Things to consider :

using Sports Premium funding to support the needs of all pupils to decrease inactivity levels

WAMHS focuses on supporting education communities to build academic, social and emotional resilience and coping skills in students and staff to help them to identify and access additional support if needed. The service is also based on further developing knowledge and skills in education staff so that they are more confident and feel more able to support students/their families and school colleagues who may be experiencing mental health difficulties.

Working with a senior member of school staff a skilled education professional from Hackney Education (Wellbeing Framework Partner) supports each school and education setting to review their current wellbeing and mental health provision and develop an action plan across a number of areas to improve the support systems for mental health and wellbeing in school. A mental health professional (CAMHS worker) is embedded to work in the school setting supporting the action plan for a number of days a month.

The Dental Outreach Team in Hackney is an NHS service focused on prevention and education. The team aims to reduce the tooth decay rate in Hackney - 27% of five year olds have tooth decay in Hackney and this figure is higher than the national average of 25%. 

The good news is tooth decay is preventable. 

The team offers the following services across the borough:

• The NEW Tooth Friendly Nursery Scheme 2023 - Fast Track to Gold

• The fluoride varnish programme (school-based)

• The Supervised Toothbrushing Programme for SEND schools (school-based)

• Train the Trainer Sessions

• Oral Health Champion Training

• Engagement and information sessions

Every day can be a fresh start. Yes, "today" can be the perfect day to make a change in your life by stopping smoking, for yourself and your family. Yesterday’s struggles or past quit attempts don’t matter—what matters is today.

Gloji | Smokefree City & Hackney is the local stop smoking service for adults and children (12+ years) who live, work, study or have a GP in Hackney or in the City of London.

You can choose to be supported over the phone or in person at a range of key community locations, primary care practices, and a wide range of local pharmacies.

We offer

• 12 weeks of support to help you quit, with your own dedicated stop smoking advisor;

• FREE direct supply NRT (combination) or Vapes for the first 12 weeks of quitting;

• Unlimited online gym pass.

You have the power to decide when to make changes in your life. When you're ready to quit smoking, come and talk to us.

• To access the service You can contact Smokefree City & Hackney by calling 0800 054 1190 or emailing cityandhackney@gloji.co.uk or tt1.smokefreecityandhackney@nhs.net to find out more and book an appointment;

• or speak to your GP practice for more details and a referral.

• Visit our website for more info https://www.smokefreecityandhackney.org

• Measles, Mumps, Rubella (MMR)

• Whooping cough

• Polio

• Flu

Hackney has a lower uptake compared to other parts of London and England. This makes the risk of an outbreak more likely. Vaccination is the safest and most effective way to protect children.

This includes the adoption of government policy on emergency inhalers and early years settings, such as:

• Children’s centres having access to education programmes for children that wheeze

• Children and young people have an individual healthcare/action plan in place.

It also means that schools should have the following:

1. Register of all children and young people with asthma

2. Management plan for each child

3. Named individual responsible for asthma in each school

4. Policy for inhaler techniques and care of the children and young people with asthma

5. Policy regarding emergency treatment

6. System for identifying children who are missing school because of their asthma or who are not joining in sports or other activities due to poor control.

This summer, Joe Wicks has released a new animated physical activity series, Activate, to get children moving and have fun.

Activate is made up of short, five-minute episodes on the Body Coach YouTube channel that make fitness fun and spark a love for movement in children! The series brings together bright and energetic new characters, alongside well-known upbeat music from exclusive music partner Universal Music UK.

• National Child Management Programme (NCMP) Coordinator

• Qualified school nurses

• Public Health Nurse Assistants

• Team administrator

• Health assessments

• Supporting children with disabilities or additional health needs whether in a special or a mainstream school environment

• Safeguarding children

Confidentiality
No information in your child’s school health record will be disclosed without your permission. Where necessary, consent will be sought from parents and carers before any referrals are made.

We at Young Hackney are increasingly getting more and more reports around vaping as an issue among young people and within our schools, so here are some quick facts you need to know:

• Vapes are generally not permitted within school – ensure that you are aware of school policy surrounding vaping.

• Vapes are recommended for people who wish to stop smoking, not for young people.

The law

• These products are intended for adults only.

• Vapes are not recommended for non-smokers.

