Tag: Children and Families

Good sports: medals all round at Spartans mini-Olympics

More than 200 local primary school children took part in a 14-sport ‘Mini-Olympics’ at Spartans Community Football Academy’s Ainslie Park home yesterday. The pupils aged 10-12 enjoyed rugby, cycling, athletics, football, and relay races as part of a programme to help introduce young people to sport and the psychological and physiological benefits it brings. Continue reading Good sports: medals all round at Spartans mini-Olympics

Study cuts time young patients spend in intensive care

Changing the way hospital staff respond to changes in the clinical condition of young patients could help to avoid a trip to intensive care, an Edinburgh study has revealed. Most children admitted to hospital recover on hospital wards, however, some may become more unwell, at times quite rapidly – but training staff to react to early symptoms could save lives and improve patient outcomes, says the study’s lead Dr Ulf Theilen. Continue reading Study cuts time young patients spend in intensive care

Local mums say: it’s All About Me!

Hi

We have been attending the ‘All About Me‘ group on a Monday morning. We have been taking part in various training and upskilling courses and improving our health and wellbeing. Unfortunately, due to our funding ending in September, the group will no longer run.

We decided to make a film about how difficult it is to gain employment when you are a lone parent: lack of suitable jobs, lack of childcare, housing issues, to name a few!

We would love if you could join us for a viewing of our film and to see some of the work we have been doing over the last few years.

Look forward to seeing you on the 5th June.

The Mums 

Charity reports ‘staggering’ rise in domestic abuse figures

  • Grants to families affected by domestic abuse rose by 22% (between 2015 and 2016)
  • 42% of grants awarded by Buttle UK last year were to support babies and children, four and under, exposed to domestic abuse.  The number of those four and under increased by 35% between 2015 and 2016
  • Domestic abuse is the primary reason why Buttle UK gets referrals for family support
  • Charity shows that a fast, timely and targeted intervention can have a long-term, positive and profound affect on child affected by domestic abuse 
  • Charity calls on Government for dedicated policy on domestic abuse which recognisees the needs of children, making them a priority
  • Charity calls for systemic change in the way support services function to account for the needs of children

Figures released today by Buttle UK – a UK-wide charity providing financial support to help children (up to the age of 18) in crisis – has shown a staggering growth in the number of young victims exposed to domestic abuse.
Continue reading Charity reports ‘staggering’ rise in domestic abuse figures

Under age drinking: new legislation to tackle ‘drinking dens’

It will be an offence to give or make alcohol available to a child or young person for consumption in a public place from today (Monday 15 May). The provision is part of the alcohol licensing section of the Air Weapons and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2015 and is in place to help Police Scotland better tackle outdoor drinking dens. Continue reading Under age drinking: new legislation to tackle ‘drinking dens’

Poverty making children sick, say doctors

Paediatricians reveal health impact on millions of UK children living in poverty

 Poverty and low income is seriously affecting the health of UK children according to paediatricians – and any new Government must tackle health inequalities or risk storing up health problems for future generations, according to a new report from the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) and Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG). Continue reading Poverty making children sick, say doctors

Two-child limit for Universal Credit will consign 200,000 more children to poverty

New cuts limiting universal credit to the first two children in a family will push another 200,000 children below the official poverty line, new analysis from the Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) and the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has shown. Continue reading Two-child limit for Universal Credit will consign 200,000 more children to poverty

Home truths: benefits cuts biting deep

On Tuesday next week M, a local mum and her young family, will lose their home. M and her children are the next family among dozens of local women and children who will find themselves homeless through no fault of their own over the coming weeks – and North Edinburgh groups have joined forces to demand changes to the system. Continue reading Home truths: benefits cuts biting deep