AN INNOVATIVE education website has been launched for the Gypsy Roma Traveller (GRT) Community and teaching professionals.
The new website, The Stopping Place, has been designed to improve the educational experience of GRT families in East Sussex.
Category Archives: Children’s Services
Holiday Food and Fun programme expanded
MORE children and young people will benefit from free activities and nutritious food this summer as the popular Holiday Food and Fun programme is expanded.
Additional funding from the Department for Education will enable the council’s Holiday Food and Fun scheme to run an extra 2,000 activity sessions in East Sussex during the summer school holidays.
New campaign seeks adopters for children who wait the longest
A NATIONAL campaign to find parents for the children waiting longest to be adopted is being backed by the regional adoption agency for the south east.
‘A Life Less Ordinary’ has been launched to find families for children aged five or over, children with additional and/or complex needs, brother and sister groups, and those from an ethnic minority background.
Families urged to join the fostering community
RESIDENTS across the county are being urged to consider becoming foster carers during Foster Care Fortnight.
With more than 70 children currently waiting for a family, East Sussex County Council is using this year’s national awareness campaign, from May 9 to May 22, to encourage more people to consider joining the fostering community.
Foster carers can transform the lives of children and young people by offering a safe and loving home.