Five Years of Fun, Friendship and Family! St Alban’s Baby & Toddler CIC Celebrates Special Milestone.
St Alban’s Baby & Toddler CIC celebrated its fifth birthday with a fantastic community party on Sunday 1 November, bringing
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Children
Havering welcomes approval of SEND Reform Plan
Havering’s Special Education Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Reform Plan has been approved, marking a significant milestone for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities. Havering Council has welcomed the Department for Education’s…
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New Havering Council Family Hub To Provide Wider Family Services.
A new family hub has officially opened in Havering to improve the health and development of local children. St Kilda Children’s Centre has become St Kilda Family Hub and will bring together Health, Education and…
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HAVERING OBESITY FIGURES REVEALED AS HAROLD HILL IDENTIFIED AS PRIORITY AREA
Almost one in four adults in Havering were living with obesity in the latest available figures, while Harold Hill has
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Parents Seek Reassurance After Two Serious Safeguarding Incidents Affect School Community In Romford.
Concerned parents have called for greater reassurance after two alleged serious safeguarding incidents involving children travelling to and from The
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Dagenham and Rainham MP Welcomes New Scheme To Attract Nursery Teachers.
News from the Member of Parliament for Dagenham and Rainham-Margaret Mullane MP. The Labour government will attract more qualified teachers to nurseries
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Children As Young As 10 Caught Up In London’s Growing Knife Crime Crisis
Children across London are getting younger when it comes to carrying and using knives, with shocking new figures revealing just
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Havering SEND Parents Calls for Families to Make Their Voices Heard on Schools White Paper.
Samantha Jobber -SEND Parent and Advocate writes in the Havering Daily. As a parent to four children with Special Educational
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Government’s Schools White Paper Lacks Clarity And Legal Protection Havering Campaigner Hits Out.
The UK Government’s schools white paper has raised concerns among parents and educators about whether children with complex needs will receive the support they require.
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No Remorse, No Justice: Should Child Murderers Be Tried as Adults?
Frequently, those who take a life with a knife are themselves children and show very little remorse. This raises a difficult but pressing question: should some young offenders be tried as adults and face harsher sentences?
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Hornchurch Hosts Exciting Children’s Pottery Exhibition
The exhibition was organised by sculptor and pottery instructor, Lindsay Matthews, for children from as young as 6 all the way to 14 years old.
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The Hidden Poverty Crisis in Havering: Are We Turning a Blind Eye?
In Havering, it’s easy to assume poverty is someone else’s problem. But beneath the surface lies a stark reality: thousands of residents—children, pensioners, and working adults—are quietly struggling to make ends meet.
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Where Can Our Children Go? A Call For More Youth Activities In Havering.
As parents across Havering head to work over the Easter holidays, countless children are being left to their own devices—literally and figuratively—with little to no access to meaningful activities or safe spaces.
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Spread A Smile-Charity That Brings Joy To Sick Children Announces Partnership With Queen’s Hospital.
Spread a Smile, has announced a new partnership, with Queen’s Hospital in Romford, part of Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust.
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Havering Emotional Support Team Support Local Children In School.
The Havering Emotional Support Team (HEST) supports children and young people who may be experiencing mild to moderate emotional wellbeing difficulties in educational settings as part of the Whole School Approach.
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Record number of children under 5 admitted to Queen’s Hospital with breathing difficulties.
In 2023, the latest figures available, 2142 children under five were admitted to Queen’s Hospital with respiratory difficulties. Across 22 London hospitals surveyed, more than 15,000 children were admitted with serious breathing difficulties. .
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Knife crime is out of control-12 year old children found guilty of stabbing to death 19 year.
Bereaved parents have been begging and pleading for help to stop knife crime. Nobody has listened and here we are, with two 12 year old children found guilty of killing a 19 year old.
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Data reveals a staggering 68% of Havering adults are obese.
The data shows that one in five children aged between four and five years old are obese or overweight, as are two in five aged between ten and eleven.
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‘You are out of touch with our children’s rights and safety’-Parents hit back at Councillors over travel rights for children with disabilities.
Human rights go beyond politics and Labour counsellors Pat Brown and Franky Walker – along with Havering Conservatives, including Cllr Judith Holt, Cllr David Taylor and Havering Conservatives leader and London Assembly member, Cllr Keith Prince – spoke up for children with disabilities and their carers,
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‘The Tory government has failed our children’-Margaret Mullane.
There is no more important indicator of the state of a country than the wellbeing of its children. The Tory Government has failed our children.
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