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Early Mental Health Support Service for Young People Launches in Warwickshire

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Early Mental Health Support Service for Young People Launches in Warwickshire

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Early mental health support for young people has been lacking for a long time so it is great to see Warwickshire County Council launch this service

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Early mental health and wellbeing support for children, young people and families across Warwickshire. ECHO helps you access the right support at the right time.

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From small acorns...the start of Breathing Space

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From small acorns...the start of Breathing Space

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On Monday we hosted our first Breathing Space session. This is a time for parents of children with additional needs to come and take some time out, talking to each other, our supportive volunteers or just doing some quiet, restful activity as they prefer. The session felt like a fantastic start to the project, much needed for the attendees, and we hope that many more people will join us in the months ahead. If you would like to attend, the next session is on Monday 7th September, 7:30pm until 9pm.

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If you are thinking about how you can help you child deepen their faith, this free course gives some easy tips to incorporate into conversations you are already having.

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Keep Children Active During the Holidays

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Keep Children Active During the Holidays

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Joe Wicks and his Activators are on a mission to get you moving. Ready? 3, 2, 1, activate!

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As we near the end of term I have been into Wheelwright Lane and Exhall Junior Schools to deliver sessions on moving up to secondary school. Everyone was very challenged by the tie tying race but it helped us to think about strategies for learning new skills, what to do when we get stuck and the need to practice things in advance. They also talked about what they would miss and what they were looking forward to. I delivered a session for parents too with good feedback on the advice I shared about how to help you child prepare.

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Last session of the school year today and we did some biscuit decorating to go with our story of Daniel in the Lion's Den. Our lions were a little more sparkly than the real thing though!

We decided it might be OK to be jealous if we didn't do anything about it but getting someone thrown to the lions because you were jealous was a bit much.

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If your child is entitled to free school meals you should be eligible for HAF - see the website for terms and how to sign up

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Holiday activities and food (HAF) – SearchOut

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The holiday activities and food (HAF) programme is for school aged children in full time education from reception to Year 11 (inclusive), who receive benefits related free school meals. The programme offers valuable support to families on lower incomes, giving young people the opportunity to access…

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In this week's session we were thinking about who we thought Jesus was. We suggested our own ideas, looked at verses from the Bible that described him, and made some art from the prompt "Something that you think of when you think of Jesus". We had crosses, several 3-D Bibles and a hat! We also wondered about what Jesus looked like and talked about where he was born and what the first humans would have looked like.

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Today in Story Club we listened to the story of David and Goliath and also listened to a piece of music written to depict it. We made our own musical instruments and made our own soundscape for the story. We discussed big challenges we had had and how we overcame them.

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The Battle of David an Goliath.. played on huge organ!!

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In our third Story Club session we heard the story of Jonah and the whale and decorated wooden fish. We had a discussion about whether God can teleport and how he hears everyone's prayers at the same time. We decided that the six of us talking to her at once was quite enough for Katie!

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In our second Story Club session we made some rocking Noah's arks and talked about which animals we would put onto the ark first....and which we would leave of.

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Are you interested in having a say about what goes on at St. Giles? If you are 18 and under you are invited to be part of the St. Giles Junior PCC who will meet for the first time in September 2026.

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Welcome to the St. Giles Growing Faith padlet. This padlet is all about the Growing Faith work, funded by the Nicholas Chamberlaine Trust, which is going on at St. Giles Church, Exhall. We are a church in Warwickshire, not far from Coventry who are aiming to grow the faith of young people in our diocese with the help of our Growing Faith Family Link Worker, Katie

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Summer Bible Story/Faith Discussion Group

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Summer Bible Story/Faith Discussion Group

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From 26th July for 6 weeks over the summer we will be trialling a Young People's Group immediately after the 10:30am service. This will take place in the small hall.

This was something requested by the young people in the recent survey of their views. The idea is to look more in depth into the stories we hear in church and to discuss our faith and challenges to it. During this trial period we are aiming to create the sessions alongside young people so come along to have a say about creating the space you need to deepen your faith. All sessions will be stand alone so just drop in when you can.

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Bun Day 2026 was a hot one with the gathering at the Almshouses starting earlier to keep everyone safely out of the heat. Reverend Gail and Katie took assemblies in our schools centred around the story of the feeding of the 5000. We even had fish magically appearing out of our baskets.

Exhall Junior Year 3s created an absolutely wonderful assembly that Katie had the pleasure to watch. They had learnt so much about Nicholas Chamberlaine, and conveyed it in songs, words, acting and musical performances. They even had Nicholas Chamberlaine himself (in a very hot wig).