• The legal age to buy vapes in the UK is 18 years old. The law which made it illegal to sell e-cigarettes or vape juice to anyone under 18 came into force on 1 October 2015. Anyone under the age of 18 cannot legally purchase any vaping equipment, including liquids and devices, therefore should not be able to vape before this age.

Health implications

• What we do not know is just as important as what we do know… Vaping contains unregulated chemicals whose long term effects are unknown.

• Breathing in anything may have side effects.

• Vaping contains nicotine which can have some negative effects on brain development in young people.

• Nicotine is addictive as it affects the “rewarding part of the brain,” and can cause negative implications such as financial and health issues.

Side effects

• It can make you feel irritable, restless and lose concentration

• Coughing

• Dry mouth

• Shortness of breath

• Mouth and throat irritation

• Headaches

If you would like support with cutting down or quitting vaping, we would like to help. The Young Hackney Substance Misuse Service is open to anyone aged under 25. It’s free and confidential. We can give you advice and support if you’re worried about your own usage of vapes, or if you’re worried that a friend or family member has a problem with vaping.

GET IN TOUCH

Further reading for professionals

If you would like more information, please email YHSMS@hackney.gov.uk.

• Use of e-cigarettes among young people in Great Britain (factsheet)

• Vaping in England: an evidence update including vaping for smoking cessation, February 2021

• Regular e-cigarette use remains low among young people in Britain (press release)

• Cochrane Review (intervention) (protocol)

The Young Hackney Substance Misuse Service is open to anyone aged under 25. It’s free and completely confidential. We can give you advice and support if you’re worried about your own substance use, or if you’re worried that a friend or family member has a problem with drugs or alcohol.

If you, a friend or a family member is thinking of quitting or cutting down we would like to help.

GET IN TOUCH

We aim to give you the facts about drugs and alcohol – the highs as well as the lows, which means you can make your own choices.

In this guide, you're going to find out what racism is, where it comes from and what you can do if you see or suffer from racism.

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A general practitioner, or GP, is a local doctor who can help with all kinds of health related questions. They’re usually based at health centres in the community called practices. Most practices have more than one doctor.

GPs are not usually specialists in specific areas of medicine. Rather, they are available to help you look after your general health and wellbeing. A GP can give you advice, prescribe medicines and treatments and refer you to specialists for more specific care. It’s their job to help you get the care you need to be as healthy as you can be.

GPs are here to help you look out for your whole health, both physical and mental health. Feeling sad, confused, angry, anxious or having disruptive thoughts can affect your health just as much as physical injury.

When you see a GP, they’ll ask you questions about any health problem that is troubling you. After asking questions, having a discussion with you, and perhaps looking at any physically affected areas, they will then be able to explain what they think might be causing your health problems. They will suggest treatments and a course of action to help you get better.

You’ll find that you work best with your GP when you’ve begun to build a relationship together, so they understand you and you feel comfortable talking about your concerns. It’s better to go and see a GP before any problems get more serious.

We’re helping schools on their journey to zero carbon by 2030. Let’s Go Zero supports schools, colleges and nurseries in cutting their carbon, becoming better places to work, learn and play.

Our support is free, friendly and tailored to the needs of individual schools. There’s help to develop a climate action plan – now a must for all schools – and support to access funding for green projects, from solar panels to uniform swap-shops. And our Climate Action Advisors are on-hand with practical solutions and ideas.  

Do you want your school to enjoy lower energy bills, better buildings, thriving outdoor spaces and planet-friendly food? Then join Let’s Go Zero.

Senior staff can register their school for support today. Other teachers and parents can get help inspiring their school leaders to join, and discover engaging climate resources and activities. Your sign-up has a wider impact too – amplifying our call for politicians to transform schools.

You can also help a young person aged under 18 to use the Report Remove tool to see if the image or video can be taken down, and Childline can provide further support. Find out more in our video below. 

Achieving high levels of immunity against vaccine preventable diseases is vital to reduce the spread of infection and prevent outbreaks. High levels of immunity can result in herd immunity, whereby the protection from immunisation programmes extends to individuals who cannot be vaccinated for a number of reasons.

Evidence shows that delivering immunisations in schools reduces health disparities by making access to vaccines easier for all, for example parents don’t need to take time off work to book immunisation appointments and children who are not registered with a GP are included.

