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Team Spotlights

Introducing Farhatnaz, HR Officer

This month, we're talking with Farhatnaz, who joined LifeLine last year. Naz is the HR Officer within our Support Services team, working behind the scenes to ensure our staff are able to deliver the best possible services. Where did you grow up? What was your family like? As an HR officer, my responsibilities include recruitment–handling job applications, working with job...

1 year ago

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Celebrating SW!TCH on TikTok and in the sunday papers

Bursting onto TikTok Our SW!TCH team have recently started posting on TikTok, rapidly growing their following of young people to over 300 in a few months. As well as promoting upcoming activities, the team are able to provide a wider range of content for young people than in their face-to-face mentoring sessions–for example, key youth workers introduce themselves and share...

1 year ago

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Creative English focuses on cardiovascular health in Birmingham

Following the successful pilot of Creative English: Caring for my Family last year, Birmingham City Council have given FaithAction a further opportunity to run Creative English for Health with places of worship, faith-based and community organisations within Birmingham, this time with a focus on cardiovascular health.

1 year ago

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Team Spotlights

Introducing Itoro and Jakadi, SW!TCH Youth Development Workers

This month, we're introducing Itoro Victor-Akpan and Jakadi Appleton, Youth Development Workers supporting vulnerable young people through our SW!TCH Futures programme. Itoro and Jakadi have been making great strides running the girls' hub together, which is why we wanted to hear a bit more about them. Jakadi Appleton Where were you born and raised? I was born in North London,...

1 year ago

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Supporting adults, families, and communities

Our new Family Services team have been hard at work this year, delivering a range of programmes to adults, families, and communities across East London.The Champions Support Network, which brings parents and carers together to form community support networks, particularly dealing with youth violence, exclusion and mental health. We run coffee mornings to forge connections plus workshops and training to...

1 year ago

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Team Spotlights

Introducing Tilishia, Head of Family Services

This month, we're delighted to speak with Tilishia, who joined us in May to manage our newly-formed Family Services team. You can Hackney. Been there all my life; my grandparents lived in Islington, mostly all in north London. Did you come from a big family? Oh, they taught me a lot. That we stick together and support each other through...

1 year ago

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Team Spotlights

An interview with Katharine Haynes, LatchOn Havering

This month, we have a special guest in Katharine Haynes, who runs I've an older brother, older sister, and a younger brother–bigger than most normal families now. We're all very close. We sadly lost our dad in 1990–we had to look after each other, my younger brother was only five. That was significant period in our life. We're always talking...

2 years ago

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Improving support for young people with SEND in Barking and Dagenham

Here at Healthwatch Barking and Dagenham, we have recently launched a new project regarding the Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) process and we're keen to hear from parents and carers of children and young people with special needs or disability. An EHCP is a legal document that helps children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND)...

2 years ago

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Team Spotlights

Introducing Stephen Callender, Youth Development Worker and Parent Champion Coordinator

This month, we're speaking with Stephen, who joined LifeLine in 2020 and now works on a range of our programmes in the Havering area, offering support to both young people and parents. Where did you grow up? I came over for a visit in 2000. The first thing I fell in love with was the cold. Back home, its blazing...

2 years ago

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Everyone needs a Lucy: LifeLine to launch breastfeeding peer support programme

My son Caleb was born happy and healthy. Having attended LifeLine's Getting Ready for your Baby programme, Judi, my wife, was determined to breastfeed–but it was not as easy as we expected. Caleb lost over 10% of his birth weight and the health visitor insisted that we start bottle feeding so we could monitor his intake. When we refused, we...

2 years ago

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Team Spotlights

Introducing Amy Jones, Senior Youth Development Worker

LifeLine first encountered Amy through our SW!TCH mentoring programme whilst she was attending Dagenham Park School in 2013. At the time, Amy was dealing with multiple issues that had piled up and left her on the edge of being excluded from school. With mentoring, Amy thrived and regained her confidence. She excelled at the after-school activities she engaged with. Amy...

2 years ago

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Official opening and other happenings at Little Learners Ambleside

On Friday 3rd March, we were delighted to welcome local MP Jon Cruddas to officially open our latest Little Learners Nursery, located on Ambleside Avenue in Elm Park. Mr. Cruddas MP was shown around the 37-place nursery by LifeLine CEO Nathan Singleton and Little Learners Senior Manager Becca Clements, and spoke with them about state of childcare nationally and LifeLine's...

2 years ago

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