To celebrate Young Carers Action Day, Bristol and South Gloucestershire Young Carers Service in partnership with Creative Youth Network are holding an even for young people attending Bristol secondary schools on 2nd April.
Materials and links for education professionals to provide:
A series of short animated videos to support training, continuing professional development, learning resources on the curriculum and general awareness raising.
The Department for Education are seeking your views on seeking your views on whether the revised 'Use of reasonable force and other restrictive interventions in schools' guidance. Closes 29 April 2025
In light of the current rise in cases within Bristol we have compiled some useful information and advice around the measles outbreak for education settings.
This includes a letter to send to parents/carers reassuring communities around vaccinations.
The city wide Youth Voice conference took place on the 6th November 2024.
Here is the report about what is most important to children in the city.
Updates for the Education workforce - these include the S175 Safeguarding Audit 2024-2026; Other Local Safeguarding Partnership updates; KBSP Conference 2025; Update your setting’s contacts; Community Safety meetings and forms; Safeguarding in Education Team updates and future network and training dates.
Schools, trusts and Local Authority working together to improve school attendance
City Hall, College Green, Tuesday the 3rd December 2024 8:30am - 12pm The conference is free to all attendees
Improving attendance is everyone's business. We are asking for senior colleagues/senior attendance champions from all Bristol schools to come together to work in partnership to improve agree a ‘Bristol charter for attendance’. We will also be sharing best practice from across the city.
Join Us for the Integrate Youth Conference 2024!
Date: Friday, 13th December 2024
Time: 9.30am – 3:00pm
Where: The Auditorium, Bristol Aquarium, Anchor Road, Bristol BS1 5TT
Researchers at the University of Bristol and University of Bath are looking for 6 school staff who work with young people who vape.
We want to hear your opinions about a recent research finding that many e-cigarettes confiscated in schools contain a drug commonly known as ‘Spice’. We want to know what you think needs to be done in response to this finding.
When: Thursday 5th December from 5pm-6pm
Where: Online
Please contact pp15091@bristol.ac.uk for more information. We will provide participants with a £25 Amazon voucher to thank you for your time.
Here are a few resources that professionals can share with their parent and carer community to keep children and young people safe this Halloween half term.
This is a video created by the Shadow Board of the Keeping Bristol Safe Partnership to support parents to have conversations with their children about knife crime. Whilst we created this in Bristol, the video can be transferable to other areas in the UK.
Join us in celebrating Bristol Community Champions, who are transforming the lives of local women, as part of our BLACK HISTORY MONTH events.
The joint event, hosted by Refugee Women of Bristol and FORWARD, will highlight the incredible stories of resilience and the strategic role these champions play as bridge builders and unsung heroes in their communities.
The Green House is the specialist support service for children, young people and families impacted by
sexual abuse in Avon and Somerset. They offer individual therapies, family support and a range of groups.
This guide is designed to help. Young people, parents and carers with lived experience wanted to share what worked for them or what could have made a difference.
We are pleased to announce that the consultation survey for the Bristol SEND and Inclusion draft strategy 2024–2028 is now live. The survey closes on Monday 28 October and can be filled out here: https://bit.ly/bristol-send-inclusion-strategy-consultation.
See below information on Community Learning, part of the Bristol City Council Employment, Skills and Learning team
You can download their Learner Information Pack here
Beyond Equality is an organisation dedicated to tackling sexism in schools. For the past 18 months, in partnership with Movember, we’ve been facilitating conversations with groups of men across Bristol, Bath and the South West, unpacking the impact that masculinity has on their mental health, relationships and communities. Following the success of this project, and building upon the work we’re already doing in schools around the country, we’re offering interactive seminars and CPD-accredited workshops
The police have asked us share with you the Draft Police and Crime Plan alongside the feedback survey here. The survey is open until 21st October.
The ask has come from Marc Hole and is because there are priorities relating to CSA, children affected by DA, youth violence and school exclusion and the OPCC would like feedback from all partners on the plan.
