Life Events - For Families

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• Day-care Sponsorship - A day-care sponsorship can provide the child with opportunities to develop social skills and offers the carers the chance to have a break. Following an assessment, the team may be able to help with day-care fees....
• Denbigh Leisure Centre - For full information about Denbigh Leisure Centre including bookings, timetables and details of activities please click on the Denbighshire Leisure link on the left. Denbigh Leisure Centre Tel: 01745 816311Ruthin Road ...
• Direct Payments - Adult Services - Direct payment is a cash payment to allow you to buy your own support instead of Social Services providing it for you. Following your Community Care Assessment, or reassessment, you can now choose whether to have services provided directly by...
• Direct Payments - Children with Disabilities - Direct Payments are cash payments from Social Services to help you pay for services that the child has been assessed as needing. Parents and carers can decide how the money needs of the child will be met, by whom, and at a time that best suits the...
• Domestic Abuse - Find out about the Denbighshire Domestic Abuse & Personal Safety Forum:Who are the members of the multi-agency forum?What is it about?What training does it organize?Where can those who are affected by Domestic Abuse get help and support?...
• Family History - The easiest way to start researching your family history is to begin with who you know. If possible, speak to older relatives and gather together as much information as possible, especially:ancestors' names and addressesdates of family births,...
• Family Information Service - About usContact us Childcare | Childminders | List of Childminders | Nurseries | List of nurseries | Out of school care | Cylch Meithrin | Playgroups Help with childcare costsFree nursery educationChildcare tax creditsNew Deal for...
• Family Placement Team (Fostering) - Family Placement TeamIn delivering the fostering service the Family Placement Team:Recruit a range of foster carers to provide placement choice and stability for children requiring the service;Ensure that foster carers receive sufficient...
• Fostering - What is Foster Care?Sometimes children in Denbighshire cannot live with their parents and need someone else to care for them. This may be because a parent is going into hospital and there are no other family members to look after them; but can...
• Fostering Process: step-by-step - Fostering Process: step-by-step Request an information pack;Initial home visit by the Recruitment and Marketing Officer;Application form completed and returned;References and checks started;Fostering preparation training;Form F...
• Free School Milk - All children up to Key Stage One (aged 7 and under) are entitled to Free Milk for their midmorning break. The daily provision is a third pint of semi-skimmed milk served in cartons with a straw.If your child has special dietary requirements (i.e....
• Health and Wellbeing - Do you think you may be a bit out of shape? Is the closest you do to exercise heaving yourself out of bed or reaching for the remote? Do you perhaps drink a little too much, smoke too much or eat the wrong things? Want to do something about...
• Health, Social Care and Well-Being - 'Healthy Denbighshire', the second Health, Social Care & Well-Being Strategy for the entire County is now available online. The strategy has been developed by the Denbighshire Health, Social Care & Well-Being Partnership and outlines the plans for...
• Home Library Service - Are you unable to visit your local Library due to illness or disability?The Library Service can bring a selection of materials to your home free of charge once a month including:• Books• Audio Books• Large Print Books• CDs• Videos /...
• Homework Help - If you are having problems with your homework, where better to look for help than at the library? The library service has a whole range of books that can help you. To find out more have a look at our online catalogue - if you can't find what you...
• Hospital Social Work - A social work service for the children’s wards at Glan Clwyd Hospital is available to children and their families who are hospital in-patients, or attending out-patients. They can be contacted on:Tel: 01745 534144Fax: 01745 534791...
• Housing Benefit - Housing Benefit is a benefit available to people on a low income who are renting their homes to help them to afford to pay the rent.The benefit can be paid to the person claiming it or direct to the landlord of the property....
• Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit - The Benefits Department is responsible for calculating customer's entitlement to Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit and for promoting the availability of these benefits. Both benefits are available to people on low income.Housing...
• Inter Country Adoption - Inter country adoption involves the adoption of a child from another country. Only local authorities and other registered and approved adoption agencies can assist you with this process. The assessment and application will be in relation to a...
• Joint Disability Register - Register for Children/Young People with Chronic ill Health or Disability What is the Register?The Register is created and maintained as a joint project between Social Services, Education, Health, Voluntary Organisations and parents/carers...