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Introduction to Adult Mental Health and Wellbeing in the context of Social welfare challenges

Please note this training is for frontline workers and volunteers only. Residents cannot attend this training.

A session to support you to understand when individuals may be struggling with their mental health, the signs to look out for, and how to signpost them to the right place.

Housing & Homelessness Training

Please note this training is for frontline workers and volunteers only. Residents cannot attend this training.

Homelessness, or the threat of homelessness, continues to be an issue that affect many of our service users. In an area like Newham, where demand is high and accessing housing often comes with barriers, the solutions can sometimes seem complex. The session is intended to help identify these obstacles and how to overcome them. Homelessness can be resolved, but will only be achieved by building stronger partnerships and understanding the landscape in which we operate.

Healthy Start Training

This session will provide an overview of the Healthy Start scheme, which in Newham, includes both a food and vitamins offer.

Core Conversations Training

Please note this training is for frontline workers and volunteers only. Residents cannot attend this training.

This training is based on 7 principles for great Core Conversations. These were co-created with nearly two hundred front-line experts from the public and voluntary sector during the pandemic. The training uses these principles to enhance people’s existing ability to quickly build a relationship with the person they’re aiming to help, form a holistic understanding of the challenge at hand and to co-create solutions to overcome them.

Domestic Abuse Awareness Training

Please note this training is for frontline workers and volunteers only. Residents cannot attend this training.

Awareness workshop focusing on key issues surrounding domestic abuse and gender based violence, as well as taking a look at the Domestic Abuse Act 2021.

Financial Wellbeing Training

The purpose of this workshop is to train frontline workers, both from council services and voluntary charity sector services, about Financial Support Services available within Newham.

Financial Wellbeing Training

The purpose of this workshop is to train frontline workers, both from council services and voluntary charity sector services, about Financial Support Services available within Newham.

Housing & Homelessness Training

Please note this training is for frontline workers and volunteers only. Residents cannot attend this training.

Homelessness, or the threat of homelessness, continues to be an issue that affect many of our service users. In an area like Newham, where demand is high and accessing housing often comes with barriers, the solutions can sometimes seem complex. The session is intended to help identify these obstacles and how to overcome them. Homelessness can be resolved, but will only be achieved by building stronger partnerships and understanding the landscape in which we operate.

Housing & Homelessness Training

Please note this training is for frontline workers and volunteers only. Residents cannot attend this training.

Homelessness, or the threat of homelessness, continues to be an issue that affect many of our service users. In an area like Newham, where demand is high and accessing housing often comes with barriers, the solutions can sometimes seem complex. The session is intended to help identify these obstacles and how to overcome them. Homelessness can be resolved, but will only be achieved by building stronger partnerships and understanding the landscape in which we operate.

Celebrating Co-production Week 2024

Come and celebrate our co-production successes and champion the people involved

Ageing Well Festival 2024

The Newham Ageing Well Strategy aims to improve the health and wellbeing of residents aged 50+; and reduce health inequalities.

You are invited to attend this year’s Festival to celebrate our residents aged 50+, find out more about the activities and services available in the borough; connect with other residents and learn how you can get involved with delivering and shaping the Year 3 Strategy actions.

On the day you can expect:

Health MOTs and Vaccine Clinics
Information from Ask SARA, BT and EE, Dementia Support Service, Frames of Mind, Our Newham Money, Newham Volunteers, TfL
1:1 Clinics* (on Concessionary Travel, Parking, Pension Credit, etc)
Archery
Bikeworks
Dance and exercise tasters (e.g. Belly Dance, Bollywood Dance, Chair Based Exercise, Salsa, Yoga, Zumba, etc)
Glass Painting
Virtual Reality Headsets
Music
International Food Court (Afro-Caribbean, Chinese, Eastern European, South Asian and Pie & Mash)
and much more!

Summer Activities at Cody Dock

Come along for a night of exploring the wonderful world of nocturnal creatures to celebrate Moth Night and get free pizza!

We'll learn how to set up moth traps and to use bat detectors then we will head out to see what we can find in Cody Dock and along the River Lea.

Please note this is a free event aimed at ages 16-18, for residents of Newham and Tower Hamlets and you must book to attend.

If you have any questions, please email esme@codydock.org.uk

Youth Event: Natural Printing

Join us at Cody Dock to learn to use natural materials to print and dye fabrics. We will spend time along the riverfront getting to know some of the local urban wildlife as well as learning different natural printing and dyeing techniques.

We will provide some light snacks and refreshments for the event.

Please note this a free event aimed at ages 16-18, for residents of Newham and Tower Hamlets and you must book to attend.

If you have any questions, please email esme@codydock.org.uk

Youth Event: River Picnic

Come and join our river picnic at Cody Dock! We will spend the afternoon exploring our urban nature and making snacks with local ingredients for us to enjoy.

Please note this is a free event aimed at ages 16-18, for residents of Newham and Tower Hamlets and you must book to attend.

If you have any questions, please email esme@codydock.org.uk

Cody Dock - Youth Event: Bird Watching

Join us at Cody Dock for an afternoon of bird watching! We will take a walk along the riverfront, learn about the types of birds that make themselves at home here and how to identify and record them.

We will provide some light snacks and refreshments for the event.

Please note this is a free event aimed at ages 8-12, for residents of Newham and Tower Hamlets and you must book to attend.

Drop off at 1pm and pick up at 3.30pm, look out for our email a week before the event for final details of the session!

If you have any questions, please email esme@codydock.org.uk

Cody Dock - Youth Event: Bird Watching

Join us at Cody Dock for an afternoon of bird watching! We will take a walk along the riverfront, learn about the types of birds that make themselves at home here and how to identify and record them.

We will provide some light snacks and refreshments for the event.

Please note this is a free event aimed at ages 8-12, for residents of Newham and Tower Hamlets and you must book to attend.

Drop off at 1pm and pick up at 3.30pm, look out for our email a week before the event for final details of the session!

If you have any questions, please email esme@codydock.org.uk

Cody Dock - Youth Event: Natural Crafts

Join us at Cody Dock for our last event of the summer where we will be exploring nature along the river front and use natural materials to create our own artworks.

We will provide some light snacks and refreshments for the event.

Please note this is a free event aimed at ages 8-12, for residents of Newham and Tower Hamlets and you must book to attend.

Drop off at 1pm and pick up at 3.30pm, look out for our email a week before the event for final details of the session!

If you have any questions, please email esme@codydock.org.uk

Cody Dock - Youth Event: Nature Journaling

Come along to Cody Dock to explore and learn about the nature living on your doorstep and create your own nature journal. We will spend time along the riverfront enjoying and taking inspiration from the wildlife we come across and updating our journals as we go.

We will provide some light snacks and refreshments for the event.

Please note this is a free event aimed at ages 8-12, for residents of Newham and Tower Hamlets and you must book to attend.

Drop off at 1pm and pick up at 3.30pm, look out for our email a week before the event for final details of the session!

If you have any questions, please email esme@codydock.org.uk

External Training Opportunities

This page is a list of all training offers available to everyone. All training provided is from external providers