GRIMSBY Town Football Club have become the first business in North East Lincolnshire to sign-up to the Council’s new foster-friendly scheme. The scheme encourages businesses in our area to sign-up to support employees who are also foster carers. Foster carers provide homes for vulnerable children and young people. Many of these young people need support…
26 mins ago | Children and families
No two days are the same in a nursery or pre-school working with small children, and now is your chance to discover more about working in the childcare sector. Working in a nursery or pre-school setting can be incredibly rewarding, giving you a chance to take a leading role in the early development of children….
3 weeks ago | Adult skillsFREE sessions have been arranged to offer local people an opportunity to find out more about childminding. The two virtual sessions will offer advice and guidance on how to get set up as a childminder, look at support that’s available, and find out more about the role. Childminders offer professional home-from-home childcare and early education,…
3 weeks ago | Adult skillsFORTY Easter eggs have been donated to local vulnerable people by supermarket, Morrisons. For the second year in a row, Morrisons on Laceby Road, Grimsby, has donated chocolate eggs to children living in the care of the Council. Last year, the supermarket offered over twenty eggs to those young people living in Children’s Homes…
3 weeks ago | Children and families
A Jobs Fair will take place at Grimsby Town Hall next week to showcase the wealth of jobs available in the childcare sector, with some carrying cash incentives. A job in early years and childcare is unique and rewarding. You get to be part of a child’s early education and help to shape their future….
1 month ago | Children and familiesA “stand on the land” event took place on the site of what will be the new Horizon Youth Zone located in Grimsby town centre in the former West Haven Maltings and Migar House buildings. Key supporters including Cornerstone and Founder Patrons, and Horizon Youth Zone board members, were invited onto the construction site to…
2 months ago | Children and families
Parents and carers of children who are due to transfer to secondary school in September have been notified of their child’s school place allocation decision. A total of 1957 applications were received for children living in North East Lincolnshire by the published closing date. Of those 91.01% were offered their first preference school, 5.37% were…
2 months ago | Children and familiesTHE recruitment of a new social care leadership team for the Council’s children’s services has “groundbreaking potential” according to a leading Councillor in North East Lincolnshire. Ann-Marie Matson, Director of Children’s Services, joined the Council last December. Since then, a number of new Service Directors and Deputy Service Directors have been recruited by the local…
2 months ago | Children and families
YOUNG carers in North East Lincolnshire have thanked Grimsby’s Community Recycling Centre after being chosen for a £2,000 donation. The money, collected from donations made by visitors to the Recycling Centre, commonly known as Grimsby ‘tip’, is gathered up each year and donated to a number of chosen charities. North East Lincolnshire’s Young Carers have…
2 months ago | Children and families
THE future of children living in North East Lincolnshire is a priority under the Council’s new vision for children’s services, according to new Director, Ann-Marie Matson. Ms Matson spoke with staff last week at an event to unveil the Council’s new vision for the service. During the event, the new director of children’s services described…
2 months ago | Children and families