Housing With Care and Support

 

Person Centred Services

 

What’s Coming Up?

Election Candidate Visit 

Grantham Foyer

16th April 2010

 

As part of the run up to the General Election in May, Local Labour candidate, Mark Bartlett will be visiting Grantham Foyer Young Person’s project on Friday 16th April. Mr Bartlett will be answering questions from service users from the Grantham Foyer and South Kesteven Tenancy Support projects. 

Local candidates from the Liberal Democrat and Conservative parties will also be doing question and answer sessions at the project in the next two weeks, with dates to be confirmed.

 

Life Choices Programme

Grantham Foyer Project

 

Starting on 6th December, service users at the Grantham Foyer Young Persons project will be able to access the twelve-session Life Choices Programme. This resource includes virtual babies, a baby simulator and a parenting programme to help young people understand the amount of  love, time and attention that babies require.

Teaching Sessions include: How we are affected by the media and by peer pressure; Contraception; Sexually transmitted infections; You are pregnant – practical issues about housing, finance and support; What you and your baby need / baby budgeting; Affects of drugs and alcohol on a foetus; The parenting class; Baby and parent charter – what does it take to be a good parent?

The programme is accredited to the Life Skills section of the Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Award.
 

Free Basic Skills Courses

Derbyshire WISH Project

 

Tutors from Castle College are going into Derbyshire WISH Women’s Refuge twice every week to offer couses to the service users in various subjects, including IT, Maths, English and Art.

 

These courses are available to the women free of charge.

 

 

Free Chlamydia Screenings

Derbyshire WISH Project

 

Women staying at Derbyshire WISH women’s refuge will now be able to access free and discreet tests for Chlamydia. Chlamydia is almost always completely symptomless and can be harmful and lead to infertility if it is left unattended.

 

Helen, one of the Support Workers at the refuge has secured free kits and treatment which can be used within the refuge, meaning that the women do not have to attend a clinic.

 

This has been greeted warmly by all of the current service users and the project aims to give every woman the opportunity to be tested on admission, or later if she wishes.