots Children’s Centre)
5-17 years
020 8363 4047
Centre 404
8-17 years
020 7697 1324
Cheviots Children’s Centre
5-17 years
020 8363 4047
13-17 years
020 8351 8320
Dazu
5-17 years
020 8373 2718
Dimensions
8-17 years
0300 303 9076
Durants After School Club (Cheviots Children’s
Centre)
8-17 years
020 8363 4047
Enfield Children and Young Persons’ Services
(ECYPS) Consortium
5-17 years
020 8373 2710
Face Front Inclusive Theatre
5-17 years
020 8350 3461
Fair Play Barnet
8-17 years
020 8203 1257
Florence Hayes Adventure Playground (Enfield
Play Development Team)
5-16 years
020 8350 1126
Forest YMCA
5-17 years
020 8509 4600
KIDS
5-17 years
020 7520 0405
London DJ & MC Academy
8-17 years
07908 624 551
Norwood
12-17 years
020 8809 8809
Papworth Trust
12-17 years
0800 952 5000
Playtedz
8-17 years
07903 104 714
Raglan Playscheme (Enfield Play Development
Team)
5-14 years
020 8350 1126
12-17 years
020 8458 3259
Scope
8-17 years
020 8556 8164
Sticky Fingers (Cheviots Children’s Centre)
5-11 years
020 8363 4047
Tottenham Hotspur Foundation
5-17 years
020 8373 2710
VIPS (Very Important People Services)
9-17 years
07810 485 126
Alan Pullinger Centre (Enfield Youth Service)
Croyland Youth Service (Enfield Youth Service)
Resources for Autism
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Phone number for
more information
Name of organisation
Tottenham Hotspur
Foundation
The Tottenham Hotspur Foundation (THF)
is a strong partner of the Joint Service for
Disabled Children, and provides several
programmes for children and young
people in Enfield. Some of the schemes
are shown below.
Enfield Teen Scheme
The Enfield Teen scheme is based at West Lea School,
Edmonton and is delivered during the school holiday
periods. Young people are supported to take part in a
range of different sports including football, basketball,
hockey, boccia, cricket, tennis, new age curling and trigolf. These sessions allow the participants to take part
in team games, learn about the benefit of taking part in
sports, and live a positive and healthy lifestyle. The project
aims to build confidence, engage young people into local
sports opportunities, encourage young people to meet new
people, and create new friendships.
Tottenham Hotspur Foundation Disability
Football Programme
The Tottenham Hotspur Foundation Disability Football
Programme caters for Pan Disability Footballers (Learning
Disability, Cerebral Palsy, Partially Sighted, Deaf and
Amputee) aged 8-16 years, with the aim to develop players
to progress onto further playing opportunities leading
to competitive football opportunities. The Programme is
delivered by highly qualified THF coaches who all work
within the Football Association’s elite disability football
pathway.
SportsMATE
Similarly, the SportsMATE (Mentoring Access Training
Equality) programme enables disabled people to access
leisure opportunities of their choice. Tottenham Hotspur
Foundation’s mentors/volunteers provide up to six hours of
support to each young person taking part.
Tottenham Hotspur Foundation provides bespoke inclusion
training to sport and leisure providers, centred around the
needs of their new members, ensuring that young people
have the best experience possible whilst accessing their
chosen sport or leisure activity.
November 2013 15
Circus Fun
at Cheviots!
Clare Redrupp and Su Brown give an
update on Cheviots play schemes and how
children told them what they think!
Summer 2013 was busier than ever on Cheviots
playschemes as we welcomed over 30 new children
and ten new staff to the groups run from Waverley
School and Cheviots. It was lovely to see so many
new faces playing and having fun together with the
children and young people who
had been to Cheviots’ groups
before. Our theme for this
summer was ‘The Circus’ and
the children and young people
thoroughly enjoyed all the themed
activities, which included balloon
modelling, circus skills, popcorn
making, parachute games, and
circus-themed art.
Our aim this summer was
to explore different ways of
getting feedback from children
and young people, and their
parents, to enable us to shape
future activities and services
around what the children want,
and what meets the needs
of families. At Cheviots we used an
over-sized voting box into which children (and parents)
posted plastic balls to answer ‘yes’ or ‘no’ to simple
questions, and we also asked parents to complete a
basic feedback sheet at the end of the playscheme.
We are very pleased to report that responses were
overwhelmingly positive.
In response to the question ‘Did you enjoy your time at
Cheviots today?’, 93% of children asked voted ‘yes’,
and when asked ‘Do you feel confident that your child is
safe at Cheviots?’, 100% of parents asked voted ‘yes’.
Parents also made the following comments: “Excellent
facilities and a brilliant venue”, and “It is a great service
and my child loves going to Cheviots. The staff are
excellent.” Parent feedback is extremely valuable to us
and we would like to thank all those who took the time
to respond.
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Parent/Carer and Provider
Enfield’s Joint Service for Disabled
Children supported by Cheviots’
staff, facilitated two ‘Wheels for All’
sessions over the summer break.
These sessions at Waverley School
give families the opportunity to use our
specialist cycles, the bouncy castle,
and participate in art activities, and
we continue to run these sessions
throughout the year. The next session
will be the 15th December, so wrap up
warm and come and join us for some
cycling fun! Please contact Cheviots
(020 8363 4047) to book a place.
Thanks go to all those staff, parents, children and young
people who contributed to the success of our summer
schemes.
In October Cheviots held a Makaton taster session
for parents facilitated by Sally Hibbitt (Senior Centre
Worker at Cheviots) who is a qualified Makaton trainer.
The session was very well received by the parents who
attended, and we are planning more sessions in the near
future so keep your eyes peeled for further information!
“
...my child loves going to Cheviots.
