Family Support Schedule - From September to December 2011

1. One-off “Mum/Step-mum/Carer session” at HQ on Tuesday 18th October – 4.00pm to 6.00pm
2. Tuesday evening drop-in discussion groups with Mimi and Colette – 4.00pm to 6.00pm.  Come along for a chat and to meet other parents/carers and have some refreshments.  Kids welcome!
3. Strengthening Families, Strengthening Communities course starts Tuesday 1st November – will be on a Tuesday evening from 6.30-9.00pm (refreshments available from 6pm)
4. Free, confidential drop-in service at our 192 Well Street office Monday to Friday 10am-3pm
5. Free, confidential signposting service at our 192 Well Street office
6. Access to support workers who speak many languages – Bengali, Turkish, Romanian, Punjabi, French, Hindi, Gujarati and, of course, English!
7. Access to Anger Management courses (starts November 2011)

Call us on 020 8525 6490 or pop in to our Well Street Office

We’ll have more courses running from January so, if you can’t come to any of the above, we can put your name on the waiting list.

Hackney Quest Family Support Team

 The Tag Rugby Rebels are a team of 14 community sport youth leaders from 2 youth clubs in London – Hackney Quest and Coram Fields.  In partnership with London Youth, the Tag Rugby Trust and the RFU they will undertake a 14 month leadership programme in the local community, culminating in a Tag Rugby Tour to Zambia in October 2012 where they will get the chance to use their skills to reach and help those less fortunate than themselves and contribute towards a programme that will be sustained for many years to come.

The purpose of the Tag Rugby Rebel tour is:

- to deliver a Tag Rugby programme in urban and rural Zambia
- to provide us a challenging and adventurous experience in an overseas environment
- to use my leadership skills to benefit others and to challenge myself as a Tag Rebel in environment away from the comforts of home
- to integrate myself with local the communities in Zambia, sharing experiences and building friendships
- to provide young people from local Zambian schools/orphanages the chance to learn and play tag rugby and compete in a festival as a finale
- to work closely with local volunteers/teachers and community members to provide them the skills to continue to develop tag rugby once we have left
- to provide the necessary resources (equipment) to the local communities/schools to allow delivery to continue
- share my inner City life experiences with Zambian young people and for Zambian young people to share their life experiences
- to have a better understanding of how people in Zambia live
- to have an appreciation of what I take for granted i.e. hot and cold running water, my I pod, collage etc...