The offer of the adolescent vaccines in school is an important opportunity to check that children are up to date with all their routine immunisations and to ensure they are caught up.

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​We are running catch up clinics in your area. See below for the dates and locations of the clinics.

Gloji | Smokefree City & Hackney is the local stop smoking service for adults and children (12+ years) who live, work, study or have a GP in Hackney or in the City of London. We offer 12 weeks of support to help you quit, with your own dedicated stop smoking advisor and easy access to stop smoking medication. You can choose to be supported over the phone or in person.

You can contact Smokefree City & Hackney by calling 0800 046 9946 or emailing cityandhackney@gloji.co.uk.

This might be through organised after school activities or a programme organised by a local sporting club or association. Sometimes sporting activity is used as a means to encourage young people to engage in additional learning activities, such as football training at a local football club combined with study skills, ICT, literacy, or mathematics lessons.

Physical activity has important benefits in terms of health, wellbeing and physical development. These benefits have important value in themselves, however, this Toolkit entry focuses on the benefits of physical activity for core academic attainment particularly literacy and mathematics.

All of the activities below, created in partnership with Complete PE during the COVID-19 pandemic, can be used to generate ideas for lessons. You can download any of the activities or get the full set by using the link at the bottom of this page.

There are also supporting videos demonstrating each activity. View all videos in playlist format here.

The Youth Sport Trust equips educators and empowers young people to create a future where every child enjoys the life-changing benefits of play and sport. We do this by...

Here we’ll explain the ways we can help you to encourage more people to take part in and enjoy sport and physical activity.

So whether it's helping you by providing funding to assist the delivery of a project, or with our own campaigns targeted at helping certain groups to be active, we're working with national and local partners to ensure everyone in England can benefit from getting active.

As set out in the updated School Sport and Activity Action Plan published last year, which delivered on promises made by the Prime Minister and Education Secretary to the Lionesses, the guidance will support schools to offer equal sporting opportunities for girls and boys, alongside a minimum of 2 hours of PE per week, helping to build a brighter future for our children.

From our fun 10 Minute Shake Up games to information about active hobbies and sports, here's everything you need to get your family moving!

• aerobic exercise

• exercises to strengthen their muscles and bones

Children and young people aged 5 to 18 should:

• aim for an average of at least 60 minutes of moderate or vigorous intensity physical activity a day across the week

• take part in a variety of types and intensities of physical activity across the week to develop movement skills, muscles and bones

• reduce the time spent sitting or lying down and break up long periods of not moving with some activity. Aim to spread activity throughout the day

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This might be through organised after school activities or a programme organised by a local sporting club or association. Sometimes sporting activity is used as a means to encourage young people to engage in additional learning activities, such as football training at a local football club combined with study skills, ICT, literacy, or mathematics lessons.

Physical activity has important benefits in terms of health, wellbeing and physical development. These benefits have important value in themselves, however, this Toolkit entry focuses on the benefits of physical activity for core academic attainment particularly literacy and mathematics.

• Our healthy families team offer parenting groups and workshops as well as support for healthy start vitamins. 

If you’re eligible, you’ll be sent a Healthy Start card with money on it that you can use in some UK shops. We’ll add your benefit onto this card every 4 weeks.

You can use your card to buy:

• plain liquid cow’s milk

• fresh, frozen, and tinned fruit and vegetables

• fresh, dried, and tinned pulses

• infant formula milk based on cow’s milk

This programme is also delivered across City and Hackney

Even just 1 or 2 everyday swaps can really make a difference and go a long way to making each day healthier – but the more you make, the better!

Educational Psychologists (also called EPs or Ed Psychs) have professional qualifications in psychology and educational psychology – the study of how children develop, learn and behave.

What do we do?

Educational Psychologists work collaboratively with school staff, parents and children themselves to help ensure that young people with additional educational needs who are having difficulties at school receive the right sort of help.

Each of the maintained schools in Hackney has an allocated Educational Psychologists or EP who visits regularly to help with strategic planning.

Many of Hackney’s maintained schools also buy in additional EP time. How this is used is often agreed during termly multi-agency planning meetings.

The Family Coach Service is a team of 2 (Rachel and Emily). Together we work under the Educational Psychologist Service within Hackney's Integrated SEND Services to provide coaching opportunities for families of SEN.

