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HeadStart End of Programme Report 2016 to 2022

As the six year grant from the National Lottery Community Fund comes to a natural end the London Borough of Newham and partners are reviewing the learning of the HeadStart programme to inform review of the mental health and wellbeing support offer to ensure that all children and young people, who may need support can access the most appropriate service to meet their needs in a timely way. You can download the interim HeadStart Newham end of programme report which sets out the impact of the test and learn to test and embed approach and how its response to COVID-19 pandemic has been an enabler for the developing children and young people integrated mental health and wellbeing hub / single front door ambition.

PARENTS & CARERS

Parenting Support

HELPLINES

Third party organisations to support Children & Young People. For further helplines, please click the resources page.

WELLBEING ROADSHOW

Have questions about Mental Health? Come and talk to us!

Find out which activities HeadStart is offering in Newham

Activities

Have a look at some of our downloadable resources

Resources

Check out our helpline page sorted in 4 helpful categories

CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE

Find exciting opportunities, resources, newsletters and everything else available for you in Newham.

PROFESSIONALS

Click here to find out what one-off training opportunities are available to professionals, along with tools and resources to support your work.

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Meet Ruby Jane “When I went to BounceBack I started talking to the other class and raising my hands up more and sharing my ideas with other people.”

Meet Vinay “HeadStart helped with my resilience, leadership and teamwork skills which I can take on for the rest of my life.”

Meet Kayden "HeadStart has helped by giving me more resilience as in being really, really confident in yourself."

Meet Gleb “HeadStart always makes sure that my thoughts about decisions they are making is being heard.”

Meet Rickardo “Headstart is good because it helps me to be calm and relax more.”

Click the play button to hear our HeadStart Young People Podcast: Culture & Equality

HeadStart Newham Programme 2016 to 2022

As HeadStart begins the 'transition' phase of their service, please continue to access and utilise our free resources. A further update on HeadStart and the future will be coming soon.