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Child safety week
Nationally, this week is Child Safety Week (June 7 - June 13). Especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, children have been at increased risks of accidents and injuries within the home. We encourage you to continue to support and promote child accident prevention in your work, home and communities.
Book now - preventing and managing infections in childcare and pre-school
This free online course delivered by Futurelearn is aimed at staff in childcare settings and will support you to understand how infectious diseases spread and how to protect children from infections.
Book now - psychological first aid for children and young people
This online course offers training on how to provide practical and emotional support to children and young people affected by emergencies or crisis situations. Children and young people can be very resilient, but crises such as COVID-19 can severely impact their mental health. Getting the right support early on can help prevent problems occurring or worsening.
Keep up to date with latest news
You can read our newsletters - including the latest Autumn edition focused on recent Birth to Five activities - for relevant news and information.
Signposting your families
Healthy Start with HENRY (City and Hackney)
Supporting parents, carers and professionals in providing the best and healthiest start in life for children living in the local community
Homerton Health Visiting
The Homerton Health Visiting Service supports families in Hackney and the City during pregnancy, birth and parenthood.
Speech and language support
Get Hackney Talking - Children’s Integrated Speech and Language Therapy Service for Hackney and the City
Parenting Programmes in Hackney
Information about parenting programmes in Hackney
CAMHS Parenting Programmes Directory
An overview of parenting programmes in City and Hackney
Resources for families - birth to five
The birth to five resource supports the journey into parenting. It provides trusted, age related and local information about the many local activities and services available in Hackney