We are a needs-based service which means families do not need an official diagnosis or EHC Plan to access our services. Just an identified need or difference in any of the 4 areas of SEND:

• Communication and Interaction

• Cognition and Learning

• Social, Emotional and Health Difficulties

• Sensory or Physical Needs.

If you are unsure whether we are a service for you, please contact us at familycoach@hackney.gov.uk and we will be happy to address any concerns or answer any questions

City and Hackney NHS Talking Therapies is an IAPT (Improve Accesses to Psychological Therapies) service commissioned through Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. 

Everyone can feel stressed, worried or down from time to time but if this is happening to you and it goes on too long, or you feel like you can’t cope, The City and Hackney NHS Talking Therapies service can help you find ways to manage the thoughts and feelings you have and make changes, so you can live life to the full.

We are a confidential NHS service for adults registered with a GP in City and Hackney or who live in City and Hackney.

Hackney’s SEND services and its partners want to create a safe, effective, and supportive environment for parent carer participation. To do this we have opted for a hosted Parent Carer Forum model. Nationally, this model has proved effective in empowering parents, and ensuring their voices are heard.

Hackney's SEND Parent Carer Forum is a new forum being set up with support from the City and Hackney Carers Centre who are the host providers of the parent-carer forum in Hackney.

The forum meets once every two months to come together, find out about services and support, and how to work with services to influence their development for the greater good of children and young people with SEND aged 0-25. 

We would love to welcome new members so please do sign up, get in touch, or come to a meeting to find out more. 

Families requiring support can be referred to the children’s centre multi-disciplinary team. This team will help with any problems. The team includes Family Support Workers, Health Visitors, Nursery Nurses, Portage Workers and Social Workers. If you would like to find out more about the support available, you can ask your Midwife, Health visitor or drop into your local children's centre. Professionals wishing to refer a family to the Multi Agency Team (MAT) should complete the Early Help Request for Support Form and email it to MASH@hackney.gov.uk

In addition, the Hackney Family Information Service (FIS) offers free, impartial advice and information on childcare, paying for childcare, funded places for 2-4 year olds as well as information and advice on local services and activities for children and families. 

• Telephone 020 8820 7590, Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm

• Email fis@hackney.gov.uk

• Visit the FIS Facebook, Instagram or Twitter pages

• View the FIS leaflet (PDF)

• Make an appointment to meet us in person

If you have a child that receives any support from Hackney Ark and you would like information and advice in relation to services or benefits that you may be entitled to.OR you would simply like the opportunity to meet with, learn from and share your experiences with other parents who also have children with health and or developmental issues you are welcome to attend a weekly drop in session facilitated by a member of the Hackney Ark Key Work team.

Screen time limits? What age is right for a smartphone? If you’re worried about your child and the digital world, we can help.

The Re-engagement Unit (REU) is a school support and SEMH (social, emotional and mental health) service that supports and advises children, families and education providers. Schools can make referrals to the service for support for a child in their setting with parental permission. 

The aim of the service is to enable all children to be happy and to achieve well in school.

The programme explores issues such as: tuning into children; exploring feelings; parenting styles; communication (what is being communicated through behaviour); temper tantrums and what might be meant by them; sleep patterns; and behavioural difficulties. 

For parents of preschool children (0-5 year olds). 

There is referral criteria applied for this programme; parents/professionals can contact First Steps for more information and to see if this group is right for them.

First Steps’ early intervention parenting groups are appropriate for parents who are experiencing some difficulties in managing a range of parenting or child behaviour problems (of a mild-moderate level) or would like to meet other parents and receive support around typical child behaviours and developmental issues. 

Facilitated by: Dr Karolina Balciunaite (Clinical Psychologist) and Chandni Patel (Assistant Psychologist)

Professionals can refer using the First Steps referral form. 

• Feeling more confident as a parent

• Physical activities for the little ones

• What children and the whole family eats

• Family lifestyle habits

• Healthy Teeth

• Enjoying life as a family

• Feeling more confident as a parent

• Physical activities for the little ones

• What children and the whole family eats

• Family lifestyle habits

• Healthy Teeth

• Enjoying life as a family

These in-person workshops are designed to help parents prioritise their well-being through mindfulness and self-kindness.

This 6- week course is run by Psychologist, Dr Su Batuwitage. 

