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Minutes of Children's Fund Board MeetingsMilton Keynes Children's Fund Board meet every two months. Commencing January 2006 the minutes will be published on a regular basis. Click below to access any meeting you wish to read about ... more ...Local Family Counselling ServiceLast year saw an exciting development to help families in many areas of Milton Keynes when Relate Milton Keynes was awarded funding to expand its Family Counselling Service.Relate Family Counselling is for families experiencing difficulties ... more... MK Reads Together on Air Friday 15th June was MK Reads Together Day. There were lots of organised events going on all over Milton Keynes in schools, work places and public spaces. The campaign was ... more...Article from MK News (25.7.07) re CM ServiceOn 25 July MK News published an interesting article about the Community Mobiliser Service in Milton Keynes and some of the work they are doing. Click the link below to read the article.MK NEWS article about Community Mobiliser Service
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MK Childrens FundAbout The Children's FundThe Children's Fund is part of a national preventive programme to give early support to children and young people aged between 5 -13 and their families. ... more...Tinkers Bridge Drop-In & MK OrchestraTinkers Bridge Drop-In, a recent project started by MK Children's Fund in conjunction with Woughton Parish Council, was one of several local communities to be involved in workshops organised by Milton Keynes Orchestra. Members of the orchestra worked with parents and children using their instruments ... more...Holiday Activities - Lakes Estate - April 2008Click on the link below to see a copy of the holiday programme put together and being delivered by the community group LECKS (Lakes Estate Community Kick Start).Should you have any questions feel free to contact them at lakes.kickstart@mail.com or on 07972 385008 Lakes Estate Holiday Activities April 2008_(109K) . We've Got PrideBig congratulations to Karen Caldbeck and Cultural Community Partnership on winning Citizen Pride Awards on Tuesday 4th December. Karen picked up the gong for 'Making a Difference ... more... Awards Hat-trick for VolunteersIt has been a successful year for the Community Activity Programme (CAP) volunteers, with them winning 3 awards!! The group began organising and delivering affordable sports activities on the Lakes Estate ... more...GEM Award for LaraCONGRATULATIONS to Lara dos Santos (Young Carers - Carers Milton Keynes) who received a GEM Award from MKC for her commitment, enthusiasm and professionalism.External Evaluation of Mk Children's FundThe Open University are conducting an independent evaluation of Milton Keynes Children's Fund concentrating on the Community Mobiliser Service. To date they have published three interim reports. To read these reports please click on the links below:External Evaluation - 1st Interim Report External Evaluation - 2nd Interim Report External Evaluation - 3rd Interim Report Issue PapersMilton Keynes Children's Fund has, thanks to the efforts of staff at numerous agencies, dozens and dozens of local parents and most importantly incredible numbers of children and young people, achieved a great deal since it started in 2003.To help celebrate the excellent work done and to share some of the considerable learning gained we have published a series of Issue Papers. Please click on the links below to access these papers. Issue Paper 1 - Young Carers Issue Paper 2 - Neighbourhood Family Counselling Issue Paper 3 - Mobilising Communities Issue Paper 4 - Platform 8-13 |
Contact UsWe've Moved Again !!
You can now contact us at: The Children's Fund Children & Young People's Service Saxon Court 502 Avebury Boulevard Central Milton Keynes MK9 3HS Tel: 01908 254055 Email: Email Us The Community Mobiliser ServiceOne of the largest areas of investment by the Milton Keynes Children's Fund has been in providing a Community Mobiliser Service.This service is run by MKCVO and their aim is to mobilise communities so that ... more...Other Organisations:MK Children's Fund would love to be able to operate all over Milton Keynes, but unfortunately funds never stretch far enough. However, we are fortunate enough to have contacts with lots of other organisations and people whose aim is to provide preventive and supportive services to children and young people. more...The Base - fun for Young Carers The Base has now been running for 4 years at the Watling Way centre for children who are young carers, this is on a strict referral basis. Young Carers often ... more...Under-used Under-pass Urban-ated There has been a lot of attention on the Lakes Estate and certain areas that needed to be improved. Some people thought that perhaps our aspirations on an underpass face-lift ... more... |