Livin’ it up Kingston Carers’ Network, Noble Centre, 109a Blagdon Road, New Malden, KT3 4BD, 020 3031 2757 Registered Charity No. 1151456 Company No. 8376060 Supported by... Autumn 2014 Inside this issue: Teen Zone Zany Zone Recent Activities Parents’ Page News and Updates Dates for your Diary Contact Us! Welcome to the YCP Autumn 2014 Newsletter! What a summer we’ve had! It’s been a fantastic 6 weeks of action-packed fun and we’ve loved every minute! We’re getting our woolly hats out now ready for Autumn. Take a look inside for news, updates and info about what’s coming up!
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Livin’ it up
Kingston Carers’ Network, Noble Centre, 109a Blagdon Road, New Malden, KT3 4BD, 020 3031 2757
Registered Charity No. 1151456 Company No. 8376060
Supported by...
Autumn 2014
Inside this issue:
Teen Zone
Zany Zone
Recent Activities
Parents’ Page
News and Updates
Dates for your Diary
Contact Us!
Welcome to the YCP Autumn 2014 Newsletter!
What a summer we’ve had! It’s been a fantastic 6 weeks of action-packed fun and we’ve loved every minute! We’re
getting our woolly hats out now ready for Autumn. Take a look inside for
Our two camping trips at Walton Firs were amazing.
Crate building, climbing, fires, marshmallows, the Ice Bucket Challenge and not enough sleep made for BRILLIANT trips. We can’t wait until next year for
more of the same!
RESIDENTIAL TRIPS!
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Ten of our young carers were lucky enough to be invited on a four
day YMCA residential trip in Newgale, Wales. We cannot thank the
YMCA staff enough for this fantastic experience. Newgale is a
beautiful setting and everyone thoroughly enjoyed the trip.
THE GIVER FILM REVIEW— HAVE YOU SEEN IT? LET US KNOW WHAT YOU RATE IT! IN A PERFECT WORLD WITHOUT RACISM, CONFLICT OR SICKNESS, 12 YEAR OLD JONAS IS CHOSEN BY THE RECEIVER OF MEMORIES, AND IS TAUGHT HOW TO USE HIS GIFT BY “THE GIVER”. HE LEARNS THAT, MANY YEARS AGO, HIS ANCESTORS GAVE UP THEIR HUMANITY TO CREATE A MORE STABLE SOCIETY. HOWEVER, AS HE UNCOVERS THE TRUTH ABOUT HIS WORLD’S PAST, HE BEGINS TO SUSPECT IT IS NOT AS UTOPIAN AS IT SEEMS.
More than 850,000 children and young people in the UK have been diagnosed with a mental health condition.
If you’re worried about something check out: www.youngminds.org.uk
It’s full of useful advice, support and info.
‘Know Your Rights’ Pack (Young Carers in Focus)
“This pack aims to make you aware of your rights – your human rights, your legal rights, and your rights to access things like benefits, support and advice. Need to know where to find things out in a hurry? The pack has lots of links
to useful and interesting resources that can help you – and help raise awareness about young carers’ issues!”
This pack is really, really useful and has sections on human rights, health and social care, education, bullying, skills and advice, work, money, the law, and influencing change. Let us know if you would like to have a look at the pack
and we can email it to you or print one off and post it.
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Recommended Reading for Autumn 2014 ‘Skink - No Surrender’ by Carl Hiaasen
Typical Malley - to avoid being shipped off to boarding school, she takes off
with some guy she met online. Poor Richard - he knows his cousin's in trouble before she does. Wild Skink - he's a ragged, one-eyed ex-governor of Florida,
and enough of a renegade to think he can track Malley down. With Richard riding shotgun, the unlikely pair scour the state, undaunted by blinding storms, crazed pigs, flying
bullets and giant gators.
With Skink at the wheel, the search for a missing girl is both nail-bitingly tense and laugh-out-loud funny!
Dear YCP,
Christmas is coming up and I’m really worried that I won’t be able to buy
anything for my mum! I’ve got no money and neither does she but she’s had a hard few months and really deserves something!
Being strapped for cash can be really difficult but when it comes to gifts it’s important to remember that it’s the thought that counts. Have you thought about exchanging handmade present at Christmas this year? Or maybe you could raise a bit of money by doing some work for your neighbours? What about walking next door’s dog? Your family love you for who you are and wouldn’t want to see you worrying over Christmas gifts!
YOUR
QUESTIONS
ANSWERED!!!
Songwriter/Rap Competition
Are you great at writing songs like Adele? Or maybe you think of yourself as
the next Eminem? If this sounds like you, then email or facebook us a song or
rap that you have created and you may be in with a chance of winning a prize!
We would like to say a HUGE THANK YOU to the Youth Service for their ongoing help and support. We couldn't carry on with Barnfield without you
and appreciate all you do. We were sorry to say goodbye to David recently but are looking forward to
meeting the new Youth Service staff member!
BARNFIELD DROP IN (12+ Years)
We’ve really missed our regular Barnfield Youth Group sessions over the summer holidays but are diving back into it all with plenty planned for this term. If
you’d like a copy of the timetable let us know!
WHEN? EVERY
WEDNESDAY
(TERM TIME)
WHERE?BARNFIELD
YOUTH CENTRE
WHO? YOUNG CARERS
AGED 12+
YEARS
NOBLE DROP IN (UNDER 12S)
WHEN? EVERY 2ND THURS
OF THE MONTH
(TERM TIME)
WHERE?NOBLE CENTRE
WHO? YOUNG CARERS
AGED 5-12 YEARS
Come along to the next drop in to
carve your very own pumpkin to take
home and put outside ready for
Halloween!
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BARNFIELD DROP IN (12+ Years)
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY!
Kingston Christmas Fair 2014 From 13
th November – 16
th November
10am – 7pm. Until late on Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays
Kingston’s All Saints Parish Church will be transformed into a winter wonderland with all the sights, sounds and smells of a traditional Christmas market.
Enjoy a host of festive treats such as mulled wine, roast chestnuts, carols from local choirs and live bands playing Christmas songs.
The market features a huge array of beautifully lit and decorated white wooden chalets offering culinary delights, handmade arts and crafts and creative gifts for all
the family.
Christmas Lights Switch On 13
th November 2014
Kingston Town Centre provides free family entertainment with choirs, Christmas street entertainers and Father Christmas switching on Kingston Town Centre’s
Andora is running a project which aims to provide one-to-one support and age-appropriate information to children and young people about mental ill health.
If you would like some support around this, or know someone who would benefit, please get in touch by
WE’VE BEEN ‘LOOMING AMAZING’ FOR THE NATIONAL AUTISTIC SOCIETY! Amount raised: £72.84
Thanks to all the young carers who have worked so hard to make these fantastic bands! We’re very pleased to be able to send a cheque to the National Autistic Society which will help them to provide support to
people with Autism. The volunteer thank you meal at Zizzi’s was FANTASTIC. The food
was delish and it’s always lovely to see our volunteers outside of
Andora is running a project which aims to provide one-to-one support and age-appropriate information to children and young people about mental ill health.
If you would like some support around this, or know someone who would benefit, please get in touch by