Discover strategies to manage stress, cultivate self-compassion, and enhance your overall wellness.

Don't miss this opportunity to invest in yourself and connect with other parents on the same journey.

Register now to secure your spot!

Children with support needs who do not have an EHC Plan follow the general admissions process. All schools must provide an inclusive education and school experience for children with SEND. There is funding for extra help and support in school for children who do not have an EHC Plan.

This is a printable resource that briefly explains key dates and actions needed during this process. Hackney Secondary Phase Transfer flow chart for children with EHC Plans (PDF 72KB printable resource). 

You will be invited to an information session on secondary phase transfer (there will be more than one date and time option). These are run by the EHCP Team. 

You can speak with these people about your child’s start at school:

• the SENCO at your child’s current school

• The SENCo at schools you are considering sending your child to

• Your named EHC Plan Coordinator

• SEND Business Support

• Hackney SENDIAGS

• Professionals who are working with your child

• Other parents who have been through this transition with their child

Do you need the language translated?

You can translate the website to another language using the Translate button in the menu, this will show languages available.

This is where you can find local organisations offering support, advice and activities to Hackney & City residents. And where you can list your organisation!

In City and Hackney, Five to Thrive offers advice, suggested activities and local events that residents can access to maintain positive mental health and wellbeing through the five ways — connecting, being active, learning new things, giving, and taking notice. If you would like to find out more, download our leaflet for yourself, friends and family. You can find out further information on activities to support Five to Thrive by clicking the button below.

Bilingual advocacy/interpretation service is for patients who do not speak English and need support when they have a health appointment, providing advice, information and support to help people access and use health services. Further, it educates health services about cultural norms so they can provide care and treatment in a culturally sensitive way.  

Bilingual health advocates or interpreters are provided where possible. 

Telephone interpreting is available in the hospital and at GP practices to help with communication with health care professionals.

What is the difference between advocates and interpreters?
An interpreter will interpret for the patient and the health professional to ensure that they can both understand and communicate with each other using a common language.
An advocate will also interpret, and in addition, will support patients ensuring they have the knowledge, understanding and confidence needed to make informed decisions and to get the care and services they need. They will also refer them to other organisations that can assist them. 
There is an open referral system which means patients, carers and health workers can refer to the service.

Please make referrals using the contact details for the service. 

Will I have to pay for this service?
Individuals do not have to pay for the service. However, the hospital pays for bilingual health advocates' and an interpreter's time, so cancellations must be notified at least 48 hours in advance.

What if you can't help me?
If the service can't provide the help you need, they can advise about other services that can help. 

However please note; this is a health service and can not provide benefits, housing, environmental health, social services or immigration advice.

We are commissioned by the London Borough of Hackney and the City of London to provide school-based health services to children and young people attending state-maintained schools from reception to leaving school in the area. We offer the following:

• Health assessments

• Supporting children with disabilities or additional health needs whether in a special or a mainstream school environment

• Safeguarding children

Confidentiality
No information in your child’s school health record will be disclosed without your permission. Where necessary, consent will be sought from parents and carers before any referrals are made.

SBHS school referral form

Dear parents and carers,

We are pleased to invite you to take part in the SHINE (Studying Happiness, self-

Image and Nutrition and Eating in children) Parent & Carer Survey. The survey

will help us understand the health and wellbeing of children in Reception (4-5 years)

and Year 6 (10-11 years). The survey is open to parents and carers of children in

these year groups.

The survey takes around 20 minutes and can be completed online (or on paper, if

preferred – see below). It includes questions about:

- Your child’s mental wellbeing,

- You and your child’s eating and physical activity habits,

- Your household and background.

By sharing your experiences, you will help us make changes at both local and

national levels to support children’s wellbeing.

As a thank you for taking part, you can enter a prize draw to win one of four £50

shopping vouchers, awarded to parents and carers in your local community.

The information you provide will only be used only for research purposes and will be

kept completely confidential.

Click here to access the survey.

For more details, visit our website.

If you have any questions or want a paper version of the survey, contact the study

team at shine@ucl.ac.uk.

Thank you for supporting this important research,

The SHINE Study Team

Dear parents and carers,

We are pleased to invite you to take part in the SHINE (Studying Happiness, self-

Image and Nutrition and Eating in children) Parent & Carer Survey. The survey

will help us understand the health and wellbeing of children in Reception (4-5 years)

and Year 6 (10-11 years). The survey is open to parents and carers of children in

these year groups.

