Monmouthshire
Monmouthshire Flying Start
Address: Flying Start Demountable, Ysgol Y Fenni, St. David’s Rd, Abergavenny, NP7 6HF
Tel: 01873 856162
Email: flyingstart@monmouthshire.gov.uk
Living in a Flying Start area entitles your child and family to visits from the Flying Start Health Team who are there to offer support and guidance. The Health Team will be based close to your home and are happy to provide home visits.
It also entitles your child to a childcare place which will be funded by Monmouthshire Flying Start. Childcare can be accessed from the term following your child’s second birthday to the end of the term after their third birthday; OR until they start nursery education, whichever is the sooner. The childcare will be delivered by an approved Flying Start provider within walking distance of your home.
The Childcare will be provided at:
- Butterflies Playgroup, Deri View Primary School, Abergavenny
- Tiny Tots Playgroup, Llantilio Pertholey Community Hall, Abergavenny
- Cylch Meithrin Y Fenni, Ysgol Y Fenni, Abergavenny
- Wiggles and Giggles Playgroup, Overmonnow Primary School, Monmouth
- Caldi-tots Playgroup, West End Flying Centre, Caldicot
- Pont Hafren Playgroup, Thornwell Primary School, Chepstow
Flying Start also offers parenting support and parenting courses including the Incredible Years programme for babies and toddlers. In each Flying Start area, we offer Language and Play sessions for parents and children together (LAP).
For more information regarding Flying Start or any baby or breast feeding groups that are run through Flying Start you can also contact:
Mobile: 07810 055815
Email: bethwatkins@monmouthshire.gov.uk
Abergavenny ACE Partnership
Address: 29 Hillcrest Road, Abergavenny, NP7 6BN
Tel: 01873 853623
Email: info@acepartnership.co.uk
Abergavenny Community Enterprise Partnership is community owned and led.
We aim to offer support to the whole of Abergavenny and surrounding areas. Volunteers help run the centre on a daily basis and we receive funding from the local authority and partner groups.
We offer office facilities at £5 an hour – including teas and coffee.
There is a range of classes available including wax art, meditation and more.
We have laptops available for you to do job searches or type up documents – free of charge. For a small fee we have printing available as well as phone use.
Fresh fruit, veg and meat is available at very reasonable prices.
Monmouthshire Parent Network
Address: ACE Community Centre, 29a Hillcrest Road, Abergavenny, NP7 6BN
Tel: 07758 816013
Email: nicole.webber@actionforchildren.org.uk
Monmouthshire Parent Network is a free service for all parents, offering advice, support and a chance for their voice to be heard. Find them on Facebook – search for Monmouthsire Parent Network. The Monmouthshire Parent Network Co-ordinator can introduce you to other parents, help you to access services that may be able to help you and your family and support you with any parenting and family issues you may have.
Monmouthshire Citizens Advice
Tel: 03444 111444
Web: www.citizensadvice.org.uk
Web: www.adviceguide.org.uk (self help guide)
Citizen Advice bureaus provide free, independent, confidential and impartial advice to everyone on their rights and responsibilities. They provide the advice people need for the problems they face from helping with debts to employment rights.
Abergavenny Citizens Advice
26a Monk Street, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, NP25 3BY
Chepstow Citizens Advice
The Gate House, Chepstow, Monmouthshire, NP16 5LH
Caldicot Citizens Advice
5a Church Road, Caldicot, Monmouthshire, NP26 4BP
Monmouth Citizens Advice
23a Whitecross Street, Monmouth, Monmouthshire, NP25 3BY
Monmouthshire Family Information Service
Web: www.monfis.org.uk
Monmouthshire Family Information Service (a part of Monmouthshire County Council) is a free, impartial service available to parents, carers, families and professionals throughout Monmouthshire. This includes the areas of Abergavenny. Caldicot, Chepstow, Monmouth, Raglan, Usk, Llandogo, Goytre and all the areas in between.
Monmouthshire Social Services Team
Address: PO Box 106, Caldicot, NP26 9AN
Tel: 01291 635692 (Family & Child Team)
Emergeny Out of Hours Contact: 0800 328 4432
Web: www.monmouthshire.gov.uk/home/care-and-support
The services for adults within Monmouthshire covers a range of services that help adults to live as independently as possible. We aim to help you manage your own life in your own home, or in a residential setting if you are unable to live at home. Children’s social services offer support for families – including child protection, children in need, fostering and adoption. We work closely with other agencies to protect children and young people and have a duty to take action where we feel a child or young person is at risk of harm or abuse.
Homeswapper
HomeSwapper is a direct home swap service for social housing tenants who want a house swap, flat swap or to exchange their council house. If you live in a council house or housing association property you can do a house exchange and swap your home with HomeSwapper, the national home swap service.
There are also some home swap sites on Facebook. Try searching for this for example….House Swap Wales.
Charter Housing Community Regeneration Team
Tel: 01633 678514
In Charter’s Community Regeneration team we have specialist community project staff who run a wide variety of initiatives with tenants and their communities. These are aimed at developing skills, providing employment opportunities, working with young people and tackling money problems. We work with individuals and groups of all kinds to raise funding and develop activities that help them achieve their potential.
Opportunities and projects we run change regularly so contact the community regeneration team on 01633 678514 to find out about any of the programmes below or to see what else you can get involved in, check out the Charter Website, or download the Charter app.
As well as Growing Together current projects running within Charter are:
Moneysavers: The Money Savers team, Kath Hopkins and Kelly Osadare help tenants make the most of their money. They can offer advice on: Benefits, Energy Advice, Budgeting, Grants, Debts/Arrears, and Welfare Reform. The Moneysavers are trained, independent and regulated by the Institute of Money Advisors. Since the Money Savers project launched in July 2009, it has saved tenants thousands of pounds.
Youth Team: We think it’s really important to help young people have a better future. That’s why we employ experienced youth development workers who have a range of skills and specialist knowledge. Our youth team is designed to engage and inspire young people to make positive changes in their lives, to achieve their maximum potential. Charters Youth Team can offer one to one Support for up to 8 weeks for Charter young people aged 11-25. This is aimed at building confidence to enable them to feel comfortable enough to access other programmes. There are lots of short and long term programmes run by the Youth Team including ‘Radiate’ and ‘Go Girls’.
Working for Me: David Gape is helping our tenants to reach their goals by supporting them to start businesses, attend training, find employment and work placements. We have helped tenants set up businesses in: Mobility, Catering, Child-minding, Hairdressing, Holistic therapy, Beauty therapy, Window-cleaning, Decorating and Construction
Digital Inclusion: Our Digital Communities Officers Steve Dixon or Roger Covello can get you started with IT and the internet. From informal workshops to individual sessions, they can support your learning. They have has lots of experience in working with complete beginners and can give individual workshops or a group lesson.
The Charter Housing App
The Charter Housing app is available for iPhone and Android devices which features lots of great information about who we are and what we do as well as a great tool for reporting repairs and maintenance issues. Search for the Charter Housing app in your favourite app stores or download via the links below:
Charter Housing Info
Address: Charter Housing Association, Exchange House, High Street, Newport, NP20 1AA
Tel: 01633 212375
Charter Housing is a Housing Association which provides social housing at low rents on a secure basis to those who are most in need or struggling with their housing costs. A key function of social housing is to provide accommodation that is affordable to people on low incomes. Limits to rent increases set by law mean that rents are kept affordable. Unlike in the private rented sector, where tenancies are offered by the landlord and letting agent to whomever they choose, social housing is distributed according to the local council’s allocation scheme. Charter is a not-for-profit organisation and use any profit they make to maintain existing homes and help finance new ones.
