training and support programmes

Elstow Lodge Family Centre take a creative and flexible approach to training and support to better help and support parents to understand and respond to their child(ren's) needs.

Positive Parenting Programme is a structured programme designed to help parents develop stronger, healthier relationships with their children, enhance their parenting abilities, and make positive changes in their lives.

By combining practical parenting education with emotional support, the programme encourages individuals to reflect on their choices, build their confidence, and work towards making meaningful and lasting changes.

Delivered in a supportive, understanding, and non-judgemental environment, the Positive Parenting Programme enables parents to develop new skills, increase their confidence, and make informed decisions that benefit both themselves and their families.

The Positive Parenting Programme (PPP) Core Package sessions are compulsory for all residents. The sessions are designed to strengthen parenting skills and promote the health, safety, and overall wellbeing of children.

Positive Parenting Programme (PPP) Core Package

• Safe sleeping practices
• Awareness of post-natal depression
• Providing your child with essential practical care
• Preparing feeds, food, and introducing weaning
• Playing and engaging with your child
• Supporting your child’s health and wellbeing
• Recognising risks and understanding how to protect your child
• Understanding your child’s development

Positive Steps to Change is a core component of the Positive Parenting Programme and includes compulsory sessions that are tailored to each parent’s individual needs, interests, and any specific requirements identified in the Local Authority’s Letter of Instruction.

The sessions are designed to encourage personal development and strengthen essential life skills, helping parents build the confidence, knowledge, and practical abilities needed to create a more stable and positive future for themselves and their children.

Each session encourages self-awareness, personal responsibility, and the development of skills that can support meaningful and lasting change. Topics range from emotional wellbeing and maintaining healthy routines to managing relationships and everyday responsibilities.

Positive Steps to Change – Core Topics

• Building self-esteem
• Understanding and addressing bullying
• Developing social skills
• Understanding domestic violence
• Developing assertiveness
• Budgeting and financial planning
• Anger management
• Shopping and managing everyday purchases
• Developing healthy relationships
• Managing money effectively
• Effective communication
• Healthy living and positive body image
• Seven week cookery class course (once a week)

 As well as this access to therapy, psychotherapy and the freedom programme can be sought as and when needed. 

Weekly activities are on offer, including park walks, visits to the local café, craft sessions within the village, access to a sensory room at a local external facility, swimming and weekly stay'n'play at local venues. 

As part of the work completed within the family centre, a memory/life story book/box is completed for the child.