For professionals who work with parents

The Money and Pensions Service hugely successful programme, ‘Talk Learn Do: Parents Kids and Money’ demonstrates that supporting parents to develop the confidence and skills to talk to and teach their children about money can positively impact on the financial wellbeing of both parents and children. Since 2016, we have worked with over 1,500 professionals across the UK to deliver TLD to parents and carers they support. We are now looking to upskill more professionals so they can deliver Talk Learn Do to parents they work with.

What is Talk Learn Do (TLD)?
TLD is a facilitator led group session that encourages parents of 3–11-year-olds to talk to their children about money and create opportunities for their children to experience managing it. The programme provides parents with tools, ideas, and fun activities to help include money in everyday conversations and activities.
With the increase in personal finance related news and ongoing cost of living pressures, there continues to be a demand for financial wellbeing work with parents and training for professionals who support them.

We are working with Campaign for Learning and Quaker Social Action to expand our training programme for professionals who support parents across the UK. The training is free and open to organisations across the UK. Each organisation will initially be allocated one training space on a first come first served basis. Further spaces to be allocated if available.
Timing
• Weds 16th November
• Wednesday 23rd November
• Wednesday 7th December PM
• Thursday 12th Jan
• Tuesday 17th January
• Wednesday 8th February
The workshop sessions are expected to run for three to four hours with breaks in-between.
Location
Training will take place virtual
Requirements
Participants will be expected to take part in an optional short survey before and after the training. This will help MaPS to understand the effectiveness of the training.
For further information and to indicate interest, please send an email to Evelyn Omoike: evelyn.omoike@maps.org.uk

The Journey to making that happen

As stated in the Let’s Move Lincolnshire strategy, Active Lincolnshire believe that each of us should have access to spaces, facilities, services and support that empowers us to be active, fueling good physical and mental health, raising living standards and helping us feel part of our communities. Activity should be a natural part of our lives no matter who we are and not dependent on ability, background, gender, bank balance or postcode.

Sadly, this is not yet the case in Lincolnshire. To address this, we require a conscious effort to understand and address the inequalities faced by less active residents. While in reality, people aren’t just defined by ability, ethnicity, gender, income or anything else, there are clear patterns in the lives and backgrounds of people who feel social excluded from physical activity. We decided that we can’t look at any one factor in isolation, but instead must be prepared to embrace the complexities of people’s lives.

The past has taught us that we cannot do this alone, we must apply a user-led approach and bring the lived experiences of others to the table to enable us to remove barriers and create positive environments that allow everyone to be active in the ways they choose.

We have committed to working in collaboration with stakeholders, organisations, businesses, policymakers, statutory bodies, community leaders and residents to create the changes Lincolnshire needs to be equitable.

The start of making this happen is to bring together stakeholders to explore HOW we work together to ensure the work of Active Lincolnshire and the Let’s Move Lincolnshire partners is informed by, and representative of, the needs and experiences of the people facing the greatest barriers to accessing and participating in physical activity.

18 stakeholders, from organisations representing disabled people, ethnically diverse communities, women and girls, people with health conditions came together for our first Equality, Diversity and Inclusion workshop to debate three key areas.

• Establishing an advisory group to inform the strategic direction and prioritisation of the Let’s Move Lincolnshire strategy. We debated the remit, membership, deliverables, and structure to inform the coming terms of reference.
• Working together beyond the steering group to bring the knowledge and expertise of individual organisations and individuals to ensure the work better serves residents. The group identified ideas and actions to take across all layers of the system from policy to individuals, including advocacy roles, improvements to websites, communications, physical environments, recruitment and skills development.
• Identifying success. How we measure and evidence the impact of our work to tackle inequalities.

This workshop was the first time we’ve tried to work across all the protected characteristic groups and address inequality as a whole rather than group by group. We didn’t know if it would work, but we’re delighted that it did. We’re excited by the people in the room and those that want to be part of this group but were unable to attend this inaugural meeting. There is a real sense of common purpose with bold ambitions and simple but effective ideas being brought into the mix with a willingness to collaborate and build on each other’s learning, knowledge, and resource.

If you’d like to get involved please contact Ian Brown, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Manager.

Focus on Pre and Post Natal Physical Activity

Connecting Physical Activity and Health

In this month’s newsletter we focus on our work supporting pre and postnatal physical activity. Over the past couple of years, we have been working closely with Better Births Lincolnshire, ULHT Maternity Services and the physical activity sector to upskill the workforce and advocate the benefits of being physically active before, during pregnancy and the postpartum period with an aim of increasing physical activity levels from conception to reception age.

