Page 3 . . . Top ten benefits to stopping smoking!

SureStart Grantham aims to give children under the age of 5 in Earlesfield and Harrowby/St Annes the very best start in life. Many activities are open to parents and carers with children under the age of 5 living in Grantham.

Page 7 . . . SureStart Grantham families win second place in Grantham Carnival Float Parade

Autumn 2005

To benefit from SureStart Grantham services…or to ask questions…call us on 01476 590034

Firemen at Grantham Fire Station teach SureStart Grantham families ‘valuable lessons’ in fire safety SureStart Grantham families had a safety talk on all the dangers of fire and how to plan an escape route from your home. The children all listened very carefully

but couldn’t wait to look around the fire engines!

At last, the children were shown inside and outside of the fire engines and the firemen showed the children all the equipment, how to use it and explained what it was used for. Some children dressed up in the firemen’s uniforms! To end a very busy day, the children had a tour around the Fire Station.

Louise Clark, SureStart Community Nursery Nurse said, ‘It’s been a great

day out for all of our families, just to see the excited looks on the children’s faces when they saw the ‘big red fire engines’ has made it all worth while! All the children got a chance to play on the fire engines and even got to use some of the hoses.

If you would like information on fire safety please telephone the Grantham Fire Station on 01476 565441

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More services and activities which can help with social and emotional development are Home Start, Multiple Madness, Relate and many more! For more information please phone 01476 590034

If a Child If a child lives with criticism – it learns to condemn.If a child lives with hostility – it learns to fight.If a child lives with ridicule – it leans to be shy.If a child lives with shame – it learns to be guilty.If a child lives with tolerance – it learns to be patient.If a child lives with encouragement – it learns confidence.If a child lives with praise – it learns to appreciate.If a child lives with fairness – it learns justice.If a child lives with security – it learns to have faith.If a child lives with approval – it learns to like itself.

Improving social and emotional development

Twenty five ways to say ‘Well Done’To encourage better behaviour in our children and to build their self esteem here are a few ideas and words to appreciate them and recognise their achievements.

If a child lives with acceptance and friendship. It learns to find love both in itself and in the world. A message to think about From Louise Clark the Community Nursery Nurse.

Super job

OutstandingGreat

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You’re importantFantastic job

You tried hard

You’re a starYou’re wonderful

Terrific

Marvellous

Beautiful

A big hug

A big smile

Thumbs up

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Thank youHow nice

What a good listener

I respect you I love you

Good one

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You’re spectacular

Top ten benefits of giving up smoking by Sandra Simons 1. Within 20

minutes your blood pressure and pulse return to normal

2. Within 25 minutes your circulation improves, especially to hands and feet.

3. After 8 hours your blood oxygen levels increase to normal and your chances of a heart attack start to fall.

4. After 24 hours your carbon monoxide leaves the body. The lungs start to clear out mucus and debris.

5. After 48 hours your body is now nicotine free. Your sense of taste and smell begin to improve.

6. After 72 hours your breathing is easier, and your energy levels increase.

7. After 2 – 12 weeks your circulation improves throughout the body. Walking and exercise gets easier.

8. After 3 – 9 months breathing problems, coughing, shortness of breath and wheezing improve. Lung efficiency is increased by 5 – 10%.

9. After 5 years a risk of having a heart attack falls to about half that of a smoker.

10. After 10 years risk of lung cancer falls to around half that of a smoker. Risk of a heart attack falls to around the same as someone who has never smoked.

New Sexual Health Drop-in Clinic As from June 2005 Outreach Sexual Health Drop-in

clinics have commenced running on alternative weeks at Harrowby SureStart Centre, Belton Lane Primary School and at the Earlesfield SureStart Centre, Trent Road. Open on Thursdays during term time, 3.30 – 5.00pm.

The Drop-in clinics are run by Julie Loveless, School Nurse and Sexual Health Worker,

no appointment is needed. The clinics offer confidential advice, as well as pregnancy testing and free condoms. If necessary people can be signposted to the appropriate agency such as the Family Planning Clinic, GP or Genital-urinary Medicine Clinic (GUM).

The clinics give the opportunity for young people particularly to make informed choices as regard to their sexual health.People of all ages within the locality can access the facility which has a welcoming and friendly atmosphere.

Improving health

If you have thought about or would like to stop smoking please phone our friendly phoenix smoking cessation advisor Sandra Simons on 0777 5995179.

More services and activities which can help with improving your health are Health walks, Baby massage/Living with baby, Splash and Swimming and many more!

Group aims

The group which has now been running for a number of weeks has proved very popular with parents. SureStart Grantham and Home Start have five sets of twins attending and one set of triplets. The parents find it very useful having a place which is large enough for everyone. Marie, of Hudson Way, Grantham, said the hardest thing is taking the twins out. She said: ‘my best friend has triplets and we cannot go anywhere for lunch because nowhere have enough high chairs for them all!’Group co-ordinators also organise visits by health visitors to talk to the parents and give advice.

Improving the ability to learn

It takes a lot of time and patience to care for one baby, but caring for twins means ‘double the trouble!’ That’s why SureStart Grantham and Home Start have established a support group for parents who have experienced multiple births.

Multiple Madness

More services and activities which can help with improving the ability to learn are Parent & Toddler Sessions, Mobile library, Joe Jingles and many more! For more information please phone 01476 590034.

