Clifton Learning Partnership

Clifton Learning Partnership aims to work in partnership with the community and all providers to provide preventative and early intervention work. Some examples of this work include: Baby Fayre - This series of sessions, in partnership with Health Services and Family Support Workers kicked off with a 'Baby Fayre' where parents-to-be, or new parents... came to meet a range of agencies and gather information. The sessions then focused on attachment, attunement and bonding, healthy lifestyles and feeding, play and the development of early language skills. Clifton Early Starters - This piece of work again links Family Support Workers and Outreach Workers to provide pre-school engagement with families and aims to encourage participation in early education opportunities. Families are supported in whatever way that they need, sign-posted and hand-held to access services for themselves and their pre-school aged children. Mums and Girls Group - This series of sessions aims to build relationships between mums and their pre-teen girls, by encouraging communication and having fun together, as well as supporting the mums by giving them the information that they need to support their daughters as they becomes teenagers. Community Café - The Community Café happens one day each school holiday and aims to provide a free hot meal and food to take away for families in financial need. Family-focussed activities take place that aim to build community and family relationships as well as passing on key messages in a low-key, friendly environment. This is a multi-agency endeavour, supported by LA staff, health service staff and the Youth Service. This work is part funded by Community First. Enterprising adults - This work is located in the schools, and aims to develop adult-skills, by building confidence and practical skills. Parents are encouraged to work with other parents and school staff to develop entrepreneurial ideas and initially put them into place within a contained environment of schools. Child and family support - A full ...Read More