Pre & Postnatal Physical Activity Network In mid-October we held our first Lincolnshire Pre & Postnatal Physical Activity Network meeting where 12 physical activity providers from across the county came together to discuss current opportunities, barriers faced by new and expectant mothers in accessing provision and thoughts for the future. The next meeting is taking place on 7th December and we would be keen to hear from anyone who is currently delivering sessions/activities specifically for expectant and/or new mum’s, or anyone that holds a qualification in the subject, or shares our interest in ensuring these women have access to suitable and accessible physical activity in Lincolnshire. If you would like to hear more about this work, please get in touch with Donna Sutton.

Email Donna Sutton

Upskilling the Workforce: Pre and Postnatal Physical ActivitySince the start of our work in this area we have so far funded 20 physical activity instructors across Lincolnshire to undertake their Level 3 Pre & Postnatal Exercise and Nutrition qualification to upskill and gain the knowledge and understanding to develop safe and effective sessions for each stage of pregnancy and during the postnatal period. With a few more funded spaces available we are working with local providers in the sector to fill gaps in provision across the county. Specific focus areas moving forward include the East Coast and South Lincolnshire.Training OpportunitiesOther training opportunities include the Health Education England (HEE) e-learning for healthcare module Pregnancy and Postnatal Period: Being Active. Once you have completed the HEE module you will become eligible to become a physical activity Ambassador for Lincolnshire through the Active Pregnancy Foundation Ambassador Training. The training costs £175 but there may be a couple of funded places available through Active Lincolnshire. Follow the link below to find out more about the above training and other upskilling opportunities or get in touch with Donna Sutton to enquire about a funded place.

Find out more

Mablethorpe Modelling Blog by Matt Evans Our Active People and Place Manager, Matt Evans, reflects on a recent visit to Mablethorpe, and asks the question “What does a place need in order to embed physical activity within its local health and care system?”

Read the Blog

Let’s Talk: Pregnancy and Fitness Jamie-Lee, Group Exercise Co-ordinator at Active Nation Lincoln, delivers multiple Les Mills classes every week from their Birchwood and Yarborough locations. In this post Jamie-Lee who is currently heading towards the end of her own pregnancy talks about her recommendations for pregnant women and physical activity. Follow the link to read more and watch her video.

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TO JOIN THE TASK AND FINISH GROUPS FOR THE COST OF LIVING CHALLENGE

You may be aware Lincolnshire has created a Cost of Living Challenge Task and Finish Group to address the current economic climate and its impact on households and businesses etc.  LVET is part of this work and a member of the T&F Group.  This has led to the development of 4 subgroup workstreams: Warm Spaces, Economic Resource, Food Support and Communications.  We have attached a draft document for the subgroup responsibilities and keen to have further voluntary sector representation across the four groups.  There will be LVET representation for the wider voluntary sector perspective, but it would be good to have local VCSE sector groups involvement and to be able to share this opportunity with other voluntary and community sector organisations across the County.

If you are unable to get involved for whatever reason in the above subgroup streams, there will be opportunities through LVET to share your thoughts and get involved that way.

If you would like to be involved or have any questions, please email (emily.ward@lvet.org) with your name, organisation, job title and which of the subgroup you are interested in by Friday 18^th November 2022.

All Working groups will:

1. Working Group Lead to coordinate with the other subgroup chairs to share knowledge, report progress and emerging concerns collectively to the Lincolnshire Cost of Living Challenge Group
2. Working Group Lead to report progress to the Lincolnshire Cost of Living Challenge Group
3. Working Group Lead to report emerging concerns to the Lincolnshire Cost of Living Challenge Group

Actions:

1. The four subgroup leads will meet on a fortnightly basis to update on progress, share learnings and respond to feedback regarding emerging pressures. An update from this meeting with be shared with the Cost of Living Challenge groups ahead of the fortnightly meeting.
2. Each subgroup lead will approach nominated and required colleagues representing organisations form the Cost of Living Challenge group to  create the working the specific groups to take actions forward

Draft responsibilities of the 4 Subgroup Workstreams:

Warm spaces: Claire Moses/ group members to be established

1. responding to feedback regarding pressures

Economic Resource: Martin Walmsley/ group members:

Food Support: Nova Roberts/group members to be established

1. Provide a link to the objectives set by the Lincolnshire Cost of Living Challenge Group and pressures identified from all key stakeholders.
2. Provide localised feedback on challenges to the access and supply of food and use of Food Banks  
3. To understand how the districts and stakeholders can further support residents accessing the Food Support
4. To understand how the districts and stakeholders can communicate and signpost to Food support
5. Co-ordinate activities in response to the actions directed by the Lincolnshire Cost of Living Challenge Group

Communications: Joint leads Sarah Curtiss and Steven Welsby/group members to be established

