This week celebrates Mental Health Awareness Week ‘Movement: Moving more for our mental health’ is the theme of Mental Health Awareness Week 2024. Movement is a great way to enhance our emotional wellbeing. A short burst of 10 minutes’ brisk walking can boost our mood and increase our mental alertness and energy. Movement helps us […]
We need your feedback Suffolk County Council and partners would like feedback from young people in Suffolk to help them choose a logo for their new 2024-2028 Suffolk SEND Strategy. What is the Suffolk SEND Strategy? The SEND Strategy shows the priorities and goals that the Council are working towards to improve SEND (Special Educational Needs […]
Did you know that as a Suffolk Care Experienced Young Person you can have priority access to Suffolk County Council jobs before they are advertised more widely? This is part of our Suffolk Local Offer to Care Leavers to help you make the transition from care into Adulthood and help you to reach your potential, […]
With a career in the early years you get to nurture, inspire, educate and care for babies and young children. This can be incredibly rewarding. The sector is full of opportunities, working full time, term time, part time or even from your own home as a childminder! What about qualifications? You can work in the […]
What is asthma? Asthma is a common lung condition that causes occasional breathing difficulties. It affects people of all ages and often starts in childhood. There’s currently no cure, but there are simple treatments that can help keep the symptoms under control so it does not have a big impact on your life. Read more […]
On this page you will find information about Youth Parliament Forum Interested in Youth Parliament? Join Suffolk Youth Parliament Forum! We’d love to hear what you’ve got to say 💬 Interested? Email: thesource@suffolk.gov.uk […]
You may be aware that this year Sendiass want to coproduce with families some new information and training around preparation for adulthood from the earliest years. In our recent young person survey, leaving school or college and preparing to become an adult were two of the three main areas where young people told us they […]
One of the main themes has been moving into adulthood. Young people have told us that moving into adulthood can be a really tricky time for them. We wanted to find out how we can better support this group in our work within children and young people’s SEND services, so we decided to ask the […]
What is an Education, Health and Care (EHC) plan? It’s a document that outlines a child or young person’s special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and the support they need. It describes a child’s educational, health, and social care needs, as well as their desired outcomes and aspirations. An EHC plan is created when a […]
At the start of the year, we were looking to implement some improvements to our website, www.icanbea.org.uk – a free, easy to use careers inspiration tool, focussed on helping 12-25 year olds in Suffolk and Norfolk. We met with students from the SEND Young Person’s Network who took part in a fun and fascinating workshop, after which […]