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The Charitable Organisation’s object is to raise awareness to support children who have experienced difficult times. To promote social inclusion & understanding within the community and amongst affected families. To reduce isolation and increase support for such families around times of traumatic times and loss. Activities

• The Organisation proposes to do this by linking with children, adults and other organisations to provide a network of information, support and personal knowledge about a range of physical & emotional experiences by:
• Providing an Internet Support Forum with information and personal knowledge about a range of physical & emotional experiences with links to further information and support from linking organisations.
• Encouraging places such as schools to facilitate Family Awareness Resource Packs provided by the Organisation to enable them to offer readily available, extended support about a range of physical and emotional experiences to suffering families and awareness to friends, other relatives and members of the community who may have an open mind to learn.

These may include:

• information from linking organisations,
• a wide age range of booksfor adults and children that cover diagnosis, fear, isolation and bereavement - from basic early reader books that prepare for going to hospital/dentist to older non- fiction books that explain things easier. Every book has a learning outcome and generally supports PHSE (Personal, Health, Social & Emotional Development) as well as developing a child’s communication, language & literacy. Some have Mathematical and Scientific concepts others cover feelings & citizenship,
• story sacks that are relevant to
  physical & emotional experiences, to be used in groups or at home, that further develop any child’s creativity, PHSE, communication, language & literacy, Knowledge and understanding of the world,  Physical development, mathematical and scientific concepts others cover feelings & citizenship.

• Writing our own Series of Books about real experiences ‘from children for children’ so that they can feel a bond with another ‘real person’ as opposed to a character; reducing isolation and fears. In the wider community these will offer awareness and increase understanding hence reduce prejudices and increase support for such children. The series will include adult information from linking charities so that all the information needed at a difficult time is up-to-date and readily available in one resource.
• Offering Bereavement Support from our own knowledge & experiences via Internet and books & diaries.
• Working with families and other organisations to enable better understanding of the needs of families who have encountered a traumatic experience or bereavement.

• Working with families and other organisations to establish framework/model policies and procedures to recognise and support the needs of young children who have encountered a traumatic experience or bereavement.
• Working with families and other organisations to implement feasible policies and procedures to recognise and support the needs of young children who have encountered a traumatic experience or bereavement.
• Arranging outings and activities at venues that suit children’s needs too so that these families can achieve and gain their full potential to learn and share their experiences.
• Keeping members up-to-date on our progress, linking organisations, outings and other events in our UPDATES.
• Any other form that is relevant to achieve the objects.

Families Nationally will benefit from the above activities as the Charitable Organisation develops.

Anyone can contact us to find out more about joining our network; Families, those representing an Organisation, School, Pre-School, or other children’s group.

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Ref: UD Update 8 - Page 5 of 5

Ref: UD Update 8 - Page 5 of 5