1. To provide targeted communications directing people towards helpful local and national resources and links
2. To work with other CoL group chairs to ensure consistent messaging is delivered in a consistent manner across the county
3. To liaise with partners and ensure messaging is clear and concise and doesn’t promise anything that can’t be delivered
4. To ensure all communications are delivered in an empathetic and positive way were appropriate
5. To build trust with customers that the advice they are receiving is balanced and not biased in any way
6. To analyse what is being done to communicate support nationally in order to learn from previous campaigns to get the best possible outcome

Membership to each group to be finalised (those already confirmed detailed below):

Warm Spaces

Lead: Claire Moses, South Kesteven District Council

• Paul Carrick, City of Lincoln Council
• Nichola Holderness, South East Lincs Partnership
• Diane Krochmal, West Lindsey District Council
• Evonne Rogers, North Kesteven District Council
• Sian Wade, Transform Lincoln
• Karen Whitfield, South Kesteven District Council

Economic

Lead: Martin Walmsley, City of Lincoln Council and North Kesteven District Council

• Paul Carrick, City of Lincoln Council
• Sue Fortune, Lincolnshire Community Foundation
• Simon Hawking, Acts Trust
• Caroline Killeavy, Lincolnshire YMCA       
• Graham Metcalfe, Department for Work and Pensions

Food Support

Lead: Nova Roberts, West Lindsey District Council

• Carol Drury, South Kesteven District Council
• Jon Hinde, InvestSK
• Evonne Rogers, North Kesteven District Council
• Grant White, West Lindsey District Council
• Amy Colley, Lincoln Food Bank TBC

Communications

Leads: Sarah Curtiss and Steven Welsby

• Patrick Astill, South Kesteven District Council
• Abi Cuffling, West Lindsey District Council
• Other TBC from NKDC  (Hannah Williams or Helen Pack) 

TBC Representatives from City of Lincoln Council, , Boston Borough/East Lindsey/South Holland District Council

A County giving together at times of crisis

HELP RAISE £1M, SO GREATER LINCOLNSHIRE COMMUNITIES CAN THRIVE DURING THE COST OF LIVING CRISIS.

Thrive Lincolnshire – How is your organisation standing up to the cost of living crisis? We’d like your help to demonstrate the need for funding, when approaching corporates, funders, businesses and individuals to support, endorse and donate to our appeal. 

We need you, the organisations to tell us how your vital services across Greater Lincolnshire will be delivered to those most affected by the increased cost of living crisis.

Thrive Lincolnshire is a campaign to raise £1M, by inviting individuals, corporate and other partners to donate to the appeal. We’re aiming to start making grants to organisations as soon as possible and will fund crucial work such as debt advice, warm spaces, food banks, domestic abuse, mental health, families, people with disabilities, older people etc.

Please note this is for our information only and may be compiled into a report for potential donors and publicity material, THIS IS NOT A FUNDING APPLICATION. Any personal information will be omitted before sharing data in order to comply with current GDPR regulation.
https://lincolnshirecf.co.uk/

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Energy saving tips for charities

The Third Sector Network is offering tips for charities to save on their energy usage.

They also offer online workshops, charity networking, events and support. Please see the link at the bottom of this page for further details and to sign up for their newsletter.

This Week: Energy Saving Tips For Charities

1 – Switch Things Off! OK, this is starting pretty basic, but we all fall short on this. Stuff like microwaves, PCs, office printers are often left on or on standby. That digital display on the microwave needs electricity. Add it all together, every day and it adds up, trust us! Switch them off at the plug at night. 2 – Consider an ‘Energy Audit’ If you do a bit of ‘Googling’ you can occasionally find energy providers and other firms offering free assessments of your energy use. A professional comes out, assesses what you’re using and this helps you identify potential savings. 3 – Use Your Curtains and Blinds. Wisely If you let as much sunlight shine in through windows as possible, it warms rooms and reduces the need for heating. But, make sure you’re closing them at sunset too as they help reduce the amount of heat loss through conduction out the window. 4 – Make Hot Drinks in Batches If you are making tea for three people, you don’t need to fill the kettle. Got leftover boiling water in the kettle? Pour the excess into a flask and it’ll be fine for a fresh tea/coffee 30 minutes later. We’re not advocating drinks rationing, but if you boil the (full) kettle 3x less every day, that could save you up to £200 a year! 5 – Invest in Energy Efficient Items Right now, money is tight, we get it. But energy prices aren’t coming down anytime soon, possibly not for years. Older electricals are less energy efficient and investing in energy efficient devices may seem costly now but will save you money in the long term and help with financial sustainability going forwards. Energy savings LED lights pay for themselves eventually!

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