Harvey Girls Sessions
Inspirational, innovative and interactive sessions aimed at local Mums and their children from a wide range of backgrounds and circumstances. An energetic, welcoming, safe and engaging group setting with activities and ideas to encourage and support positive parenting, confidence and helping the child to be ‘school ready’. Peer-support can be enjoyed through meeting other Mums, helping to reduce isolation, providing a sense of connection, purpose, belonging and hope. For children, Harvey Girls provides the opportunity to interact with others, have fun, get active, develop and enhance their communication and listening and enjoy learning new skills through new experiences. Harvey Girls is centred on sharing knowledge, experience, emotional, social or practical tips and guidance for the benefit of the whole family.

Dads4Dads Sessions
Inspirational, innovative and interactive sessions aimed at local Dads and their children from a wide range of backgrounds and circumstances. Dads4Dads offers a programme of active, energetic and engaging activities in a safe, non-judgemental group setting. Activities will encourage Dads and their children to participate in games, challenges and creative tasks, with the aim of embedding positive relationships and an emphasis on physical interaction and play. Peer-support can be enjoyed through meeting other Dads, helping to reduce isolation, providing a sense of connection, identity, pride and courage. For children, Dads4Dads provides the opportunity to interact with others, have fun, get active, develop and enhance their communication and listening and enjoy learning new skills through new experiences. Dads4Dads is centred on giving Dads a voice, enabling quality time to be spent in a structured environment, encourage better emotional regulation and behaviour and practical tips and guidance for the benefit of the whole family.

Mixed Martial Arts Sessions
A whole family-orientated group offering mixed martial arts in a safe, accommodating and welcoming gym setting. Sessions are structured around a warm-up activity, then a main activity observing martial arts techniques by trained professionals, with the opportunity to put the techniques into practice in a supported environment. Professional equipment is provided including boxing gloves, kick-bags and other props. Healthy light refreshments are provided for parents and children to promote a link between healthy eating and physical activity. Our Martial Arts group aims to teach children about boundaries and discipline, listening skills and self-control. This is done by instilling positive behaviour, mutual respect and supporting emotional regulation. Parents are encouraged to participate in the techniques as they observe their children progress as they learn and practice new skills and will see the benefits of improved self-confidence, self-esteem and enhanced communication skills in their child. Our Martial Arts group is fun, energetic and a real highlight of the week for all who attend.

Music and Movement Sessions
Music and movement sessions facilitate an educational experience based on learning through play. These sessions run alongside Harvey Girls and Dads4Dads. Parents can participate to enhance and expand children's enjoyment of the world around them by singing songs and rhymes that are well thought out, educational, and most of all great fun to sing. Songs use short, simple repeated phases and safe resources which excites them and to which parents can readily relate covering the language and communication objective within the EYFS (Early Years Foundation Stage). Strong melodies, interesting song structures and clever rhymes all linked to the EYFS framework in a multi-sensory way help children discover their body; develop strength, coordination, balance and a perception of the space around them. These sessions encourage parents to interact with their child, giving them full attention, supporting positive attachment, social, emotional and brain development – critical to young children within the first 1,001 days. Music and Movement sessions can be adapted to an age-appropriate audience.

Parenting Programme
Based around the Circle of Security principles, our 7-week parenting programme aims to enlighten parents to understand their child’s emotional world by learning to read emotional needs. This programme runs alongside Harvey Girls and Dads4Dads. Sessions will include insight on how to emotionally develop and support their child’s ability to successfully manage emotions, in addition to enhancing the development of their child's self-esteem. Parents will learn about their child’s inherent desire to be secure and safe whilst exploring their inner emotions.

Be Well, Be Energy Fit
Free support is available to local families around family wellbeing, energy saving and home safety. This service is free, funded by Cadent, the gas distribution network, who work in partnership with us to help families to stay warm, safe and well. Support is available to all families - renting, own your own home with a mortgage or if own your own home outright. Our free service includes providing free carbon monoxide alarms, awareness of the signs and dangers of carbon monoxide, home safety and support with money issues if required. For families living in private rented homes or own their own homes, free gas appliance safety checks can be provided by Cadent's team of Gas Safe Registered Engineers.