Meeting times

The group meets every Wednesday from 1pm until 3pm at the Harrowby SureStart Centre, Belton Lane Primary School. For more information contact Sarah High at Home Start (Tel: 01476 592925) or Sara Partridge at SureStart Grantham (Tel: 01476 407443).

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Strengthening families and communities

SureStart Grantham has joined up with Lincoln Women’s Aid to assist victims of domestic violence. SureStart Grantham funding allows support from a worker within the SureStart areas two days per week, this can either be one to one support or group support for women and children who are experiencing or have experienced Domestic Violence.

One in four women will experience Domestic Violence at some point in their lives. This often starts or intensifies during pregnancy. The abuse can be emotional, physical, sexual or financial. Domestic Violence does not discriminate, it can happen to anyone.

If you are a women wanting confidential support, information or advice you can contact Grantham Women’s Centre on:

Telephone 01476 561131

Mobile 07889 765645

Email grantham_womens_centre@hotmail.com

Women’s Aid/Refuge National Number 0808 2000 247

We must remember that it is not always the female in a relationship who is suffering from Domestic Violence it can also be the male. For men who want confidential advice and support you can contact:

Lincoln man 01522 545163

Mankind 01643 863352

Email www.batteredmen.com

For men who wish to change their abusive behaviour please contact:

Respect 08451 228 609

Two more new services are:

• Credit Union – Debt and saving advice in group meetings or on a one to one.

• Legal Advice – Ringrose Law Group provides a drop in service which offers friendly advice and support on legal matters, housing, money problems and family law.

NEW SERVICE: Support from Women’s Aid

More serives and activities which can help with strengthening families and communities are Yes 4 learning, Training courses, Volunteering opportunities and many more! For more information please phone 01476 590034

Local parents overjoyed as SureStart Grantham’s float wins prize at Grantham Carnival!

SureStart Grantham parents and staff worked extremely hard in the 12 weeks running up to the Carnival weekend by making scenery and costumes for their Peter Pan themed float.SureStart parents and staff under took a whole range of preparation from a visit to Skegness recycling centre, to see what useful ‘props’ could be picked up for use on either the float or for costumes, to the parents ‘polishing up’ on their needle work skills!Thoughts for next years Grantham Carnival are with SureStart families already - the theme being ‘Holidays!’ With the help of SureStart Grantham families and staff next year we are determined to gain that extra point plus one or

two more and come back with first place!

A big thank you to all who helped in any way, without the help of all of

you, no matter how much time you gave; we could not have achieved this result without you all!

CONGRATULATIONS AND WELL DONE!!!

SureStart Grantham entered the Grantham Carnival float contest for the very first time this year on Saturday 18th June...and gained second place in the non commercial section

narrowly missing first place by one point!

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National SureStart Month Competition WinnersHow many sweets in the jar?Is the question Sam Frisby 10, from Shakespeare Avenue, Grantham guessed correctly. Well done Sam, enjoy your sweets!

Guess the five SureStart Grantham targetsRuth Featherstone, from Queensway, Grantham won £50.00 in ASDA vouchers for picking the five correct SureStart targets from a list of eight, which contained red herrings. Well done Ruth!

SureStart Grantham’s News

From 31st July 2005 we have 311 families registered with SureStart Grantham, that’s approximately 65% of eligible families! Eligible families are those living in SureStart postcodes in Earlesfield and Harrowby/St Anne’s. And we have 95 families registered out of area! If you aren’t already registered, get down to your nearest SureStart and ‘Get Registered!’ Keep up the good work everyone! Pat Peck, Business Support Officer

SureStart Grantham’s Family Registrations are on the up!

New Staff, New Services!September 2005 brings two new staff to the SureStart Grantham team.

Josie Scott is SureStart Grantham’s new Health Visitor. Josie has been a registered nurse since 1995 and commenced her Health Visitor studies in Southampton in 1997. She has been working as a health visitor for the past 5 years. Josie will be looking at health promotion and focusing on prevention rather that cures. Josie said, ‘I gain the most job satisfaction when promoting positive health!’

Jayne Kappen is the new Community Family Worker. Jayne will

be running the Positive Parent Groups and will act as first point of contact for families requesting additional support.

The team at SureStart Grantham wish them a very ‘warm welcome.’

Children’s Centre Build’s Update

Jayne Kappen

Earlesfield

The planned SureStart Children’s Centre build on Swingbridge Road received planning permission in July 2005. However an alternative option to the above build is being considered. The alternative option being investigated is to build onto the existing rented SureStart Annex and also converting existing classrooms and building onto Spitalgate School.

Both these options were explored at the outset of the planned build, however building onto the existing Annex on its own would not provide sufficient space, and there were restrictive conditions to building onto Spitalgate School, which have now been withdrawn. A decision is likely to be made in autumn.

Harrowby

After having approval and funding confirmed by the SureStart Unit, work has started and is progressing. Total funding for the project is £854,550 it’s broken down as follows; £404,500 from SureStart Grantham Capital, £400,000 from Lincolnshire County Council Children’s Centre funding, and £50,000 from the Library Service funding.

The first phase is in the completion of the refurbishment of the existing wing from which early education and childcare will be provided; this is due for completion by September 2005. The second phase is the completion of the new build. This is due for completion in February 2006.

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