The staff are excellent.”
Forums
In November, the Joint Service for Disabled Children held
a Parent/Carer and Provider event. The aim of this was
to help families see how they might like to use their Short
Breaks Grant. Parents and carers were invited to meet our
newly-commissioned playscheme and after school club
providers, who had supplied plenty of information. The
event went well, and lots of families attended. We intend to
have similar events throughout the year, so do look out for
the next one, we’d love to see you there!
One parent told us their view of the event:
On Wednesday 6th November, I was fortunate to be able
to attend the event at Cheviots Children’s Centre and meet
with some of the Joint Service Managers and Short Break
Providers. The drop-in event was extremely useful and
informative, both in terms of finding out about the variety
and range of short break provision and, more importantly
for me, to have an opportunity to sit down and discuss how
short break provision works, how it is funded and to find
out more about proposed developments.
The representatives from the providers were able to answer
questions and give clear outlines of their activities and
there were plenty of hand-outs to take away and peruse at
leisure. Many were keen to take contact details, although as
yet none have actually followed this up. (The same is true
for those at the Moving On event at the Dugdale Centre
which I attended earlier this year.)
As a result of attending the Provider’s Day, I have a greater
understanding of what is available to my child and the
process needed to access it. Also, my son is now attending
a weekly Youth Club at Unity Hub which he enjoys very
much.
For the future, I hope more events like this are held, ideally
at differing times to cater for parents/carers who work, and
that information is communicated to as many families as
possible so that all our young people can benefit.
The Joint Service for Disabled Children has noted this
concern about providers not following up with contacts in a
timely manner. One of the challenges for providers is being
able to identify suitable venues from which to run their
activities. We are working with them to locate potential
new venues but we will of course ensure that providers
understand the need to keep parents informed and
updated, particularly when personal contact details have
been taken.
We will also hold provider events at different times of
the day where possible. Meanwhile, please do contact
Cheviots or service providers directly or, if you have any
other queries regarding Short Breaks, please request our
Short Breaks factsheets.
November 2013 17
Christ
Church
Cockfosters
11th
Southgate
Scout Group
More great news from our
partnership with Enfield’s
scouts!
Southgate’s 11th scout troop is now
actively encouraging young disabled
children to come and join in with the
fun and activities at the centre.
Their new-look building is now perfect
for young people who have a physical
disability and their can do attitude
is perfect for anyone else wishing to
come!
Interested?
Please contact Shaun Barratt on
020 8363 4047.
NEEDS YOU!
We are looking for enthusiastic
VOLUNTEERS
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Scout Hut, Chalk Lane, EN4 9JQ
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020 8275 0608 (eve)
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020 8361 2444 (day)
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Who?
When?
If you would like to
become a member of our
volunteering projects
team please contact us
now to see how you can
get involved, call or email
now on 020 8350 3461
or info@facefront.org
Name of Organisation
Age Group
Buckets & Spades Lodge5-17 years
Fair Play Barnet
8-17 years
Helen Allison School
5-17 years
(92) Leyton Green Road 8-17 years
Peartree Lodge
5-17 years
Radlett Lodge
5-17 years
Sybil Elgar
11-17 years
Dazu is now running
a siblings and young
carers group on Friday
evenings. This group
will be a consultation,
empowerment and
engagement group that
will look at such concerns as personal
safety, safeguarding, mental wellbeing
and health-related issues. This will take the form of
fun drama workshops. A Dazu counsellor will be on-hand too, so
anyone wishing to have a chat or make an appointment with her will
be able to do so.
Fridays, 6.30pm-7.30pm
The Alan Pullinger Centre
1 John Bradshaw Road
Southgate N14 6BT
Anyone of secondary school age is
welcome to stay for the youth club
that follows from 7.30pm-10pm,
but younger siblings must be
collected at 7.30pm.
For more information, parents/
carers can contact Dazu on
020 8373 2718 or email
andy.williams@dazu.co.uk
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Transition
Information Events
2013-2014
Transition from using Children’s to Adult Services
No Event
Date
Venue
1. Further Education Event
27 November 2013
Southgate College
An information event focused on local further education
10am – 12 noon
opportunities for disabled young people in Enfield
2. Personal Budgets workshop for parents/carers
25 February 2014
Oaktree School
10am
–
12
noon
A 2 hour practical workshop for parents/carers of disabled
young people aged 14+. Learn more about the advantages
27 February 2014
West Lea School
of personal budgets and how to manage them on your
7pm – 9pm
son’s/daughter’s behalf
3. Moving On Annual Event
Moving On Annual event is an event for parents/carers
3 March 2014
and professionals to find out what is available for disabled
Dugdale Centre
10am – 3pm
young people in Enfield when they reach adulthood.
Incorporating series of presentations, workshops and
interactive sessions
4. Transition Pathway to Employment
19 March 2014
Park Avenue
An event focused on the types of support available for
10am – 12 noon
Resource Centre
disabled young people to access paid, supported and/or
voluntary employment
5. Health in Transition
9 June 2014
An information event that will help you to understand
Dugdale Centre
7pm – 9pm
transition from Children’s Health Services to Adult Health
Services
6. Supported Decision Making and Mental Capacity Act
25 June 2014
Park Avenue
An information event that will help you to understand the
10am – 12 noon
Resource Centre
Mental Capacity Act and how we support young people to
make their own decisions
7. Moving On to Independent Living
21 July 2014
An opportunity to explore and obtain information about
Vincent House
10am – 12 noon
housing options and support available for disabled young
people in Enfield
If you need more information about any of these events, please
phone 020 8379 5738 or email ineta.miskinyte@enfield.gov.uk
In partnership with
Enfield
Clinical Commissioning Group
Enfield Community Services
Central and North West London
NHS Foundation Trust