During these difficult times, we want to provide helpful hints, suggestions and resources to help you and your family manage their mental, emotional and physical wellbeing.
For Families
Here is 2 part workshop on parental wellbeing when caring for young child. It contains lots of advice and suggestions on managing your own stress and the implications for your children.
Parental Wellbeing when caring for Young Children - part 1 slides
Parental Wellbeing when caring for Young Children - part 2 slides
Here is a document we received from our borough's School Health Team outlining services available to help families stay fit, healthy and active over the half term break and beyond.
Kingston Healthy Lifestyle Services for Children and Families
Here are some other useful resources:
Support for Families During Coronavirus
Helpful Resources Relating to Coronavirus
The NHS-backed Centre for Parent and Child Support has launched new pages on Facebook and Instagram. Their daily content provides good parenting ideas, based on research, evidence and experience, to help parents look after themselves and their families.
Centre for Parent and Child Support on Facebook
Centre for Parent and Child Support on Instagram
For some, staying at home may not feel so safe. For advice on how to handle stressful conditions at home, please click on the document below:
DV Support during Coronavirus
DV Support in Korean
DV Support in Tamil
You can also find out more and get support by visiting Refuge:
Refuge
Explore the Great Indoors - Find loads of easy-to-follow indoor activities to help get children moving while at home Form dancing in the jungle to indoor sheep herding, check out the Change 4 Life website:
Change 4 Life Indoor Activities for Kids
Family Links is a national charity and training organisation dedicated to empowering families, schools and workplaces to be emotionally healthy. Family Links is also the organisation behind our very own Burlington parenting course, Positive Parenting. Here is an email from the CEO of Family Links outlining the support they are offering during these difficult times:
A Letter from Family Links
In the letter, there is a link to the Family Links Parent Zone which has lots of free resources and information for parents:
Family Links Parent Zone
Kingston Council have dedicated sections on their websites about services to support local people. They are also issuing local newsletters which you can subscribe to:
Kingston Council Stronger Together
Achieving for Children has created a series of workshops to help parents with anxious children. The first one, an introduction to anxiety in children, can be viewed as a pdf below:
Anxiety Workshop Session 1 - Introduction to Child Anxiety
Anxiety Workshop Session 2 - How child anxiety maydevelop and factors that keep it going
Anxiety Workshop Session 3 - Strategies to manage anxiety and build confidence
Transition to School After Lockdown
To access the voice over and other links throughout the presentation, please visit the link below and download the presentation in Powerpoint if possible.
Link to Anxiety Workshop Session 1 to follow along with
Link to Anxiety Workshop Session 2 to follow along with
Link to Anxiety Workshop Session 3 to follow along with
Link to 'Transition to School After Lockdown' so you can follow it along
Physical Wellbeing and Fitness
Below is the Spring term Community Learning Newsletter from Kingston Adult Education who run lots of courses based around health, fitness and mental wellbeing.
Community Learning Newsletter Spring 2021
One of our own Burlington mums is converting her Yoga classes offering to online sessions you can do from the comfort of your own living room:
Yogaberry Website
Davina is offering 30 days free on her fitness platform, with lots of workouts and recipes.
Own Your Goals Davina
Joe Wicks (aka The Body Coach) has a 90 Day Plan to get fitter, healthier and happier.
Joe Wicks 90 Day Plan
Yoga with Adriene on YouTube has videos for yoga and meditation.
Yoga with Adriene
Mental / Emotional Wellbeing
How to make a referral to CAMHS?
How to Stay Calm in A Global Pandemic by Dr E Hepburn
Take a quick action each day to help you keep calm, stay wise and be kind:
Action for Happiness Coping Calendar
Many of you may be familiar with the Headspace app. They have recently added a new section to their app: 'Weathering the Storm' with free guided meditations, relaxations and workouts.
Headspace
The NHS Every Mind Matters initiative has published expert advice and practical tips on looking after your mental wellbeing while staying at home.
Every Mind Matters
Audible Stories is a free website where kids of all ages can listen to hundreds of stories for free - so they can keep learning, dreaming and just being kids!
Audible Stories
General / Miscellaneous
Check out this new blog post on Money Saving Expert that outlines lots of the free things that companies have recently enabled to help people through the extended period of being stuck at home.
Paid for Things That They've Made Free - Money Saving Expert Blog