The survey takes around 20 minutes and can be completed online (or on paper, if

preferred – see below). It includes questions about:

- Your child’s mental wellbeing,

- You and your child’s eating and physical activity habits,

- Your household and background.

By sharing your experiences, you will help us make changes at both local and

national levels to support children’s wellbeing.

As a thank you for taking part, you can enter a prize draw to win one of four £50

shopping vouchers, awarded to parents and carers in your local community.

The information you provide will only be used only for research purposes and will be

kept completely confidential.

Click here to access the survey.

For more details, visit our website.

If you have any questions or want a paper version of the survey, contact the study

team at shine@ucl.ac.uk.

Thank you for supporting this important research,

The SHINE Study Team

Curriculum linked teaching resources are available on the School Zone. These include resources for head teachers, and reception and year 6 teachers to help them teach their pupils about healthy lifestyles. It includes ideas for whole school activities to encourage eating well and moving more, as well as suggestions for keeping teeth and gums healthy and for engaging parents. Teachers can subscribe to the School Zone to keep up to date with new mental wellbeing and healthy lifestyle materials. The School Zone also offers lesson plans for year 6 and key stages 3 and 4 to support the relationships, sex and health education curriculum and enable teachers to support the wellbeing of students.

Growing healthily and maintaining a healthy weight throughout childhood is important for physical, social and mental wellbeing and readiness to learn. It also lays a foundation for future wellbeing, learning and employment.^, Oral health is also an important part of a child’s general health and wellbeing and contributes to the development of a healthy child as well as school readiness. Children who have tooth decay may have pain, infections, difficulties with eating, sleeping and socialising and may require time off school for dental treatment. Diets lower in sugar can prevent both tooth decay and obesity. Children and young people may themselves recognise the benefits of being a healthy weight and having healthy teeth with some already identifying that they need help to make healthier choices to stay healthy, happy and well.

Schools teach pupils about the importance of good nutrition and being physically fit and healthy to maintain their mental health and wellbeing as well as the benefits of having healthy teeth and gums, this is a statutory requirement through relationships education, relationships and sex education (RSE) and health education. The Ofsted Inspection Framework (2023) includes a judgement on the personal development of learners which includes evaluating the extent to which the curriculum and the provider’s wider network helps learners to know how to keep physically and mentally healthy.^,

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Advice

It is aimed at health and social care professionals and any with a role in reducing the harm extended periods of hot weather can have on health. The service covers England only.

categories of physical climate change

adaptation and resilience measures

relevant to schools in London, which

can help to address the three main

climate change impacts and risks of

overheating, flooding and water

scarcity.

Well, great news – you can. All through our School Plates Programme.

Join over 1,500 schools in London today and be part of the solution.

Find your pathway to better emotional health

Follow a step-by-step learning journey to build emotional health, resilience and confidence. The evidence-based Solihull Approach model that underpins the bitesize topics has been tested by researchers as well as hundreds of thousands of parents to give you confidence it will make a positive difference in your relationships.

For parents

Learn about your child’s development and build your confidence in parenting.

For confident, emotionally intelligent children, Togetherness online pathways, take parents on a learning journey for understanding childhood development, behaviour, and wellbeing to help build connected relationships and resilience for the everyday. 

For everybody

Built on years of expertise, informed by the latest psychological research, and shaped by real-world impact, our pathways are highly rated by learners. Take time to check in on your own wellbeing by following a pathway on important relationships, understanding trauma or adolescent brain development and mental health. Inclusive and accessible, pathways are available for private reflection anytime, anywhere.  

• Improve eating behaviours and relationship with food

• Build positive body image

• Identify concerns around body image and disordered eating

Well, great news – you can. All through our School Plates Programme.

You are invited to join the network, request and/or share information, ask questions and discuss issues that are important to the health of people with learning disabilities. Here you’ll find lots of mutual support, experience and lots of knowledge.

You can find out more about the UK Health and Learning Disabilities Network here: www.learningdisabilitieshealthnetwork.org.uk

With GoHenry app and debit card, kids aged 6-18 learn to save, invest, earn and spend – building skills and confidence for life.

