Bedford Borough Local Offer

30/09/2026

28/09/2026

Parents and carers, your child’s mental health matters💜We’re here to support you.

Understanding your child’s behaviour can be challenging, especially when SEN, trauma and mental health are involved. Join our free webinar with Hayley Farrar, Senior Therapist from our Group, who will:

⭐ Explore how SEN, trauma, and mental health can overlap and impact a child’s emotional wellbeing and behaviour
⭐ Share why children may use these behaviours and what they may be communicating or trying to manage
⭐ Offer practical, compassionate approaches to help children feel understood, supported and safe

Register: https://eu1.hubs.ly/H0yp_JL0

-Harm

25/09/2026

This week seen the launch of an Anti-Bullying Toolkit in Bedford Borough.

The toolkit has been developed from feedback from children, young people, their parents and carers in Bedford Borough who have consistently told us about their thoughts and concerns about bullying. Children's and young people voices, Bedford Borough Council Health, and the Bedford Borough Parent Carer Forum have all worked together to produce this toolkit with lots of resources to help and support children/young people, their parents and schools.

In Bedford Borough Council we are taking the step to 'speak up against bullying'.

We have worked with children and young people to produce a suite of resources based on their direct feedback, including their words, comments, thoughts and illustrations to stop bullying.

The Toolkit Resources

For Parents/carers we have produced three new one minute guides:
o Parents Guide to Bullying
o Bullying how you can help
o When Bullying becomes discrimination

To view the full range of One Minute Guides visit https://tinyurl.com/One-Min-Guide

For Schools
• From me to you 1 – Letters written by children and young people to their teachers and younger selves
• From me to you 2 – Children and young people showing how they would react to different scenarios
• Stop Bullying – The unedited voices of children and young people in Bedford on Bullying
• Anti-Bullying Posters and Flyers
• Kindness Posters and Flyers
• Bedford’s Anti-Bullying Toolkit & Assembly Guide
• 6 Assembly packs, one for each half term to be delivered by schools on the following themes:
o Kindness and friendship
o Anti-Bullying
o Respect online
o Celebrating differences
o Planning for change
o Where are we now, celebrating success, what can we do next

Let’s work together to ‘speak up and be heard’ about bullying

24/09/2026

👻 FREE SEND HALLOWEEN DISCO - 24th OCTOBER 👻

UPDATE *NOW FULLY BOOKED * 💥

I am excited to launch our next FREE SEND DISCO funded by Forever Colours Children's Hospice.

Expect spooky tunes, interactive hosts, a halloween themed parachute and of course some epic family games - post it note challenge at our last one was brilliant!

When - Saturday 24th October
Time - 14:00-15:30
Where - Macintyre Learning Centre, Great Holm
For - SEND children up to the age of 18 and their siblings/grown ups

As usual - booking is essential - please book here - https://bookwhen.com/ragdollyannas/e/ev-sj0l8-2026102414000

Look forward to seeing you there x

23/09/2026

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/not-my-child-a-parents-guide-to-exploitation-knife-crime-county-lines-tickets-2001205710150?aff=oddtdtcreator

21/09/2026

21/09/2026

Upcoming events

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