News
The Listen to Me Awards are back!
On Wednesday 7th June we will be hosting our annual Listen To Me Awards.
Would you like the opportunity to work at the Golf Open in Hoylake?
Bazaar @ Bloom Building by Open Door Charity
Bazaar is a free mental health support programme by Open Door Charity, an innovative and modern provider of mental health services. We offer support that feels warm and welcoming in our Bloom Building in Birkenhead, a colourful and dynamic hub for the arts and home to a brilliant and supportive community.
The Local Carer's Network TLC Charity
TLC offers free, impartial, and confidential advice to SEND children, young people, and their parents and carers.
"We offer advice around Education, Health, and Care, with the aim of empowering you to make informed decisions about the future. Our aim is to make sure you know whom to ask, where to go and what you are entitled to.
Friday 17th February is National Care Day – a day to celebrate children and young people with care experience!
This year’s theme is What I want you to #KnowAboutCare
Let's Connect - this year's theme of Children's Mental Health Week
On Monday 6th February at Our Space we have Rob Blackburn (Children’s Complaints Officer) and Barnardo’s Staff (Advocacy and Independent Visitors) present to introduce themselves to you and let you know about the services available.
We will also be offering an activity for you to get involved with Children’s Mental Health week, with the support of a representative from the Care Navigator Team embedded with Wirral CAMHS NHS team.
Firstly we have launched our IMO Christmas competition: https://imohub.org.uk/competition-share-your-christmas-message/ (deadline Wednesday 14th December). Every person who enters will get a Christmas present and they will be entered into a prize draw to win a bungee jump and love2shop vouchers. The messages they share will also be published to support other care experienced people through the holiday period.
Your Corporate Parents have made your education and employment one of their priorities. We would like you to tell us how they can improve this. We have put together 4 questions to see if you think your education and employment could be better, and how your corporate parents can help to improve this.
This survey will only take 2 minutes to complete and will help corporate parents understand your views
hatch - holistic approach to children's heath
The hatch Service Offer For young people
Did you know we have an education, employment, and training drop in every first Thursday of the month from 4-6pm?
Come to Our Space between 4 and 6 if you have any questions, need guidance, or help with anything education, employment, and training related.
For more information, contact garethjones@wirral.gov.uk
See the below invite and fact sheet for information about the Home Office's Young People's Board if you are interested you must email juliesmith1@wirral.gov.uk
Jamie Mackie is an Independent Reviewing Officer here at Wirral Council, and he decided to raise money for Wirral’s Care Leavers by running 2 marathons in under 6 hours! Jamie’s experience in succeeding in doing this was amazing, with Jamie sharing that it couldn’t have gone any better.
Rites for girls is a group offering mentoring for girls. They offer things such as girls prepare for puberty and learn how to take charge of their emotional, social, and mental well-being. As well as this, they support their mothers as the girls journey through this pivotal phase. Girls’ Net provides guidance and camaraderie through times of challenge to small groups of same-age girls (aged 8-18) in weekly online sessions. Our Mentors offer tools for coping well and the girls access their inner resources while also realising that they’re not alone.
Stay and play!
Every Thursday from 1-2:30pm starting 6th October.
For babies and toddlers aged 0-4.
At Our Space
Join us for lots of fun!