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From August 2026 we will be running a monthly evening session in St. Giles Church for parents of children with additional needs and disabilities to come and have some much needed quiet time to themselves. There will be candles, soft music, warm drinks and blankets and some quiet activities to do if you want - or you can just sit and enjoy the peace and beauty of the space.

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This half term we have been trialling a Story and Craft club at Wheelwright Lane School which we plan to roll out to all the schools in the diocese who would like to be involved. In our first session we talked about Beginnings, heard the story of the creation of the world from Genesis and made some wonderful spinning globes showing the 7 days of creation. We had a discussion about whether we thought the Genesis Creation Story was factual and found that there are actually two slightly different accounts in the first two chapters of Genesis.

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St. Michael's Children and Family Centre

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St. Michael's Children and Family Centre

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On a beautiful sunny Spring day many of the St. Giles family were at St. Mary's Church, Stoneleigh to support two of our young people as they were confirmed. It was a wonderful joyful afternoon with a great welcome from St. Mary's as we celebrated Libby and Olivers' first communion.

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From September St. Giles will be working with Wheelwright Lane School to run a monthly drop in for parents of SEND children. The space will be somewhere where parents of any child with SEND, diagnosed or not, attending any school or none, can get together with other parents who understand that the trials and triumphs of parenting a child with SEND might not be the ones the rest of the world recognises. We can't wait to start creating this wonderful, supportive space where we can be discussing challenges one minute and something good we saw on telly the next.

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Family Information Service (FIS)

If you aren't sure what support you and/or your family needs, the Family Information Service is a great starting point. Our knowledgeable and friendly team will listen to you and help you access the services that can support you.
Contact FIS
Child Friendly Warwickshire

Child Friendly Warwickshire celebrates all the positive things happening which make this county the best it can be for children and young people to grow up and learn. Every contribution counts. Find out how you can make a difference.
More about Child Friendly Warwickshire

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Children and families - Warwickshire County Council

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If you aren't sure what support you and/or your family needs, the Family Information Service is a great starting point. Our knowledgeable and friendly team will listen to you and help you access the services that can support you.

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WPCV is an independent, parent carer led organisation for everyone with a child or children with special educational needs and/or disabilities aged 0 -25 .

We make sure that parent carer voices are heard and acted upon. By working with Education, Health and Social Care decision makers we make sure parent carers are involved when designing services for our children/young people and their families.

Add your voice to other Warwickshire parent carers by joining us. We have a steering group of parents who lead this work, we listen to the views of our parents to make sure we know what is important to them and use this to guide our work.
Let's make sure that we are all heard, listened to and our voices shape the services we all use.

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WPCV is an independent, parent carer led organisation for everyone with a child or children with special educational needs and/or disabilities aged 0 -25 . We make sure that parent carer voices are heard and acted upon.

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Coventry Information Directory | Welcome to the Coventry Family Information Directory

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Ask Sara for support to make life easier

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Make life easier in three simple steps with AskSARA…

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Hi. I am Katie, the Growing Faith Family Link worker at St. Giles Church. In my life to date I have been a maths teacher, for every age from primary to university; an advocate, employment support worker, community organiser and office manager for a charity; and I have a PhD in Psychology and Behavioural Sciences. I LOVE reading and walking, especially around my local reservoir. I also play the clarinet and piano. Recently I have got a little bit hooked on podcasts and I am really hoping to adopt a cat before the end of the year.

I started going to church in my late teens and finally committed to being baptised and confirmed in my early 30s. I am really excited about being alongside young people as they discover and explore their own faith.

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You can find me on Substack at this link.

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Growing Faith Family Link worker, St. Giles Church, Exhall. Interested in how church, school and family work together to help children navigate the world. Background: teaching, Psychology and Behavioural Sciences. Funder: Nicholas Chamberlaine Trust.

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ChatHealth - message a health visitor school nurse – Warwickshire County Council

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“ChatHealth for Parents & Carers If you are the parent of carer of a school aged child, you can text a school nurse on 07520 619 376 Monday to Friday…”

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SEND Parents Support Group at St. Michael's Children and Family Centre

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SEND Parents Support Group at St. Michael's Children and Family Centre

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Parent support groups and SEND activities can be found here along with lots more

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At our APCM we asked our young people some questions about the church. It was good to find they were really positive about their experiences at St. Giles.

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Support for Primary Age Children struggling with maths or reading

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Support for Primary Age Children struggling with maths or reading

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If your primary age child is struggling with maths or reading but you are not in a position to pay for tutoring, please get in touch with Katie katie.familylink@stgileschurchexhall.info or 07368580802 to see how we can help.

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Support for families who can't afford a holiday

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Support for families who can't afford a holiday

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If your family hasn't had a holiday in three years and can't afford one this year, please get in touch to see how we can help.