Full of Life Kensington and Chelsea

Just to remind you that Professor Luke Clements has created a series of information videos about Social Care Law for Full of Life. Click the link to learn about your rights and the rights of your child. https://www.fulloflifekc.com/training-resources/social-care-law-lecture-series-by-professor-luke-clements/

It was brilliant to see so many of you at today's forum, as always everyone felt informed and empowered by Luke's session.

Tess has a new job at Full of Life she checks parents in, takes them to our meeting room and brings our lunch. She really enjoys this! It's an important job and so we asked her if she wanted a badge with a job description on it. Did she want to be the receptionist or the Gatekeeper....she chose Gatekeeper! And so here she is with Charlotte and the totally brilliant Professor Luke Clements the oracle of social care law!!

Short Breaks are vital to our families who are lifelong carers.

The Short Breaks Service is being reviewed, one to one interviews and focus groups with families have already taken place. But if you haven't attended either of these, please click the link and complete the online survey. Your views matter!

The survey will be open until 5pm on 13th of December. There is a prize draw for a £50 amazon voucher and parents/carers are asked if they want to be entered into it as part of the survey questions.

https://consult.rbkc.gov.uk/communities/f8fb1aba

If we are to have a truly inclusive society, SEND should be embedded in all teacher training. AND we completely agree all schools and nurseries should include children with SEND. https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/send-schools-fair-share-pupils-dfe?fbclid=IwAR0aAZKju_PFiV08SSn254hOeyyG9JUHEOHsYeyZcdZ9EhGqwhXV9N_G-Hw

SEND: Schools must take ‘fair share’ of pupils, says DfE All schools need to be welcoming and should recognise the benefits of bringing in more pupils with SEND, says government official

Our local parks are vital for everyone's health and wellbeing. We use them regularly for walks, cycling and our sports days! We now have the opportunity to give feedback on the refurbishment of the Holland Parks Outdoor Gym and Golf Practice Area. It would be great to see more equipment that is accessible to all! Please click the link and leave your feedback!

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjpqtLnuc6CAxXeXEEAHbihDoUQFnoECBUQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fconsult.rbkc.gov.uk%2Fcommunities%2Fholland-park-gym%2F&usg=AOvVaw2aSTGdJH0PKZkDjRMIaMtx&opi=89978449

It was really great to see so many of you at today's parent forum! Unfortunately it was pouring rain when everyone left....as ever Emefa, Antoinette, Susan and Rugia found a way to stay dry!!

We will ALWAYS find a way!!!

Growing up!!
Wednesdays’ parent forum is your opportunity to meet the leads of services for social care and health and to understand their roles. It is also a real opportunity for them to hear from you about services your son or daughter may be accessing or what services you would like to see developed and how we can all work together to achieve this.

Phil Williams CLCH Service Lead
Nina Sharp Continuing Health Care Service Lead
Monica Schmidt Service Manager Adult Social Care Learning Disability Services
Louise Butler Head Safeguarding, Quality Assurance and Engagement

Happy Halloween Everyone!

Always be creative and Aim High!! Hear from the teacher leading an award-winning team of young sports podcasters, learning skills and creating hope for their futures.

The award-winning sports podcast created by autistic learners that’s giving them hope and skills for the future - Special Needs Jungle We hear from the teacher leading an award-winning team of young autistic sports podcasters, learning skills for their futures.

Wonderful news and proof that Pupil Referral Units do incredible work, they rarely get the credit they deserve for the work they do.

University of Cambridge student says his success is due to a pupil referral unit George Baldock says amazing teachers at a pupil referral unit got him into the University of Cambridge.

https://vimeo.com/fulloflife/foldocumentaryv2
We cant believe it's been eight years since we created this documentary. So much has happened since then, but one thing remains constant, we provide a high quality service delivered by a wonderful staff team who truly care about our families. And we are still managed by parents, something we are so very proud of.

Wait till the very end for the outtakes! We hope you enjoy seeing this again!

Full of Life - Documentary V2 This is a short Documentary, giving a flavour of what we do at Full of Life. Full of Life is a charitable organisation, which has provided vital support to children…

Locally we have some great supported internships within the Council and at Chelsea Westminster Hospital, but finding rewarding work for young people with SEND is notoriously difficult. The NDTi, a leading light in making Supported Internships a way into work, introduces us to a few of the people they’re helping to thrive: We also need more enabling day services for people with more complex needs and local housing too!!

Supported Internships help disabled young people feel valued and socially included - Special Needs Jungle How does a Supported Internship help disabled young people? University researchers did a study to find out if it helped social inclusion.

Alexandre's version of Bob Marley's wonderful song. A memory from seven years ago!!!

FULL OF LIFE This video is about DONT WORRY

We are so sorry we have had to cancel this weeks Parent Forum due to rail and bus strikes. The sessions we have booked with Team Teach will now take place on the 18th of October and the 31st of October. More details can be found in the events section of Facebook! The sessions are limited to 12 parents per session. If you haven't booked your place please do so by emailing [email protected] . We look forward to seeing you soon!

Everyone had a fantastic time in Camden....buzzing!!!

Day Two of our Nottinghill Carnival, everyone is having a wonderful time! We are so proud to have helped create Sophie Lodge's 24hearts Incredible message to us all on the front of the Library on Ladbroke Grove. Two beams of sunshine including bees from us all at Full of Life!

A fantastic sports day yesterday, cycling in the morning on Wormwood Scrubbs and Basketball practice in the afternoon. Amazing!

A HUGE thank you to Suaad's wonderful mum for making incredible food for everyone.

Everyone has been working extremely hard over the past couple of weeks preparing to celebrate African culture. We made houses, masks, painted beautiful pictures, pieces of sculpture and African prints. Today we brought everything together and literally rocked the building!

Your child's assessment builds a picture of their needs and the needs of your family. The general consensus is that the Guidance to do this is not fit for purpose.

Full of Life and other parent forums across the country have come together to develop a blueprint of good practice to help everyone! To find out more about this and to complete a consultation form to ensure your voice is also heard click this link!

Have your say: Reforms to Assessment and Safeguarding procedures - Cerebra A strong sense of despair and hopelessness comes over me whenever I am asked to respond to (yet another) Government Consultation. So please forgive me for urging you to complete the Government’s consultation on proposed reforms to its Assessment and Safeguarding procedures. All I can promise is th...

Here comes the Sun........exciting! 24hearts