Children and Family Action is a community organisation
based in the seaside town of Withernsea:
Our aims are to advise the local community on the following....
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Finding
and Preparing for Employment
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Claiming
the benefits your are entitled to
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Lone
Parenting support
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Training
for work or education
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Volunteering
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Finding
the right funding for your group or organization
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Free
Confidential advice via the Hush Club (to find out more follow link)
Our Projects....
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Lone
Parent Benefits Advisor
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Referral
agency for other projects
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Childcare
issues/training
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Funding
Advice
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HUSH Club
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Fathers
Project
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Play
opportunities
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Volunteering opportunities
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Children’s Arts Festival.
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Family Outings
Who manages us?
We have a voluntary management committee made up from:
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Parent
Members
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Local
Voluntary sector Members
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Elected
officers of the Council
How are we funded?
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We are
core funded by the Big Lottery fund
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We grant
find for individual project funding to enable us to provide specific
activities for children and families such as annual outings.
What do we aim to do?
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Involve
local people in volunteering through training, projects and events,
which increase their chances to access paid work.
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To
promote and support the out of school clubs, help to develop child care
provisions in Withernsea and Southern Holderness.
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To enable
groups to access resources and information around issues of childcare,
benefits, training and employment.
To consult with the local community to identify the childcare, training,
employment and social needs of the local populations and work with other
agencies and volunteers to meet those needs.
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