Calleydown Shortbreak Children’s Home has retained its ‘good’ rating after an Ofsted inspection found that staff were ‘lovely and approachable’ and have created a safe and welcoming atmosphere for visiting children.
Rockmount Primary schoolchildren have been instrumental in creating a new interactive storybook and song with Croydon Council to help boost the mental health of all young children in the borough.
Parents with children aged seven and under can sign up to a free eight-week programme and learn more about looking after their family’s physical, emotional and mental health and much more.
Eligible parents and carers who are pregnant or have children aged under-four can get help to buy healthy food and milk and receive free vitamins.
We are urging teachers, and anyone working with children and young people to support them in completing the health and wellbeing survey by Friday, 10 February.
Children and young people can tell us their views on topics such as mental health, diet, exercise, sleep, relationships, and their general wellbeing.
The borough’s new Croydon Partnership Early Years Strategy aims to provide the 32,000 local children aged under five with the right support at the earliest stage.
Help us to develop our new free training programme that will offer further support and advice to residents who have experienced trauma.
Complete our new survey seeking views from parents, carers and others interested in children's services to inform the Croydon partnership early years strategy published later this year.
Thousands of Croydon children who qualify for free school meals will be offered free activity clubs and healthy meals over the summer and Christmas holidays this year.