On their mission to make every kid smart with money, they’ve been campaigning for 5 years to make financial education part of the curriculum from primary school age. In 2025, they reached their goal. But their hard work doesn’t stop there!

Money lessons won’t reach schools until 2028. That’s years of missed learning for kids. So GoHenry made their award-winning Money Missions completely free on YouTube – over 80 short lessons to help children build real money skills now. Simple, practical learning that fits into busy family life. Try them today.

Raise money-smart kids and money for your school

And big news! GoHenry is now supporting schools too. Every time a parent joins GoHenry through the school's PTA, they will donate £25. Just imagine all the trips, tech and clubs that could fund!

City Advice advisors offer a confidential and impartial service for residents of the City of London, and are qualified to advise on:

• Consumer and employment rights

• Welfare benefits

• Debt

• Housing and legal issues

• Relationships

• Health and wellbeing

The level of help will depend on your enquiry and the type of advice and help you need. A detailed assessment of the problem will give City Advisors a better understanding of the situation and will be able to offer tailor made advice. You can then decide if you prefer to take action yourself or let City Advice act on your behalf.

Our free Budget planner helps you keep track of your spending.

Budget planner

• Benefits

• Everyday money

• Family & care

• Homes

• Money troubles

• Pensions & retirement

• Savings

• Work

• Blog

• Tools & calculators

MECC Link is a simple but flexible Very Brief Intervention (VBI) and signposting tool that has been carefully designed to support an approach to positive behaviour change called 'Making Every Contact Count' (MECC).

How does MECC Link work?

MECC Link helps you to raise awareness, motivate and signpost people to help them to improve their health and wellbeing. At the touch of a button you can access information on full range of self-care, national and local support services.

You can talk about anything. Whether it’s something big or small, our trained counsellors are here to support you.

Childline is free, confidential and available any time, day or night. You can talk to us:

• by calling 0800 1111

• by email

• through 1-2-1 counsellor chat

Whatever feels best for you. 

• providing support early, spotting mental health problems before they develop and helping children and young people cope with challenges throughout their lives

• using an effective therapeutic approach backed by research that combines several ways of working

• offering a range of mental health support services, including advice and support for families and school staff, to build resilience and raise awareness of mental health across the whole school community.

Samaritans is the charity that prevents suicide through the power of human connection.

Connecting people in crisis with trained volunteers who will always listen.​ People calling for change with those who need to listen.​ People who’ve been there before, with those struggling now.​

Schools must provide a safe environment for all their pupils, with policies to support children with medical conditions and with the number of schools-aged children with allergic conditions on the rise, it is estimated that, on average, most school classes in the UK will have one or two children with food allergy.

Feeling lonely is not something to be embarrassed about. We can all feel lonely, regardless of life experiences, age, or background. 

Everyone will have a different experience of loneliness and different reasons for why they are feeling this way. There is no one way to effectively deal with loneliness but lots of different things that can and do help.

We do not provide direct services or have a helpline, but lots of support is available from charities. Visit our helpful links page for more information on the support available. Your are not alone.

Drinking Water and Refill Points (Consult this map for precise location information.)

• Abney Park Cemetery

• Albion Square

• All Borough Libraries

• Britannia Leisure Centre (cafe area)

• Clissold Leisure Centre (sports changing area)

• Clissold Park: Main area, Green Lanes entrance, Clissold House, and Splash Pad Pavilion

• Daubney Fields (by the skate park)

• Fairchild's Garden

• Hackney Downs Park (centre of park and at the Downs Road/Queendown Road junction)

• Hackney Marshes Centre (adjacent to changing rooms)

• Haggerston Park (near the pond and artificial turf)

• Haggerston and Hoxton Stations

• Kingsland Shopping Centre

• London Fields: Main park area (Martello Street) and outside the Lido changing facilities

• Mabley Green and Millfields Park

• Ridley Road Market

• Shoreditch Park (by the outdoor gym and play area)

• Springfield Park (adjacent to Springfield House)

• Stoke Newington Common (by the play area)

• Well Street Common

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You are invited to join the network, request and/or share information, ask questions and discuss issues that are important to the health of people with learning disabilities. Here you’ll find lots of mutual support, experience and lots of knowledge.

You can find out more about the UK Health and Learning Disabilities Network here: www.learningdisabilitieshealthnetwork.org.uk