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Out of Amaze - Sept 2020

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Welcome to our newsletter!

To get a quick overview of what’s in

this newsletter, watch my

short video. And if you want to find

out more about what Amaze has

been up to recently, please read

my September round-up.

Rachel Travers, Amaze CEO

Still helping you through

Amaze has been working to support

you right through the pandemic and

we'll continue to do so. Find out how

we're delivering our helpline, parent

and young people's groups, DLA/PIP

support and befriending through the

autumn.

How Amaze can help

Be our volunteer!

Do you or anyone else you know

have spare time that you can give to

Amaze? We're urgently looking for

volunteers to fill a variety of roles,

mostly online or by phone. We offer

great training and support and you

would become a crucial part of our

amazing team.

Find out more

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ADVICE ZONE: Back to school or college

Return to school - is it good to be back?

Parents, carers, SENCOs and

headteachers tell us what it's like to have

children and young people back in the

classroom again.

Read more >

What to do if school's not working

Get the latest guidance on SEND law and

advice on what to do if your child's return

to school or college is not going well.

Read more >

Coping with anxiety in uncertain times

We are all living with a lot of uncertainty at

the moment and this understandably

causes anxiety, for kids with SEND

especially. Find out how some of the

young people involved in our Amazing

Futures project have been coping with

anxiety and get tips from our SENDIASS

team

Read more >

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Latest on therapies

Therapy teams in East Sussex and

Brighton & Hove are gradually

restoring their services this term,

though virtual appointments will

continue unless there is a clinical

need to meet face to face. Read

more about how assessments and

therapies will be delivered.

Foundations for our Future

There's a new mental health and

wellbeing plan for Sussex that sets

out 20 key recommendations for

improvement which have been

accepted by the NHS and local

authorities in Sussex. Parent carers

fed into the review via PaCC. Read

all about Foundations for the Future.

Young people

Back to the future: next

steps for young people

After several months of living day-to-

day, it’s time for young people to

switch gears and begin looking to the

future again. Now that schools and

colleges have reopened, and

workplaces are settling into a new

normal, what’s next for young people

with SEND moving forward?

Amazing Futures East Sussex

After a summer of outdoor and virtual

meet ups, we're delighted to be

running our Eastbourne peer

support groups again this

autumn/winter in a Covid-safe way.

We're also launching a new Bexhill

group and our Amazingly

Active peer-based coaching training

and sessions. Find out more about

Amazing Futures

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Face to face groups - tell us what you want

The Amaze Face2Face

project wants to set up some new

parent carer support groups in East

Sussex but we need to know what

kind of groups you'd like and when.

Could you take a couple of minutes

to fill out this really short survey? It's

completely anonymous. And if you'd

like to know a little bit more about our

Face2Face groups already running in

Brighton, watch this short video.

Fundraise for us

It's been a tough time for fundraising

at Amaze - but we're back now and

we need your support more than

ever! Get inspired by Amaze dad,

Adrian, who cycled over 100 miles for

us during lockdown. Another great

way to help keep Amaze running is

to take part in the Brighton Half

Marathon on 28 February 2021. Or

perhaps you could give your time as

a volunteer (see above). For

fundraising,

contact nickyb@amazesussex.org.uk.

Big thanks to Waitrose

Mia and Claire from Amazing Futures were delighted to

collect this giant cheque for £333 from Jo at Eastbourne

Waitrose last week. Thanks to all the Eastbourne

customers who gave us their tokens!

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Latest from East Sussex Parent Carer Forum

It's been a busy summer for the parent carer forum, and no surprise that

back-to-school support was the number one priority: access to SEN provision

and home-to-school transport being two key issues. ESPCF is approaching

200 members – are you one of them? And find out more about a longer-term

project contributing to preparations for the next Joint Local Area SEND

OFSTED inspection.

Read ESPCF's round up

Free virtual workshops

'Coronavirus & school' online Q&A from Public Health

A chance for parents to

hear directly from Public

Health and ask questions

about anything to do with

Covid-19 and school. For

parents from East Sussex

and Brighton. Friday 2

October from 11am to

12.30pm

Find out more

SENDIASS Zoom on Preparing for Adulthood

This SENDIASS Zoom

workshop is for parents of

young people in Year 9

onwards to help you know

more about the key areas

of preparing for their

future. Wednesday 4

November from 10.30am

to 12 midday. Find out

more

SENDIASS session on SEN Support

Amaze SENDIASS is

running this online Zoom

session for parents who

are worried about their

child's progress in school.

Thursday 22

October from 10.30am to

12 midday. Find out more

If you do not have access to the internet but would like someone to talk you through the issues

or send you the workshop resources, please contact our SENDIASS helpline. Find out

about more Amaze events here.

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And finally, don't forget to...

Get a flu vaccine

Parent carers are one of the priority groups being urged

to take up their free flu vaccine this autumn/winter. Find

out more about flu jabs.

And do your DLA & PIP renewals

Renewals, reviews and reassessments for Disability

Living Allowance and Personal Independence Payment

have started again. Read the latest on benefits

renewals to make sure you don't miss out.

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