Calling all Children! The North Pole Express exhibition at North Lanarkshire Heritage Centre, Motherwell opened on Friday 8 November. Come along and have a play! There are lots of fun activities such as the play train, a quiz to find the polar bears, dressing up and wheelie mice to ride around on. A great way...
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Smoke Free Home
Participants needed for a second hand smoke study. NHS Lanarkshire are looking for parents/carers living in Lanarkshire, with a child or children over 5 years old, to take part in a study to make their home smoke free. Full details on the attached flyer.
Imagination Library
Through a grant from the Scottish Government, Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library provides a free book every month to all care-experienced children and all adopted children in Scotland from birth to the age of five. For more information or to enrol an eligible child on the scheme you can email Helen Hastle on hhastle@imaginationlibrary.co.uk
Kooth
Kooth is a free, safe and anonymous mental health and wellbeing support for children and young people. The support can be accessed 24/7 and includes practitioner chats, advice and resources to help boost mental wellbeing, podcast and forum, plus lots more. You can access Kooth via: Home – Kooth
Movement for Mums
A class designed to help new mums in the Shotts area to heal their pelvic floor, diastasis recti, tight hips, wrist pain, shoulder issues and back pain. Full details on the attached flyer.
Anxiety Workshops
North Lanarkshire Council’s Community Learning and Development Team are running anxiety workshops in Wishaw every Thursday evening from 5.45pm-7pm. For more information contact on 07812501908.
Hope for Autism
The Saturday Club which is an inclusive music, dance and drama group open to autistic young adults 16+ and runs weekly from 26th October until 30th November, 1.30pm-3.30pm, at Cumbernauld Academy. To book a space please email hope@hopeforautism.org.uk
Child Winter Heating Payment
Social Security Scotland have started paying Child Winter Heating Payment, a benefit only available in Scotland (annual payment of £251.50) to help families of disabled children heat their homes. More information can be found here: Child Winter Heating Payment – mygov.scot
PDA Society – Home Education Hub
If you’re home educating your child due to their pathological demand avoidance, the PDA Society has a range of helpful suggestions, approaches, and resources on their home education online resource. Follow the link to view: Home education “hub” – PDA Society Resources
The Little Care Hub (Carer Breather Project)
For more information and to book space, please contact Laura: lauram@nldforum.org.uk or call 07761040668