Singposting to different community access points such as Kibblesworth Millennium Centre, Birtley Leisure Centre, Birtley Children's Centre, High Fell Children's Centre, Chowdene Children's Centre and Barley Mow Village Hall.
Signposting: Children's Centres
Chowdene Children's Centre
Wavely Road
Harlow Green
NE9 7TU
0191 4335050
Email: chowdenecc@gateshead.gov.uk
Website: www.gatesheadearlyyears.org/
Birtley Children's Centre
Barley Mow
Pembroke Avenue, Birtley
DH3 2DJ
0191 4335000
Email: birtleycc@gateshead.gov.uk
Website: www.gatehseadearlyyears.org
High Fell Children's Centre
Fell Dyke Primary School
Wrekenton
NE9 7AA
0191 4334109
Email: highfellcc@gateshead.gov.uk
Website: www.gatesheadearlyyears.org
Millennium Centre:
Kibblesworth Village Millennium Centre
Grange Terrace
Kibblesworth
Gateshead
Tyne and Wear
England
NE11 OXN
Tel: 0191 41193
Email: kvmcoffice@ukonline.co.uk
An allocation of funding to the Lord Lawson Cluster Group was used to provide each school in the cluster with a large LCD screen television to display information to the public, pupils and staff with regards to the extended services and activities available at each school within the cluster and other providers in the area.
The cluster identified the need to link service providers and schools together to provide a one-stop-shop for pupils, their families and the wider community to sign-post them to information as to whats available in the area. Consultation with school staff, parents and carers supported this project and the screens are now up and running in each school.
As a phase 2 children centre, Birtley Children Centre is the first in Gateshead to offer extended services for children, young people and their families 0 – 19 years. Co-ordinating a menu of Children Centre and Extended Schools ‘Core’ activities and services that meet the needs of all children and young people.
A summer of consultation with parents, children and young people has enabled Children Centre staff to develop a timetable of activities for the under 5’s.
As a Children Centre, Birtley will also offer ‘Full day Care’ for children 0-5years, on target to begin March 2008.
Birtley School Cluster is continuing to develop and offer services, current projects include:
Communication Advice and Information, all schools within the Birtely Cluster now offer information about their school by plasma screens, in partnership with Gateshead Early Years and Children Centre’s, future plan are to develop the level of information offered to include that of activities, services, advice and information from all sectors of the community eg: libraries, voluntary organisations.
Volunteer Programmes, Children Centres and Birtley School Clusters are in the early stages of developing volunteer opportunities for parents / carers and young people in a range of activities including:
Children Centre activities
School projects, involving neighbourhood management and wardens, the play unit, police, schools and colleges.
Parenting Support, extended services are to include the co-ordination of a full range of parenting support offered throughout Birtley and Kibblesworth. Ensuring that support is appropriate to the needs of individual families a range or universal, targeted and specialist support will be available, including:
Chatterkids – Speech and Language Support
Family Learning
Speak Easy – Sexual Health advice
Triple P – Positive Parenting Programme 1 – 19years
Family Nurturing
Mellow Parenting
An audit of current activities offered within Birtley Cluster Schools and within the community will highlight any gaps in services offered and future developments made accordingly to ensure a full complement of services and activities are co-ordinated for all children, young people 0-19years and their families.