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We interviewed Mel*, a mother who attended our online Strengthening Families, Strengthening Communities course run in association with Skylarks this autumn, to find out how the experience helped her. Welcare's ongoing partnership with Skylarks dates back over the past three years, and this course was made possible through funding from the Richmond Parish Lands Charity.

In East Surrey, playworker Hina has managed to adapt her usual group programmes into 1:1 sessions with parents/carers and their young children.

This weekend Anna Khan, Welcare's CEO, visited Keston Church in Bromley to address the congregation and thank them for their support of Welcare over this year.

Welcare has recently secured funding from the Youth Endowment Fund Covid-19 grant. This is to facilitate work with families referred to us by Lambeth Children, Youth and Family Services, in conjunction with Lambeth Youth Offending Service, supporting young people and their families who have a child or sibling already in the criminal justice system or at severe risk of being so.

Funding from the Coronavirus Community Support Fund, distributed by The National Lottery Community Fund, will help us work alongside more parents and children in Inner London, especially those families with more complex challenges and increased exposure to harm. Thanks to the Government for making this possible

We are thrilled to have been awarded a grant from BBC Children In Need to expand our work in Bromley and South East London with children who have been exposed to domestic abuse. Through this funding we will be able to help more children and young people aged 8-13 through our online and one-to-one support.

Congratulations to Ruth Martin who is the Diocesan Secretary and Trustee of Welcare. She and six others were awarded the Lancelot Andrewes Medal by Bishop Christopher for distinguished service during the pandemic on Sunday 27th September. As Diocesan Secretary, Ruth worked with Bishop Christopher on the Coronavirus Task Group.

Our social worker manager, Barbara Wilson has been working over the summer with children and families anxious about the return to school. Given the unprecedented circumstances this year has brought and five months away from the routine of school attendance Welcare staff have had to work differently to continue to work with families and children who are most in need.

We are delighted to be awarded a £7,340 grant for our work in Lambeth from Lambeth CLIPs.  This will enable us to deliver digital, phone support and group work to children and families who are in need, including those affected by domestic abuse, income deprivation and mental ill health.  

Staff and volunteers in our East Surrey centre have been going the extra mile - sometimes literally - to find creative ways to engage safely with service users this summer, and continue their work while adhering to the restrictions of social distancing.

We are thrilled to have been awarded £36,661 from the Youth Endowment Fund Covid-19 grant round to fund our work for twelve months in Inner London with families referred to us by the Youth Offending Service.  We will be working with young people, their parents and siblings with multiple risk factors for involvement in youth violence and offending behaviour in later life.  We will focus on working with identified of those experiencing emotional and physical trauma by delivering virtual support groups and individual one-to-one support for young people and the online parenting programme Strengthening Families Strengthening Communities and one-to-one family support for parents.

We are thrilled to be awarded a grant from @CommsLinksBromley for our work with children and families exposed to domestic abuse in Bromley and we would especially like to thank the Direct Line Group who gave the money!   Grants like this enable us to continue to provide both practical and emotional support as this case study shows.  

As you can imagine after 12 weeks of lockdown the front drive of the East Surrey centre was looking a little tired and overgrown.